Question

This is the message I receive always (100%) if I try to start the emulator with an existing snapshot. The system is Windows 7 32bit, ADT14 and SDK14.

I need to start every emulator session with “wiped user data”. Whenever I try to reload the emulator with a snapshot Windows prints this message (in German: emulator-arm.exe funktioniert nicht mehr) and the only option available is to close the application (emulator-arm.exe).

I can reproduce that at will. Even with fresh installs of Eclipse (Helios and Indigo), SDK, ADT. I could see that with all versions in the last year. I can reproduce that on three different machines in my house (all Windows 7 32bit) at will. There’s not much software on my machines. On one machine is the Android Development environment only. All three computers are no gaming machines and don’t have much power. I mean, just to use the Eclipse editor, it must be enough.

All applications (Eclipse, etc.) are not configured to special needs. I always use the Android development as is out of the box.

Any help is highly appreciated. It’s not funny to always go for lunch or coffee just to switch from one emulator to the next one – lasts for approx. 10 minutes here.

Answer 1

Personally I suggest not to use Snapshot features. Just having a normal reboot is totally fine, it doesn’t take much time, just one or two minutes.

The Snapshot thing really troubled me in the past, and resulted in a newly-fresh installation of SDK. Don’t know why it is exactly but it is better not to use Snapshot, first, it doesn’t speed up your emulator speed; second, it is a emulator stuff, not on a real device.

Correct me if I’m wrong or mistaken something!