Google Play Store says it needs background data even though I've already synced all the information.

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When I go to Google Play Store, it says it needs background data. After I've synced everything, it still doesn't work. What should I do?

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force stop worked. wrecked my brain over this.....thanks

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I had go to Settings-> Data usage-> Google play store-> Uncheck Restrict background data and then force stop

Thank you!

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Woah, it did work...
Thanks so much...
Androids behave weird at times..

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Force Start worked for me. I was pulling my hair out before this.
Thanks

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On My Sony Xperia J .. nothing worked like clearing the cache, enabling background data nd and sync, Force Stop etc.. Finally I have uninstalled all the updates to the play store app and then the google pay store is reset with factory version... :)

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Thanks Anonymous, It worked fine for me too.

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Thanks as well. It took me two hours to find this forum and it finally resolved the problem!

Wonder if Google Playstore people are aware of this problem and perhaps they should write instructions ( or perhaps they should smoke little less and pay attention to writing more troubleshooting advice).

Sumljivi

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Force stop worked for me too..Thank you... I've been trying all posibilities since two days..

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Hi,
I just found a quick suggestion about your question asked in this forum. Did you unchecked the box that says restrict background data?
You can find that option from Setting > Data usage > Play store > Scroll down

Hope this will fix your issue of background data disabled error
Source : What is background data

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I went into settings and did a FORCE STOP for the Play Store and it reset... seems to work just fine now.

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