What causes "could not be downloaded due to an error. (498)" I purchased an app from Google Play and I uninstalled a while back.  I wanted to get it installed again but when I try to install it I get the error message:

"Appname" could not be downloaded due to an error. (498)


What does that mean? And what can I do about it?
Solutions (though not the reason behind) are explained e.g. on Appslova.com. Taking a look at them, those are more or less the &quot;Generic Google Play Solutions&quot;:
Method 1

Go to Settings→Apps, Select “All” tab
Find Google Play Store, open its entry, Clear Data and Cache
Find Google Service Framework, do the same
Now restart Google Play Store and try to download/update the app or games

Method 2

Open Google Play Store
Go to Settings→Accounts, Choose Account or add new account
Now try to download or install the app or game

Method 3

Go to Settings→Accounts→Google, remove your Gmail account
From Settings→Apps→All: Force stop, Clear data and cache for Google Play Store, Google Service Framework and Download Manager (like in method 1)
Again, go to Settings→Accounts→Google, Add your Gmail account
Restart your android and then accept all the Google terms and setup Google settings
Run Google Play Store and update or install your app.


Some more hints are to be found in Google's product &quot;forum&quot;. Reasons here were e.g. storage full: Clean up, delete stuff, try again, worked.
Find a bunch more hints, all on the first result page to a Google search on &quot;google-play error 498&quot; :)