I am looking into buying a tablet, but want to make sure that I choose one that meets all of my needs. I need a tablet that will play mp4 videos. These mp4s are all converted from DVDs. As we all know, Android does announce that MP4 is one of Android compatible formats. However, people still encounter the issue of Android won't play MP4. Tap on OK to confirm deleting the data. The data synchronization of your device that allows the syncing of data can help you solve the problem.
Several readers found this to be an easy way of resolving their apps not downloading from the Play Store. Once you have completed this step, go back into Google Play Store and check if the app is being downloaded now. Once the new updates are installed, your device will automatically restart.
After the restart, check if the apps are being downloaded to your device now. Resetting the Google Account can help you solve the problem of your Android not downloading the apps. When you reset the account, you will be deleting the entire account and starting all over again. It means you should know your Google Account username and password.
If you do not have these details, then you will not be able to add the account back to your device again. The Google account will be removed entirely from your device, and it will be added all over again. If you have more than one Google accounts on your device, then make sure you remove all the Google account.
After deleting the accounts, you will have to start entering the accounts once again into your device. Go back to the Settings menu of your device and tap on Accounts once again.
Now you will find the option to Add Account. Tap on Add Account and complete the process of adding the account to your device. You must follow these steps to add all your Google accounts, and once this is done, return to the Play Store and find out if this has resolved your problem. Sometimes, your Play Store updates may be the cause of the problem. So, uninstall the update and allow the app to update once again. It can help in solving the problem.
Once the updates are re-installed, try to download the apps repeatedly to check if it is working as expected. Once the app has been updated, head into the Play Store and check if the apps are now being downloaded or not. For users who cannot fix the problem with any of the above solutions, our last resort, which happens to resolve many Android issues effectively, reset your device to factory settings. All data will be deleted from your device, and all third-party apps will be removed.
You will also lose personalized settings because the phone will go back to the default settings. It is why you must create a backup for the data that you consider essential. You can back up the data on a computer or use your Google account to back up the data. Your phone will give you the option to back up the data on the Google account before you reset the device. Once the reset is complete, your device will automatically restart. Go to the Play Store and check if the problem you were facing has been fixed.
Sometimes you may not be able to download the apps to your device because of insufficient space. You will have to delete a few things from your device to make space at times like these. Check if you have too many photos or videos on your device, which may be eating into the storage. Move these files to your computer to increase the space of your device. You may have to uninstall some apps if you need enough space for large apps. To uninstall the apps, go to the Settings menu of your device and look for Apps or Application Manager.
Now tap on the apps that you want to uninstall, and you will get the option to uninstall the app on the next screen. Tap on uninstall and confirm the uninstallation.
Alternatively, users on the latest version of Android will be able to long-press on the app they wish to uninstall, and they will automatically see the options to uninstall the app on the top of the screen.
All you need to do is drag the app icon to the uninstall option on the screen, and the app will be uninstalled. This error is related to the Play Service and not specific to your device. But in case you are not interested in downloading and installing an app, the other way around this problem is to 'convert' the video into a format that your phone understands. And there are several apps that allow you to do that on your smartphone itself.
Let's take one of the more popular apps out there, called Video Transcoder. The best thing about Video Transcoder is that it is free to use and happens to be open source as well. There are no annoying ads as well.
Second - the product supports a wide variety of file formats and codecs. The user interface is a bit plain jane - but is functional and easy to understand.
In case you happen to have access to a computer, there are several free video converters that can easily convert your video file to a format that your phone understands. Now that you know how to fix the unsupported video format error on Android let us explore the reasons why the message appeared in the first place. To understand this, you need to understand some basic facts about video codecs and containers.
Codec is actually the abbreviation of coder-decoder. The name actually says it all: it's a method for encoding and decoding data, specifically compressed data. As you might have guessed by now, like. Usually, the job of a codec is to compress a set of data video or audio for storage and later decompress it for playback or viewing.
Codecs are different from containers and file formats. AVI, for example, is often mistaken for one when it's simply the video file type and one of the more popular Android video formats. Usually, a container is also referred to as a file format. It takes care of packaging, transport, and presentation while the codec prepares the file for these actions.
Containers take care of synchronizing the audio and video. A container is part of the file that determines the file type. In simple terms - if you have a nextpit. You have just learned the reasons why some video files may not play on your Android phone.
You also know the various methods using which you can easily fix this problem. In case these solutions helped you, do let us know about the same in the comments section below. This article was last modified in August The comments have been carried over from an earlier version of this article.
This software is easy to use and works fast. I need to upload this video to YouTube. Not just play it with my phone. I cannot do that since sharing to youtube is opted out because of this error.
VLC can play the file just fine but Samsung Galaxy s10 gallery won't handle it ans can't make even a thumbnail. The main reason is that the audio code or video codec is not supported by Android, in this case, it is better to convert unsupported files to Android more supported MP4. I use iDealshare VideoGo to achieve this goal. I use a Chromebook.
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