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dasfy
dasfy

Reputation: 31

Android 4.0 emulator can not be launched if set RAM size over 1024

After I create an emulator under android sdk 4.0 with default WXGA800 configuration shown as below :

it's failed to launch the emualtor after clicking "Start", and there isn't any error/exception prompt. It seems starting AVD doesn't make sense.

But if i change the Device ram size from 1024 to 768, the emulator can be successfully launched. Is there any limitation on ram size setting according to PC hardware?

I'm using Windows 7 64bit Ultimate with i3 2.53GHZ , 4GB RAM.

Does anybody have the similar experience or any idea on this?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4520

Answers (2)

phatpt
phatpt

Reputation: 1

There is a common problem when setting up the AVD that you have to manually edit the config file to fix. File is located at C:\Documents and Settings\username.android\avd\name_of_avd.avd\config.ini

Change the memory settings from

hw.ramSize=1024 to

hw.ramSize=1024MB (Do not enable word wrap in notepad).

Save the file and reopen the avd. This worked for me.

Upvotes: 0

IronBlossom
IronBlossom

Reputation: 3917

If you have the latest ADT v22, it'll show :

On Windows, emulating RAM greater than 768M may fail depending on the system load. 
Try progressively smaller values of RAM if the emulator fails to launch

when you add RAM more than 768M.

May be the virtualization in Windows doesn't support 1024M RAM.

P.S. Try using Genymotion. Its fast, runs on Oracle VM, has GPS,Battery emulation and pre-rooted.

Upvotes: 1

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