New Version Minecraft Installed - "you don't have a license for Minecraft"

Hello. I am having this exact same problem on my little brother's tablet. He just found it the other day after it being lost for the past few months. He was playing Minecraft PE, and I told him about the new update (where computers and tablets play together). He was super exited, so we signed in the Play Store and updated his game. Come to find out, we launch it, and it says that I don't have a license for the game. I bought it several years ago on the same account I updated it on. I tried the whole spiel, uninstalling and re-installing entirely, rebooting, troubleshooting the internet connectivity, all to no avail. I'd like to see this fixed as much as Mr. Carlson here.

Thanks in advance!
-Sam

We have the exact same issue on Google Nexus table too. Latest updated: 26th Sept 2017.
Troubleshooting did not work so would like this issue to be fixed urgently.

Google search shows many others have seen similar problem and have found hacks using other tools such as lucky patcher but I would not until Mojang recommends it.

It's been working well since we bought <Minecraft PE> from Google Playstore last year.
it's a <Blocker> as it does not go past the license error. Very frustrating not being able to play the paid game at all and more so to convince the little one that it won't work until the game makers fix it.

Thanks!

Amit b...

If you're just trying to get it running for your little one, can you get it working with the WiFi turned off? That's what my son is doing until we can get this fixed. (Note: we can turn his WiFi back on after the program starts, if needed...)

@Matt Carlson, thanks a ton. Yes, that works and will surely keep the little one happy.
Thanks again 👍

Amit B I’ve seen the hacks... but that’s an illegal way to get around this bug. The hack was originally intended for this purpose- bypassing the “no license” screen, but not for a bug fix. We’ve all legally bought the game, so we should probably not get illegal patches.

I have tried with WiFi off but it still doesn’t work.

Latest update (1.2.2) fixed it! Bro is very exited!
Thanks

Cool. I ended up factory wiping the entire tablet and reinstalling everything and it was fixed.

Anyone else still with this problem? My son's tablet is an old Samsung Tab, and the bug persists in version 1.2.2.3 of MCPE. Thanks

I have the same problem. It just started yesterday.

My son's Samsung Galaxy Tab E (it's only a year old) Minecraft PE--SAME EXACT problem. It started after the update, I believe. He's used it for a year just fine, we legitimately bought game from Google Play. I also tried uninstall/reinstall of Minecraft, to no avail.

Ok I think I’ve sort of figured it out. The problem reappeared yesterday, and we did some experimenting, and we think that you have to be logged in the play store under the same account you bought the game with and stay so while playing, otherwise it thinks you haven’t bought it. This is inconsistent though. When we first updated it, we signed back out and the game worked that day. The next day, it didn’t, and we signed in, but that time, you had to stay signed in otherwise the message would pop up.

This is unreasonable. I can confirm the behavior Samuel mentioned.

For our tablet, I add my Google account to install apps and app updates. I then remove the account for privacy reasons.
I don't see why I need to have a Google (Android) account (or any other account) setup or even internet access to play MCPE.

If the app is installed, than Mojang\Microsoft should except that it's licensed and allow unrestricted play.

I'm having this issue on my Samsung Tab A. The app works fine on my profile, but throws up the license error when my son tries to play it on his restricted profile

I have the same issue with FireOS on my son's Amazon Fire Kindle.
Minecraft works ok on the parents profile but has the licence issue on the restricted kids profile.

I'm now having this issue. I was playing with my daughter, I got off Minecraft for a minute and when I tried to get back on it said I didn't own a license and to go to a store to purchase one. Even though I bought the app through Amazon some time ago and have had no issues until tonight.

Is this licensing issue still affecting anyone in 1.2.5 Beta build 3? (1.2.5.15)

I am still having this issue on my Samsung Tab A, but even though my version of Minecraft says it is fully updated, I'm still only on 1.2.3.6.

My 1.2.3.6 version suddenly allowed me back in. I have not tried the beta build. Thank you for the fix.
(Android Asus Zenpad 10 - Amazon App)

Spoke too soon. Got home and it's not working. Only thing that's changed is my network access point!! Will try the beta. /sigh

Thanks for the updates Daniel. I guess we just sit and wait now unfortunately. Sorry the fix didn't last long for you. I've been in touch with one of Mojang's team leads and they seem confident that the update will fix the issue, however they do not have an ETA and there's no telling if it really works until it's up and running. This thread is marked "resolved" prematurely IMHO.

Thanks for the feedback so far.

We're hoping this has been fixed in 1.2.5 beta build 3 (1.2.5.15).

This ticket is only "resolved" as "Awaiting Response" as we're waiting for the original reporter's response. (It's important to check the Resolution as well) I have not marked it as fixed yet as I want to make sure it's working correctly first.

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any ETA on when everybody will see the 1.2.5.15 update?

When I added my problem, there were so many similar reports, I just went with the one most like my own, as this one seemed more related to family libraries. Unfortunately, I cannot confirm the fix works because I purchased Minecraft through Amazon, so I cannot try the beta, and I am waiting with everyone else for the release of the update. Thank you, everyone, for the update on the progress of this issue, and best of luck.

Is there any update on this bug yet? I cannot download beta versions on the Amazon Fire so I have to wait for the official release.
My son is desperate to play again.
So frustrating.

I wish I could give you some good news Andrew. But I'm still sitting on a dead app myself.

Latest update has finally fixed this issue for me.

Finally got the 1.2.5.52 update. Unfortunately, even after clearing the cache/data, uninstalling, and then installing a fresh copy of Minecraft with the newest update today, the app is still throwing up the same error message whenever I'm on my son's profile. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablet.

I downloaded the latest version on my Amazon Fire, had to uninstall then redownload to get the latest.

After force stopping and clearing cache etc it is all working!

My son will be so pleased.

Still doesn't work here: Samzung Galaxy Tab, SM-T113, Android 4.4.4.

@unknown Have you tried reinstalling the app or clearing the cache as described above? (Backup any data first)

I can't speak for Anne, but i can say that I've got a Samsung Galaxy tab A (sm-T350) running Android v 7.1.1, and I've gone through the "clear cache, clear data, uninstall Minecraft, restart tablet just in case, then reinstall Minecraft" process a dozen times since the latest update and it still doesn't work on my son's profile.

Thanks for your replies. Yes, just to make sure I followed the steps Christina descirbes once more and in addition I deleted the Mojang folder from My Files after uninstalling Minecraft. Unfortuntately it didn't solve the problem.

I have the exact same issue on Samsung Tab lite. uninstalled MCPE, deleted mojang folder, cleared cache, restarted, reinstalled and still getting the license message. not sure what else I can do. I can't even repurchase in the play store, only reinstall.

Same issue here - what is the resolution?

Tried removing MCPE via Play store, reinstalled - same issue.
Removed MCPE and also deleted the directory - same issue.

I have MCPE installed on a memory card not the local device. If that matters.

Just to note; MCPE works from my admin account, but from daughters account on same device i get the license error. This is a hudl2.

Identical problem here. Went through the instructions to reinstall but no change. I have a brand new Tab A and can launch Minecraft from my admin account but not my son's restricted account. I have a different Tab A setup for my daughter and have no problem launching it from her restricted account.

I resolved this by re-creating the restricted profile. I was also having a problem where the profile was not able to see my Google account when using Youtube Kids, but this is also now fixed.

Thanks for the tip Garrick! I've finally got Minecraft working again for my son. For anybody looking to try this, it looks like the profile you make has to have Google Play Games connected to the same email address you own Minecraft under. I'm pretty sure what's going on with my son's main profile is that it's connected to a different email, which used to be fine but then suddenly wasn't anymore. Again thank you so much for that Garrick, my son was so excited to finally be able to play Minecraft again. He hasn't been able to play on his profile since at least October x_x

I'm still experiencing this problem on 1.2.8 running on Android 4.4.4. My kids have been unable to play for 3 months. I have tried the following:

• Rebooting tablet

• Disabling wifi from restricted profile and starting the app

• Clearing cache from the restricted profile

• Uninstall/reinstall app from master profile

• Clearing cache for Google Play Services

Note that on Android 4.4.4, Google Play Games cannot log into a Google account from a restricted profile. I did confirm Youtube Kids is working from the restricted profile.

Google Family Link is only available for Android 6.0 and up, so that isn't an option for me other. If the app now requires a Google account login from the restricted profile, perhaps this means Minecraft PE no longer supports Android 4.4 and 5.0.

Hi. My son is running version 1.2.13 on a Galaxy A3 2017 in a normal profile/user. I've tried removing all files from the data-directory from internal and sd-card-storage. Reinstalling and rebooting. It works as long as wifi is disabled. But as soon wifi is enabled the license-error appears. Is is possible that somehow broken savegames are restored from a google-play account? I've moved the savegames to a backup-dir on the sdcard.

My daughter just buy (1 hour ago) and install minecraft application from play store. She is a member of my google play family. She get "no license" error while I can run application on my phone. Note, application was bought by douter using shared credit card attached to family account.

For games like Minecraft it is the primary use case. And it does not work as expected.

After reading complains in this ticket I find workaround with on/off WiFi it happens to work for my daughter so I keep purchase.

It still looks like a broken feature. If Microsoft can not implement proper license verification it is better to drop it at all. License verification MUST support google play family licensing. It happens that license check is very easy to workaround. 

If user of stolen game faced license verification screen she will be able to easy workaround it, in this case she already making loots of workarounds to bypass google play store. So it should not be a problem in this case.

For licensed users you illegally claiming us as a cheaters and asking to download game from google play. You are telling this to my daughter inside game designed to learn creativity.

I would say it should be P1 bug for you.

Me too!

SAME FOR ME.

I purchased Minecraft on google play, I played it a few times and now, when I am online, it does not start, but says

“It appears you don’t have a licence for Minecraft. Make sure you have downloaded and installed Minecraft from the store”.

The application starts only if I am offline, the workaround works: to start offline and turn on wifi then, but common.