Google Play Store No Connection Retry Error Fix

Tutorial: Google Play Store No Connection Retry Error Fix

Google Play No Connection Error is troubling so many people now a days user think that without any reason Google Play store not working sometime its working sometimes its not working. There often comes a time when you are tinkering with the latest Android apps and suddenly Google Play market pops up annoying “No Connection, Retry” error message even though your WiFi/3G/LTE connection is working smoothly and all the other internet apps are running fine. When I first experienced this problem, I had no clue what made all Google Play services including Gmail, Play Movies, Music, Magazines stop working. I tried to use different WiFi connection, VPN’s, changed DNS servers, restarted my Android phone but still not working. Then finally, after hours of struggle yesterday night I came up with solution which one would have never thought of.

How to fix Play Store “No Connection, Retry” Error
here is the list of some common errors you have to fix one by one until the error message disappears.

1. Fix Date and Time Settings

the biggest reason of Google Play store connection retry error is that the Date and Time of your mobile is not set correctly. It works 80 percent of the time Google Play Services sync with their master servers to send and receive data, to do this your device time and date should be correctly set. I used to change time settings to cheat extra lives on Candy Crash Saga and later that turned out to be the main culprit behind connection error issue.

1 Go to Settings > Date & Time
2 Check Automatic date & time
3 Or alternatively, you can set time by yourself, just make sure it is correct.

2. Clear Google Play Store App Cache

Android OS keeps cache of Google Play Store items in order to quickly serve content to users and to save bandwidth at same time. Sometimes it causes issues and could be one of the reasons behind connection error. so is is wise to clear the cache of Google Play.

1 Go to Settings > Apps
2 Swipe right to ALL
3 Scroll down and tap Google Play Store
4 Press Clear Data button and tap OK

3. Change or Re-login your Google Account

If you previously changed the security settings or password of your Google account. You need to update the account settings on your Android device. Also, you can switch to other account.

1 Go to Settings > Accounts > Google
2 Tap your primary Google account
3 Open options from right top corner, click remove account.
4 Now open Play Store, it will ask you to login your Google account again.

4. Uninstall Updates

Sometimes Google Play Store updates automatically and makes changes without user permission. If the above mentioned steps don’t help you, use the “uninstall updates” option of Play Store app, it will revert to previous version and may also fix the problem.

~ Go to Google Play App settings (refer to Step #2)
~ Press Uninstall Updates

5. Remove any proxy or VPN software if Installed

Remove any existing proxy or VPN services and connect directly to the internet before accessing Play Store.

1 Go to Wireless & Network, modify your WiFi settings, go to advanced options and remove any proxy servers.
2 Disconnect any VPN connection or apps you have running in background.

6. Factory Reset your Phone/Tablet

If you apply all the above steps but it still shows the error message then the last thing you need is to factory reset your mobile or tablet it will erase everything Make sure you back-up your contacts and files before you perform a reset the phone or tablet but after this action it definitely works.

1 Go to Settings > Backup & reset
2 Click Factory Data Reset