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Have just received my replacement Extreme and getting -101 errors on Google Play.

I searched this, and wasn't convinced by the fixes I found. Most said this was a Google download limit and it would "go away". This I could not accept, as 1) I haven't downloaded anything for over a week while waiting for my replacement Extreme and 2) Why would Google implement such a limit, makes no sense.

I thought about how I set it up, as opposed to the first Extreme, as that worked on Google Play no problem.

I then realised this time, when setting up the tablet, I added a Google Account via Settings->Accounts & sync before accessing the Play Store. This meant that the account details was passed direct to the Play Store. And I was getting -101 errors.

So I removed the Google Account from the tablet and then accessed the Play Store again. This time the store asked for a Google account, which I entered. After completing the "set-up" this way, the Play store worked no problem.

I did notice that when I signed into the Google Play, it defaulted to my.name@gmail.com. Now I have never updated from my @googlemail.com to the @gmail.com so I changed it back to my.name@googlemail.com and it works no problem.

So I assume (and it is an assumption), that when you set up your Account on the Tablet it passes through a @gmail.com email, which is not registered against Play (in my case). Hence stops you downloading.

Hope this helps anyone having the same error....

@KLRichards: That's a nice find, I do believe others have had probelems on their tablets with Gmail registration. Hopefully this will help others avoid this pitfall. Thanks for sharing it.

The gmail googlemail issue has caused grief to people before.

I think the system wants you to use gmail, but if you use googlemail it then confuses it.

This is a google problem though, I had the same on my HTC

Trashcooky wrote:@KLRichards: That's a nice find, I do believe others have had probelems on their tablets with Gmail registration. Hopefully this will help others avoid this pitfall. Thanks for sharing it.

Thanks Trashcooky, share the little knowledge I may have

rsocon wrote:The gmail googlemail issue has caused grief to people before.

I think the system wants you to use gmail, but if you use googlemail it then confuses it.

This is a google problem though, I had the same on my HTC

For clarity there rsocon, you can you googlemail.com accounts. I do on my tablet and have done on several Android phones. The point I was trying to make, is that unless you specify @googlemail.com it will default to @gmail.com which is a problem if your email is not the gmail domain.

I had this problem too and Kevin's solution worked a treat - thanks Kevin