AndroidTutor2018- There is one problem that plagues beginner and advanced Android owners alike: the cursed Unfortunately, (fill in app name here) has stopped error message. It appears when you're in the middle of using an app, and then forces that app to close. Annoying, right? Fortunately, there is a way to stop it. Here's how to fix Unfortunately, app has stopped errors.
Android Marshmallow problems and solutions
Android Lollipop problems and solutions
Try these solutions:
Clear out the app's storage
Uninstall and reinstall the app
Turn it off and on again
Last resort: do a factory reset
Clear out the app's storage
This problem often arises with the contacts, gallery and launcher apps. The procedure to fix this is generally always the same.
First, navigate to Settings on your device.
Go to Applications > Application manager
Swipe left until you find the All tab.
Scroll down to the app that's causing problems and tap on it.
Here you will find the Clear data and Clear cache options.
Clear cache is the option you should start with. It will get rid of saved data that allows apps to load a little quicker when you launch them. Clearing it means the app will open a little slower, but your main problem might well be solved.
Clear data will erase all the app's data, including files, settings and accounts, so don't use this unless you have to.
Clearing an app's cache can often solve the 'app has stopped' problem. / © ANDROIDPIT
Uninstall and reinstall the app
If the app isn't built-in, you can also try uninstalling it and then reinstalling it from the Google Play Store. Simply open the Play Store app, open the menu bar on the left hand side and tap on My apps. Find the app in question and hit Uninstall, which takes a few seconds. Atterwards, you can install it again.
Turn it off and on again
You can also try doing a soft reset, which simply means restarting your device. This is super simple and quite effective if your phone has been on for a long time. A soft reset will power cycle your phone, turning it off and then back on again.
It’s a good idea to turn your phone off every few days for a few minutes – this will help a sluggish phone with a variety of issues, whether they're related to the app, network, audio or email.
Last resort: do a factory reset
When the above solutions have failed, you can resort to factory resetting your phone. When doing a factory reset, ensure that you have backed up all of your data beforehand. I repeat: back up all of your data first. A factory reset will wipe your device and set it back to factory defaults, taking everything, including any bugs, with it. You can restore your apps and data afterwards easily, as long as you've made a backup.
You can carry out a factory reset through the Settings menu, or using a button combination. / © ANDROIDPIT
For more detailed information on factory resetting your phone, take a look at our How to factory reset Android guide.
Android Lollipop problems and solutions
Try these solutions:
Clear out the app's storage
Uninstall and reinstall the app
Turn it off and on again
Last resort: do a factory reset
Clear out the app's storage
This problem often arises with the contacts, gallery and launcher apps. The procedure to fix this is generally always the same.
First, navigate to Settings on your device.
Go to Applications > Application manager
Swipe left until you find the All tab.
Scroll down to the app that's causing problems and tap on it.
Here you will find the Clear data and Clear cache options.
Clear cache is the option you should start with. It will get rid of saved data that allows apps to load a little quicker when you launch them. Clearing it means the app will open a little slower, but your main problem might well be solved.
Clear data will erase all the app's data, including files, settings and accounts, so don't use this unless you have to.
Clearing an app's cache can often solve the 'app has stopped' problem. / © ANDROIDPIT
Uninstall and reinstall the app
If the app isn't built-in, you can also try uninstalling it and then reinstalling it from the Google Play Store. Simply open the Play Store app, open the menu bar on the left hand side and tap on My apps. Find the app in question and hit Uninstall, which takes a few seconds. Atterwards, you can install it again.
Turn it off and on again
You can also try doing a soft reset, which simply means restarting your device. This is super simple and quite effective if your phone has been on for a long time. A soft reset will power cycle your phone, turning it off and then back on again.
It’s a good idea to turn your phone off every few days for a few minutes – this will help a sluggish phone with a variety of issues, whether they're related to the app, network, audio or email.
Last resort: do a factory reset
When the above solutions have failed, you can resort to factory resetting your phone. When doing a factory reset, ensure that you have backed up all of your data beforehand. I repeat: back up all of your data first. A factory reset will wipe your device and set it back to factory defaults, taking everything, including any bugs, with it. You can restore your apps and data afterwards easily, as long as you've made a backup.
You can carry out a factory reset through the Settings menu, or using a button combination. / © ANDROIDPIT
For more detailed information on factory resetting your phone, take a look at our How to factory reset Android guide.
In the case of Google Play itself not working, the solution is a little more extensive: delete the cache as a first step and if this doesn't clear things up, clear your data, and finally uninstall any Play Store updates. The same steps apply to Google Play Services, but try them one by one – you don't want to lose all your Play Store preferences for no reason. Check out the complete tutorial on what to do when the Google Play Store isn’t working for more advice.
Did these solutions fix the problem for you? What others fixes do you know for these little pesky Android problems that you can share with your fellow beginner users? Tell us in the comments.
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1 Kadesha Stephenson 2 days ago Link to comment
is there a way to stop it without clearing anything? I am definitely not deleting any data
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1 Uphonix Wun 1 week ago Link to comment
This article sucks as much as android does. It reminds me of those windows days when they used to say how you can stop the blue screen of death but nothing ever seemed to work. Then you have a sea of helpless blind people leading other blind people into perpetual frustration. This dumb issue has been on my samsung s8 since it left the store, it's been there after factory resets and cache clears and app deletions and anything else you can name. This is a fault with the way the apps have been developed or the operating system itself. Users shouldn't have to "fix anything. And this is why android sucks. Welcome to Windows 2017
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54 Bastian Siewers Admin Staff 1 week ago Link to comment
Hi Uphonix Wun, sorry to hear that the tips did not help in your case. The thing is that a lot of times they actually do help ;) As you are using a rather new phone, it sounds like the software issue can't be easily solved. I would recommend to get a replacement for your phone. And btw. just because some Android phones run into this issue, it doesn't mean that Android generally sucks ;)
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6 Eduardo Barriga Caro 1 month ago Link to comment
Hi, in my Motorola G4 Play, the "Applications > Application manager" does not exist, What can I do?
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18 Albin Foro 1 month ago Link to comment
You can usually go into Settings / Apps / [Select app] / Storage and clear caches and data. There are also some peculiar apps that build up gigantic multi-gigabyte files of old historical crap in Settings / Storage / Misc. that can be deleted without any bad effect on functionality of the app or the system. I always check this when internal storage is getting constipated.
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18 Albin Foro 1 month ago Link to comment
I never had this problem or failures to properly install and launch apps via Play Store or APK with Android G, J or L devices, but M was a complete PITA for this (as well as sluggish performance) as long as microSD was set to "adoptable storage" - resetting Android M to use the microSD as regular external storage solved these problems. Beyond that, it's always worth trying the power/volume button method for system cache deletion before doing a complete factory reset, as suggested by the other commenter here.
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1 Just someone 2 months ago Link to comment
Well it would certainly help if I had an "application manager"
So this article was useless
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1 Meziah Jolléy 4 months ago Link to comment
This website, and even the articles on it, are amateur at best. I don't say those things lightly but its the truth. This article didn't help one bit. Not one. None of these solutions will fix the problem of applications suddenly crashing. And then when you're out of ideas, you don't offer the solution of resetting the phone. This is a waste of time. Go to XDA forums and try to find the solution there people.
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2 Catwoman _ 4 months ago Link to comment
My brother has this problem, but a lot deeper than this. His phone keeps giving push notifications about everything: I can't open Settings, because when I press that it says that the Settings stopped working. If I try to open the camera, it gives a notification that the camera stopped working.
1 BADVIBEZ m/
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2 Amal Abraham 5 months ago Link to comment
Guys you need not do any of the above said if the problem started since May 2017. I had similar problem and i was able to resolve it. Uninstall or disable the app called android system web view, from application manager. This will surely works. Thanks!
1 ndi
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1 ndi 5 months ago Link to comment
This worked like a charm. Thanx
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1 Jeffrey Orner 5 months ago Link to comment
android system web view? cant find it in app mgr.
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2 Bogdan 1 month ago Link to comment
If you disable the Android System WebView, chances are other apps will stop working properly. Android System WebView, is component that renders web-content(like webpages). The issue is that since Android M (I think) all apps that use the webview UI component are dependent on the System Webview.
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3 Deep Endra 5 months ago Link to comment
I tried all the methods but nothing seems to work for me. But finally I was able to fix the issue by Wiping cache partition from Recovery Mode.
I found the working solution on appslova.com [Fix “Unfortunately App has Stopped” Error] ... If you guys haven't found the solution yet then there are plenty of others methods too.
1 Albin Foro
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1 Bill S 9 months ago Link to comment
I regularly clear caches and much of app data to save space on my Pipo P9 tablet. But I CONSTANTLY get the stopped message, sometimes imaginary and sometimes real. Earth and my MIDI music apps are particularly prone, but it can happen to anything, including the launcher itself, whichI'is not nice. Any ideas?
0
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1 Sali Saliba 9 months ago Link to comment
Android is a dirty operating system and Google is dirtier -they regard themselves parteners in your
phone -they enforce dirty built in apps on you that you cannot get rid of it .
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Reply
1 Luqmanul Haqim 9 months ago Link to comment
My Huawei Y300 stop working . The apps that are stop working are like contacts huawei method widget
i have watched all how to fix error like that it say i must clear data or uninstall it but when i try to unistall it it say uninstaller packages has stopped when i try to clear the data it does notting i think it is a virus
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1 Paul Lademann 9 months ago Link to comment
I was very reluctant to factory reset my budget smartphone as before, I managed to reset the language to Chinese. I appear to have cured mine by uninstalling Kaspersky security and replacing it with AVG. I may well yet be proved wrong as I am very new to all of this. Any apps I installed after initialising my new phone were stopping.
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1 tuesday salami 10 months ago Link to comment
Clearing cache and data / information is destroyed How do we solve the problem without a clear alternative after we get the cache Vdyta Backup
Ask Rahil Google
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1 Chavy Gonzales 11 months ago Link to comment
Why gardenscape plarix game doesn't work in my lenovo a7000. I already donwload it, try to play this game many times but it always says unfortunately stop? Please update me if what will i do.
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Did these solutions fix the problem for you? What others fixes do you know for these little pesky Android problems that you can share with your fellow beginner users? Tell us in the comments.
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More from the web
How Much Money Do You Really Get from a Reverse Mortgage?NewRetirement
Say Goodbye to Phone Bills Forever With One Super-Low Wireless Payment Per Year!MintSim
Monterey Park, California: This Brilliant Company Is Disrupting a $200 Billion IndustryEverQuote Insurance Quotes
We Tried HelloFresh: Here's What HappenedPopdust for HelloFresh
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68 comments
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1 Kadesha Stephenson 2 days ago Link to comment
is there a way to stop it without clearing anything? I am definitely not deleting any data
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1 Uphonix Wun 1 week ago Link to comment
This article sucks as much as android does. It reminds me of those windows days when they used to say how you can stop the blue screen of death but nothing ever seemed to work. Then you have a sea of helpless blind people leading other blind people into perpetual frustration. This dumb issue has been on my samsung s8 since it left the store, it's been there after factory resets and cache clears and app deletions and anything else you can name. This is a fault with the way the apps have been developed or the operating system itself. Users shouldn't have to "fix anything. And this is why android sucks. Welcome to Windows 2017
0
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54 Bastian Siewers Admin Staff 1 week ago Link to comment
Hi Uphonix Wun, sorry to hear that the tips did not help in your case. The thing is that a lot of times they actually do help ;) As you are using a rather new phone, it sounds like the software issue can't be easily solved. I would recommend to get a replacement for your phone. And btw. just because some Android phones run into this issue, it doesn't mean that Android generally sucks ;)
0
Reply
6 Eduardo Barriga Caro 1 month ago Link to comment
Hi, in my Motorola G4 Play, the "Applications > Application manager" does not exist, What can I do?
0
Reply
18 Albin Foro 1 month ago Link to comment
You can usually go into Settings / Apps / [Select app] / Storage and clear caches and data. There are also some peculiar apps that build up gigantic multi-gigabyte files of old historical crap in Settings / Storage / Misc. that can be deleted without any bad effect on functionality of the app or the system. I always check this when internal storage is getting constipated.
0
Reply
18 Albin Foro 1 month ago Link to comment
I never had this problem or failures to properly install and launch apps via Play Store or APK with Android G, J or L devices, but M was a complete PITA for this (as well as sluggish performance) as long as microSD was set to "adoptable storage" - resetting Android M to use the microSD as regular external storage solved these problems. Beyond that, it's always worth trying the power/volume button method for system cache deletion before doing a complete factory reset, as suggested by the other commenter here.
0
Reply
1 Just someone 2 months ago Link to comment
Well it would certainly help if I had an "application manager"
So this article was useless
0
Reply
1 Meziah Jolléy 4 months ago Link to comment
This website, and even the articles on it, are amateur at best. I don't say those things lightly but its the truth. This article didn't help one bit. Not one. None of these solutions will fix the problem of applications suddenly crashing. And then when you're out of ideas, you don't offer the solution of resetting the phone. This is a waste of time. Go to XDA forums and try to find the solution there people.
0
Reply
2 Catwoman _ 4 months ago Link to comment
My brother has this problem, but a lot deeper than this. His phone keeps giving push notifications about everything: I can't open Settings, because when I press that it says that the Settings stopped working. If I try to open the camera, it gives a notification that the camera stopped working.
1 BADVIBEZ m/
Reply
2 Amal Abraham 5 months ago Link to comment
Guys you need not do any of the above said if the problem started since May 2017. I had similar problem and i was able to resolve it. Uninstall or disable the app called android system web view, from application manager. This will surely works. Thanks!
1 ndi
Reply
1 ndi 5 months ago Link to comment
This worked like a charm. Thanx
0
Reply
1 Jeffrey Orner 5 months ago Link to comment
android system web view? cant find it in app mgr.
0
Reply
2 Bogdan 1 month ago Link to comment
If you disable the Android System WebView, chances are other apps will stop working properly. Android System WebView, is component that renders web-content(like webpages). The issue is that since Android M (I think) all apps that use the webview UI component are dependent on the System Webview.
0
Reply
3 Deep Endra 5 months ago Link to comment
I tried all the methods but nothing seems to work for me. But finally I was able to fix the issue by Wiping cache partition from Recovery Mode.
I found the working solution on appslova.com [Fix “Unfortunately App has Stopped” Error] ... If you guys haven't found the solution yet then there are plenty of others methods too.
1 Albin Foro
Reply
1 Bill S 9 months ago Link to comment
I regularly clear caches and much of app data to save space on my Pipo P9 tablet. But I CONSTANTLY get the stopped message, sometimes imaginary and sometimes real. Earth and my MIDI music apps are particularly prone, but it can happen to anything, including the launcher itself, whichI'is not nice. Any ideas?
0
Reply
1 Sali Saliba 9 months ago Link to comment
Android is a dirty operating system and Google is dirtier -they regard themselves parteners in your
phone -they enforce dirty built in apps on you that you cannot get rid of it .
0
Reply
1 Luqmanul Haqim 9 months ago Link to comment
My Huawei Y300 stop working . The apps that are stop working are like contacts huawei method widget
i have watched all how to fix error like that it say i must clear data or uninstall it but when i try to unistall it it say uninstaller packages has stopped when i try to clear the data it does notting i think it is a virus
0
Reply
1 Paul Lademann 9 months ago Link to comment
I was very reluctant to factory reset my budget smartphone as before, I managed to reset the language to Chinese. I appear to have cured mine by uninstalling Kaspersky security and replacing it with AVG. I may well yet be proved wrong as I am very new to all of this. Any apps I installed after initialising my new phone were stopping.
0
Reply
1 tuesday salami 10 months ago Link to comment
Clearing cache and data / information is destroyed How do we solve the problem without a clear alternative after we get the cache Vdyta Backup
Ask Rahil Google
0
Reply
1 Chavy Gonzales 11 months ago Link to comment
Why gardenscape plarix game doesn't work in my lenovo a7000. I already donwload it, try to play this game many times but it always says unfortunately stop? Please update me if what will i do.
0
Reply
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