GOOGLE PLAY STORE ERROR 498 – 5 WAYS TO FIX IT
CAUSES OF ERROR 498 IN PLAY STORE
There are Few things that causes this Error on your
Smartphone while you try to download any app from
Google Play store.
The Most common issue is the Size of
Device’s Cache Partition. You will get Error 498 in
play store if you try to download apps that are
larger in size then your Device’s Cache partition.
For Eg: Your Cache partition is of 30M and you try to
download an app with Size 35M then you might get
this error. Usually Play store have issues when
downloading apps that are large in size.
Another Reason is Google Servers from where you
are trying to download the apps might be under
maintenance. So if you are downloading an App
and you get Play store erro 498 message then
Server may be the issue. Just wait and try to
download it again.
So these were just Couple of Possible Reasons for a
User to get this Error in Google Play store, Now let us
see Some Possible Ways to Fix it.
5 WAYS TO FIX GOOGLE PLAY STORE
ERROR 498
METHOD 1: CLEARING CACHE
Most Common Reason you might be facing this Error
is because of Cache, so i will start the Methods list by
Recommending you to Clearing the Cache.
To do So, Just navigate to Settings > Applications >
Manage Applications > Select Google Play store >
Clear Data & Clear Cache.
Now Try and download the App if Cache was the
problem and clearing it solved the Issue for you. One
more reason of listing this method on top is this
worked for me and i was able to download the game
easily after clearing the Cache. Though the Solution for
all might not be the same so try below methods too.
METHOD 2: USE WIFI TO DOWNLOAD.
Many a times your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Creates this Problem of Error 498 and many other
Errors. so Try and get access to Wifi somehow and try
to download the app thats giving you the Error.
METHOD 3: ADDING NEW PLAY STORE
ACCOUNT.
You will need to Add a new Play store account inorder
to fix this Error. Go to Settings > Accounts > Add New
Account > Click on Google > Next > Enter email >
Done.
After setting up new Play store account try to
download the same app and see if this have Solved
your Problem.
METHOD 4: CONNECTING WITH COMPUTER:
One of my Friend reported that he fixed Error 498 by
installing apps from Computer to Smartphone. You
just need to connect your Smartphone to Computer
Using USB Cable. then goto Google Play Store using
your Favourite Browser on your Computer. Then
Search for the App which was getting error on your
Smartphone.
Click on the Preferred Result that you get, next On the
App page you will see Install button. Click it to
Download that app On your Smartphone. No it will not
Install on your Computer. it will Install on your
Smartphone. Just make sure your Smartphone is
Connected or else you will not See Install Button.
METHOD 5: UNINSTALL & REINSTALL GOOGLE
PLAY STORE:
If your Phone is Rooted then You might just want to
Uninstall and Then Reinstall Google Play store so that
to make sure that you actually get rid of Error 498 in
Google Play Store. If any of the above Listed methods
don’t work for you then go for this one and you will
fix it for sure.
So these were 5 Methods to Fix Error 498 In Play
Store . I hope this helps you to get rid of this error and
you can again download your favourite app from play
store just like before.
If these Helps then please don’t forget to spend few
seconds and Comment below which Method solved
the Issue for you. Or If you have any other way to get
rid of this error message in play store then feel free to
share it in Comments below.
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