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Android

Eric Wolkoff
Eric Wolkoff
4,475 Points

I cannot get my emulator to start. Ive done everything ben did in the video

Does anyone know what I can do to get the emulator to start. I followed Bens instructions to the letter. There is no error message it Ijust get this:

5554:Android44 it is a black screen just sitting there. It seems stuck in the stage right before it displays ANDROID.

Im running windows vista 32bit.

5 Answers

Eric Wolkoff
Eric Wolkoff
4,475 Points

I fixed the problem by going out and buying a new computer. Nothing on the forum was helping. It takes forever to get any help.

Steve Connolly
Steve Connolly
680 Points

Hi Eric, I'm having the same problem, running an old Vista 32 bit machine, did the loading time significantly improve with a new PC?

Eric Wolkoff
Eric Wolkoff
4,475 Points

Yes steve it fixed the problem. I still use the older computer because it is fine doing everything else. I LOVE MY NEW ASUS i7. It rocks! The emulator starts up fairly quickly. I am tempted to upload genymotion. Good luck steve!

Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points

When the Android logo pops up on the screen flashing, you know that the emulator is working properly, but it seems stuck there, not because of a problem, it just needs to load the entire Android operating system. All the features, widgets, etc.

Eric Wolkoff
Eric Wolkoff
4,475 Points

the problem is all I see is the emulator loading. I see the android logo, it stayed in that position for 45min yesterday and then I had to move on to other things so I shut it down. Isnt that a bit excessive for it to load. I never saw it actually complete so Im hoping for a different outcome today. Is there anything I can do to speed things up? I still dont know how long it will take to complete but over 45min is crazy. Any suggestions? this is the piece preventing me from moving forward.

You do have only one Java VM or several ? Which Java VM are you using. ?

Check your path variables in the old computer, uninstall the JRE and JDK's and make sure you reinstall the JDK that you need.