In recent years, the vast majority of us have been able to enjoy the stability offered by the Android operating system on cell phones and mobile devices; Through functional improvements implemented through new versions, its developers have been able to solve some problems. One of these cases is Error 506, continue reading to find out what it is and how we can do to fix it.
In the case of the Google Play Store, there are times when it can throw problems, usually identified with numbers. This can be observed especially when trying to download an application, these errors may have their origin in the updates we have made to the Google Play Store, to problems with our Google account or to the cache for Google.
What is Error 506 in Google Play?
This is one of the most frequent errors presented by the Google Play Store and occurs when we have problems when trying to download an application. At first everything seems normal, however, suddenly and almost when finished installing, a message indicates that there is a problem caused by error 506.
This problem can occur due to a closed cycle caused by several versions of the same application. However, it is not a problem with which we are trying to install. It is a frequent problem in computers or mobile devices that have a micro SD card as an external storage medium.
Since there is not a single cause that causes error 506, there is also no single solution, so here are some ways to solve this problem, we are sure that with some of them you will be able to fix Google Play and be able to download the application you want.
Solution Alternatives to Error 506
There are several actions that we can use and try to solve the problem generated by error 506, we will start with the simplest and we will continue with the most complex, we must first try the easiest and try the following until the error is resolved.
Restart the device
This is the simplest solution to error 506 in Google Play, to try it we must do the following:
- Press the button to turn on the equipment until it is completely turned off
- Keep the computer off for the course of 15 or 20 seconds
- Turn on the device again
- Open the Google Play Store and try again to try again to download the application you want
Check if the problem was solved, otherwise we should try the next option.
Remove SD card
If the problem is still not resolved, we can try:
- Check if our mobile device has an SD card installed, it is possible that it may interfere in the case of installation for some applications
- Safely remove the SD card from our device
- Restart the device
- Press the button to turn on the equipment until it is completely turned off
- Keep the computer off for the course of 15 or 20 seconds
- Turn on the device again
- Open the Google Play Store and try again to try again to download the application you want
Check if the problem was solved, otherwise we should try the next option.
Check that the date and time are correct
If the problem is still not resolved, we can try:
- Access the configuration of our team
- Access the Date and time option
- Bring the Automatic Date & Time switch to the On position
- Deactivate this option if we already had it turned on
- Wait 5 to 10 seconds
- Turn the Automatic Date & Time option back to the On position
- Open the Google Play Store and try again to try again to download the application you want
Check if the problem was solved, otherwise we should try the next option.
Clear the cache of Google Play Store and Google Play Services
If the problem is still not resolved, we can try:
- Enter the Settings of our cell phone
- Access Application Manager or Applications , this depends on our team
- Locate all apps and search Google Play Store
- Open the detail of this application and choose Force stop
- Touch Clear Cache
- Enter the Settings of our cell phone
- Access Application Manager or Applications , this depends on our team
- Locate All apps and search Google Play Services
- Open the detail of this application and choose Force stop
- Touch Clear Cache
- Open the Google Play Store and try again to try again to download the application you want
Check if the problem was solved, otherwise we should try the next option.
Remove updates from the Google Play Store
If the issue is still not resolved, we recommend that you try these steps:
- Open the settings of our mobile device
- Enter Applications
- Choose Google Play Store
- Press Deactivate on the button located at the top, with this we will also delete all your updates
- Click Enable Now
- Open Google Play Store the application will remember that we can make a new update to the application
- Install the new update from Google Play Store
- Open the Google Play Store and try again to try again to download the application you want
Check if the problem was solved, otherwise we should try the next option.
Delete Google account and add it again
If the issue is still not resolved, we can try the following:
- Choose Accounts in Settings
- Search Google and select our account
- Press the icon located at the top right of the screen
- Choose Delete Account for each of the Google accounts that we have registered on the device
- Restart the cell phone
- Choose Google and enter each of the accounts individually
- Open the Google Play Store and try again to try again to download the application you want
We are sure that by trying any of these alternatives mentioned above, you can quickly solve the problem caused by the error 506 presented in the Google Play Store.