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Can’t Find Google Play Store
Well, to be honest, I haven’t encountered this problem before but there seems to be a few hundreds who did. I started using an Android when Gingerbread was on its peak and during that time the other name of the Play Store was simply Market. So, if ever you can’t find Google Play Store app on your phone, try finding “Market” with a little Android logo. But in the case of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Play Store comes installed as one of the pre-installed Google apps.

In case that you can’t really find the Play Store on your S4, the best remedy is to download its .apk file and install it in your phone. One of the reputable sites that offer the Play Store for download is Android Police. Find the latest version of Google Play Store from this link. [Download Play Store]

On the other hand, I am pretty sure the Play Store comes installed with the S4. So, you might also want to do a factory reset (again) using the hardware keys of your phone. Here’s how:

Backup all possible important data from your phone to the internal memory (microSD card).
Turn the phone off completely.
Press and hold the Volume Up key, Home key and the Power key.
When the phone vibrates, release the Power key but continue holding both the Volume Up and Home buttons.
Release the buttons when Android System Recovery screen appears.
Using the Volume Down key, highlight ‘wipe data / factory reset’ option and press the Power key to select it.
Highlight ‘delete all user data’ option and then press the Power button to choose it.
When the reset is complete, choose ‘Reboot system now’ to restart the phone and that should do it.

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