Quite often, if not all, then very many owners of Android devices face the problem of the inability to download any application or game from the Play Market service. For no reason, error 492 suddenly appears on the screen. When downloading from the Market, by the way, this equally applies to attempts to manually or automatically update programs. Let's see how to get rid of this misfortune.
What does error 492 mean when downloading from the Market and the reasons for its occurrence
First, consider the nature of the failure itself. To be objective, it can be noted that the type of error 492 belongs to almost the same category as the failure 905.
However, the 905 error, so to speak, is a consequence of the malfunctioning of the service itself, and error 492 when downloading from Market on a tablet or smartphone can mean mainly problems associated with the use of damaged memory cards, but, most importantly, with called cache overflow. In this case, the cache of the Play Market application is meant, not the cache of the default browser.
Error 492 when downloading from the Market: what to do first
If such a situation has arisen, you can even not restart the device (if the service cache folder is completely and completely filled, this in most cases does not help).
Here you will need manual intervention, performed directly on the mobile gadget. The cache is cleared from the settings menu, where the installed applications section is selected. It is advisable to display everything that is (tab "All"). Here you need to find the desired Play Market service and tap on it to enter the options menu.
The buttons for clearing the cache and deleting data will be displayed on the screen. As a rule, you can only use them without involving the removal of updates. As you know, they only affect the operation of the service and do not concern our problem at all.
If the standard method did not help
However, in some cases, error 492 when downloading from the "Market" may occur if user identification fails. Moreover, this is manifested to the greatest extent on devices where non-standard firmware was installed, which is why the OS itself starts to fail.
There is nothing easier than deleting your “account”, and after rebooting the system, re-enter your account or create a new record.
So, in this case, we need the same settings section, where you should select the accounts item and find the corresponding section. Further, when entering the Gmail email address, which is the login, you just need to click the "account" delete button located below.
Now we overload the device and try to enter the service. The system will offer two options: use an existing record or create a new one. We select the first item and enter your registration data (email and password). As practice shows, in the future, error 492 when downloading from the Market will not appear. True, it is advisable to perform such operations only after making sure that the first method has no effect.
Other possible situations and methods for their correction
It goes without saying that no one is safe from the appearance of such failures when using damaged memory cards. In this case, cardinal methods will have to be applied to restore the card's performance.
Without going into technical details, we note that the main problem is the malfunction of the microcontroller. At the same time, when error 492 appears when downloading from the Market, w3bsit3-dns.com (a well-known Internet resource) recommends that you first find out the controller's markings (special VID and PID values), either by disassembling the card or using special utilities. After that, you will have to find a formatting program on the Internet and run it to restore the memory of the card.
Here it should be taken into account that all these operations are performed exclusively when the card is connected via an adapter or a card reader to a computer and only in cases when content is downloaded from the Play Market service directly to removable media. By default, the download is carried out on the internal drive, so if this parameter is set, the card recovery actions are not needed.
Conclusion
As can be seen from the foregoing, the error itself is not some kind of critical malfunction in the device’s operation or in the functioning of the Play Market service. Actually, such a problem is eliminated quite simply on the gadget itself without the use of additional actions related to connecting to a computer or using additional third-party utilities.