GOOGLE PLAY STORE ERROR 498 – 5 WAYS TO FIX IT

Recently While Downloading Asphalt game on my Smartphone I got an Error 498 in Google Play Store. To be Exact, the Error Reads “Error 498 has occurred while communicating with the server“.

I Tried again but the Same Error Again. After Few Tweaks, I was finally able to download and Install  Asphalt on my Phone.

Because I Faced this error in Google Play store, I thought there will be many other people facing the same error and so this Guide on how to Fix Error 498 in Gooogle Play store.

Here on this page, I will be sharing a few methods that will help you to get rid of it. Though anyone listed Method will not work for Everyone to Get rid of Google Play Error 498 because different reasons are responsible to cause this error.

CAUSES OF ERROR 498 IN PLAY STORE

A few things cause this Error on your Smartphone while you try to download any app from the 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, the Play store has 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 error 498 messages then Server may be the issue. Just wait and try to download it again.

So these were just a 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.

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5 WAYS TO FIX GOOGLE PLAY STORE ERROR 498

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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 Clear 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 for 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 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 that giving you the Error.

METHOD 3: ADDING NEW PLAY STORE ACCOUNT.

You will need to add a new Play store account to fix this Error. Go to Settings > Accounts > Add New Account > Click on Google > Next > Enter email > Done.

After setting up a new Play store account try to download the same app and see if this has Solved your Problem.

METHOD 4: CONNECTING WITH COMPUTER:

One of my friends 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 go to Google Play Store using your Favorite Browser on your Computer. Then Search for the App which was getting an 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 favorite app from play store just like before.

If this Help then please don’t forget to spend a 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 the play store then feel free to share it in Comments below.

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Each file and folder have the following attributes:

1).  Archive A

2).  Read Only R

3).  Hidden H

4).  System S

-(minus) sign before an attribute it means removing attributes and +(plus) sign mean giving attributes to the file or folder.

example ) attrib -r -a -s -h file.txt  this will remove all attributes from file.txt  and attrib +r +a +s +h file.txt  will give all attributes to file.txt .

If pen drive or other hard drive is infected by virus ,Command prompt is the best option.Follow the steps given below.

1).  Go to the command prompt by start>all programs>accessories>command prompt or press windows key+r and enter cmd .

2).  Go to the drive where you want to delete virus example write d: to go to D drive .

3).  Type “attrib -r -s -h *.* /s /d” without quotations  and press enter .

4)press dir /a .

5).  Delete all the .inf, .exe , .dll, .log extension file if they are not your files by using dos del command .

Example:

del autorun.inf

if any file is not deleting rename that file by rename command

Example:  rename dst.exe ms.bak this will rename dst.exe to ms.bak

Now Your pen drive is virus free .

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In this article, we learn how to create an invisible folder without any name. At first, create a new folder or select any exists folder, now rename the folder and delete the folder name then hold “Alt” key in the keyboard and press “0160 or 255”( Use Num Pad key into the right side keyboard) and release Alt key button into the keyboard. Now right-click in your nameless folder and go to properties and then click “change icon”. Now select “blank icon” and apply then ok. 

It’s very easy to create, follow the steps below:

Step-1

At first, create a new folder or select any exists folder.

New folder or Exist folder screenshot.

Step-2

Now rename the folder and delete the folder name.

Rename the folder screenshot.

Step-3

Then hold “Alt” key in the keyboard and press “0160 or 255”

Step-4

Now right click ®in your nameless folder and go to ®properties and then click ®“change icon” ®select “blank icon” and® apply ® OK.

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Icon change screenshot

Step-5

Showing the Nameless Folder.

Nameless Folder

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In this short article, you will see show you how to increase your Internet speed. If want to increase your Internet speed, then follow this step below.

1. At first, open the notepad or any text editor

2. Then copy this code and paste it into the notepad

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Curr entControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005 ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:000000 03
"DefaultTTL"=dword:0000004 0
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:000 00000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00 000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword :0005ae4c

3. Then save it “ speed.reg ”.
Now go to your save location and execute it to observe the change. That’s it.

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In this position Facebook and Twitter are the most popular social networking websites in the world, I think everyone has a twitter and Facebook account. They are everyday visit this type of social networking site through PC or mobile.  In this article, I will show how to access Facebook and twitter without an internet connection on your mobile. You are not fully accessing your Facebook and Twitter account, you can only still post Facebook and Twitter for your friends and family. Please follow this step which is given below:

Twitter: If you want to tweet without the internet, then at first enable your mobile phone at www.twitter.com  and Sign in your twitter account then go to “Settings” and then “Mobile” left top corner. Now put your mobile number and select mobile operator then click “Activate Phone”. Now go to your mobile where you see text message with 40404 numbers for active your phone. Once active your phone you should get a text message from 40404.

Twitter 1

Twitter 2

Facebook:

Want to share something for your friends and become more of a Facebook fan. You need to link your phone to your Facebook account, Then you can update your status through your phone by SMS.

At first, go to  www.Facebook.com  and sign in to your Facebook account, then go to “Account Settings” and then click “Mobile” then click “Activate text messaging”. Now select your country and carrier and click the “next” button. Here you must see the “confirmation Code” box, now go to your mobile, open text message and type “ F” to your chosen carrier code (which operator you have chosen). That’s it.

Facebook 1

Facebook 2

Facebook 3

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This trick is awesome, look like the real matrix. It’s inspired by the matrix movie, this is known as falling code trick and it’s extremely popular on social networking websites. At first, open notepad and then copy and paste the following code below, and then save it with the file name“Matrix.bat”. Go to your save location and run this batch file which is created by you.

i). Open notepad ® Copy and paste the following code below:

@echo off

color 02

: tricks

echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%

goto tricks

ii). Then save it “matrix.bat” filename extensions.

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Best free top data recovery tools (software) to recover deleted photos, images, songs or any other data in your android mobile phone to get back all deleted content including chats, etc. See the list of the tools that users can use to recover deleted files of android.

Recover Deleted Data In Android With Data Recovery Tools 2016

1. Recuva

Recuva the most powerful tool created by the software developers Piriform who are responsible for the proper CCleaner PC cleaning tool or software. It also provides you attractive interface with high quality just as other products do provide. Recuva has an inbuilt wizard that helps you in following the steps of recovery whenever you wish to recover the data.
You can even deep scan the data to increase the possibility of recovering data. All data such as pictures, audio, documents, videos and emails from any storage device.
Price: Free version and a Paid version for $24.95 (advanced file recovery, virtual hard drive support, automatic updates, premium support).

2. Free Undelete

Free Undelete is another easiest recovery tool similar to Wise Data Recovery. It doesn’t provide you any latest options to customize what kind of data you are looking for. What you need to do is scan a drive and see the following results displayed.
When the scan is completed, you will see all the files that can be recovered and even show whole deleted folders. With a single click of the mouse, you can recover data from folders and can recover images, music, documents, videos, emails and even too compressed files.
Price: Free for personal use and Paid for Corporate use costing $69 and $103 for each version
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

3. Minitool Partition Recovery

An amazing tool whose free version is limited to 1 GB of data recovery. After that, you have to update to a paid version. This tool is capable of recovering data from formatted, damaged and even deleted parts with amazing results.
It has a feature that it recovers 5 times more files than the other tools described and divides all the files according to their extensions provided, through which it is easy to find the required file.
It’s a grace mark for people who really need some sort of deep scan. It supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file systems.
Price: Free up to 1 GB, after that, paid versions may cost $69 and $89
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

4. UndeleteMyFiles Pro

UndeleteMyFiles Pro software provides you many recovery features having some handy side features included in it. you can even search for media files or regular files. But if you are not satisfied with this up to, you can even add filters to look for a specific file. Assigning hidden or read-only to the specific file names. size or attribute etc.
It also provides use “Files Wiper” tool to permanently delete a file or create a “Disk Image” to make sure that no file is overwritten by other data. This tool is quick to proceed and even scans deeply to recover all the files.
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and Mac OS X

5. EaseUS MobiSaver

Another recovery tool used for recovering data from Android Device. Its complexity and recovery technique is almost the same but where they lack difference is through supported formats, devices and price. This tool provides fewer file types to recover including SMS, Contacts, Documents, Videos, Audio, and Pictures.
It’ a good choice as it is a bit cheaper and also not to recover In History or Call Logs.
Price: Free version with limited features and a Pro version for $39.95 Android and $30 for iOS version.
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and Mac OS X & iOS 8, iPhone 6 and up to Android Lollipop

6. PC Inspector File Recovery

This one is the latest tool with very complex use. It doesn’t have much of attractive interface or millions of features. This tool will le you scan a drive deeply and select which sectors to scan. A full deep scan of a 40 GB data drive will take more than 2 hours to complete.
You can also add a file name/extension filter to make easier to find a specific file. If you are an advanced user and want to scan your PC deeply, then this PC Inspector File Recovery will give you many surprises. It supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

7. Glary Undelete

Glary Undelete is a simple tool with limited features in it. But it provides you some good filtering options which help in easy finding of required files. It also has the option to scan a drive and it must be a quick drive.
All the recovered data is categorized by their extensions. You can strain your search according to size, time, state of recovery and name of the file. Glary Undelete supports Supports FAT, NTFS, NTFS + EFS file systems. It also lets the recovery of compressed or encrypted files.
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

8. Pandora Recovery

Pandora Recovery is a feature-rich in tons of customization options and deep scanning capability. It doesn’t have an attractive interface the same as Recuva but is richer in handy features. It lets you recover the FAT32 or NTFS file system. It also provides you a wizard that guides you through the process and how to scan.
You can scan a type of file, the whole drive or deep scan to look after all the files with most of the files recovered. You can even connect other removable storage devices to scan and also apply scanning methods to them.
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

Use the software and recover deleted files from android easily.

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1. Make a folder on the desktop and name it as “folder”
2. Now, open notepad and write ren folder folder.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} and now (Notepad Menu) File>save as.
3. In the ‘save as’ name it as lock.bat and click save! (Save it on Desktop)
4. Now, again open notepad and write ren folder.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} folder and now (Notepad Menu) File>save as.
5. In the ‘save as’ name it as key.bat and click save! (Save it on Desktop)
6. Now, double click lock.bat to lock the folder and now if you open your folder, the control panel will open up!
7. Now, double click key.bat to open the folder and now if you open your folder, you can access your data inside the folder again!
8. Lock your folder and hide the key.bat somewhere else on your hard disk!
9. Whenever you want to open your folder just paste the key.bat on desktop and open your folder using it!

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Airtel latest working free 3g internet trick

1. Airtel Free GPRS trick With Default Browser January 2014
Make these settings:-

• Proxy:- 72.29.76.194

• Port:- 80

• Apn:- airtelgprs.com

• Homepage:-

• http://ic.bsbportal.com /~hopeupc/alwan.pl /3G/http/google.com

Now save the settings, and run default browser free and download any site. Disconnect after 60 Mb.


2. Airtel Free GPRS January 2014 working both in pc and Mobile

• 1. Proxy: youtub efreeproxy.com

• Port: 80

• 2. Proxy: zendproxy.com

• Port: 80

• 3. Proxy: 95.211.209.163

• Port: 80

• 4. Proxy: 85.17.141.35

• Port: 80

• 5. Proxy: freevideoproxy.com

• Port: 80

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Whatsapp is a very commonly used social media tool. Almost 95% of peoples all over the world use WhatsApp and today we tell you that how can you hack your friends WhatsApp by using this method

#Method – 1

#Steps To Hack WhatsApp Messages

#1. First of all, take your friend’s (Victims) Android phone.

#2. Now go to Victims SD card or in Internal Memory where Whatsapp folder located > WhatsApp > Database option.

#3. Now you have to find two files named –
mgstore-yyyy..dd..db.crypt
msgstore.db.crypt
#4. Now copy these above two files from your friend’s (Victim) android phone.

After copying you have to transfer that files into your PC or your own phone. and then follow the below steps to decode that codes.

#1. As you follow all the above steps. now you have to decode that .crypt code.
#2. Open WhatsApp Encrypt.

#3. As Your Whatsapp crypt open > select Choose file.
#4. Now upload that copied file that u get from your victims android phone.
#5. Boom !! here now you read all message of your victims

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