a 20-30 minutes first boot is not normal. M5 on a 1 GHz Mobile Pentium III takes 7 minutes and a half on first boot. (that's the lowest running CPU I could find).
the next SDK release should contain an improved emulator binary that runs slightly faster. However I'm totally unsure that this will be the case for everyone at this point. there are many problems we have a very hard time reproducing on our own hardware. On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Dan U. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think there's much you can do. You will have to allow for a > long boot time or upgrade your hardware. I've heard complaints about > boot times being 20-30 minutes, but that may have been just the first > boot. > > On Apr 6, 6:41 am, Jakob Bjerre Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hello Digit, > > > > Thanks for your answer, and you are right: I ran on a CPU with 1 GHz > > and 500 MB RAM. > > However I fail to find any system requirements related to CPU and RAM > > in the documentation > > "System and Software Requirements". I only complied to the Windows XP > > requirement. Perhaps > > it would be an idea to state hardware requirements as well? > > > > Anything I can do to run the emulator on a 1 GHz CPU with 500 MB RAM? > > Allow longer first-boot time? > > > > Best regards, > > Jakob Bjerre Jensen > > > > On Apr 6, 1:52 am, Digit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > for the record, Eclipse and the plugin are totally un-necessary for > > > developing Android applications. they just provide a better > environment but > > > you should be able to use all the tools available in $SDK/tools from > the > > > command-line to package run and debug your Android applications. I do > that > > > routinely when benchmarking emulator binaries on different PCs. > > > > > now, the very first time you launch the emulator on a "clean PC", the > boot > > > sequence will be longer because the system will build various caches. > any > > > boot after than should be faster. > > > > > the "Application not responding" dialog you see is just a symptom of > having > > > a very long boot sequence (at the moment, the Application Manager is > not too > > > sharp and considers that the Home application is not responding > because the > > > CPU was taken by other processes during the long boot sequence). > > > > > now, why the boot sequence is long on your machine can be from two > things: > > > > > - you're running on a "low-end" CPU (by today's standards of course, > i.e. > > > anything < 2 real GHz or with < 1MB L1 cache would qualify) > > > > > - there are probably some bad dependency / race conditions in our boot > > > sequence that make the system_server crash in a loop during the boot > on some > > > machines. it's unfortunately something we could not reproduce. > > > > > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Jakob Bjerre Jensen < > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have problems running the emulator on a completely "clean" PC only > with > > > > the following installed: > > > > > > 1. extract android-sdk_m5-rc15_windows.zip into a folder. > > > > 2. navigate to the tools folder and execute "emulator". > > > > > > I.e. no Elipse Plug-in etc. installed. First the emulator screen > appears > > > > as normal, then however it > > > > "hangs" for five minutes or so, finally the following error occurs: > > > > > > Application Not Responding. > > > > The application com.google.android.phone is not responding. > > > > > > I have done quite a lot of coding on a Windows Vista without any > > > > problems. The problem > > > > occurs on a Windows XP Home Edition (if that makes any difference). > > > > > > Are there other tasks necessary to do (e.g. installing Eclipse + > ADT) in > > > > order to run the emulator? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Jakob Bjerre Jensen- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
