Comments on: Run Android using a virtual machine on a Mac or Windows PC

By: hoda

hoda — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:26:37 +0000

Grate. I could install it, but when i want use its applications such as camera, message that “please insert an sd card”. how do it?
thanks.

By: leah

leah — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:20:08 +0000

mine opens then instantly quits

By: ramin

ramin — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:16:12 +0000

All i can see is a black page saying “Running” on top, but doesn’t show any menu of apps!
Please help.

Failed to attach the USB device Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller [0180] to the virtual machine romz android.

USB device ‘Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller’ with UUID {4fe0f15a-853f-4417-b24f-8fe96d3beadf} is in use by someone else.

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0×80004005)
Component: HostUSBDevice
Interface: IHostUSBDevice {173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a}
Callee: IConsole {1968b7d3-e3bf-4ceb-99e0-cb7c913317bb}

By: whim

whim — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:14:06 +0000

if ios can be contained by some virtual tools,
it will be a disaster to apple…

By: Sam Hobbs

Sam Hobbs — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:27:59 +0000

Thank you. Initially I did not understand the part about using the existing drive. So if anyone sets up the VM to create a new drive and then when they try to start it and cannot get Virtual Box to use the vdi file, then they are doing it wrong. Also, the 1.6 r2 version did not work; Virtual Box said it is not usable, even when I used it as an existing hard drive. I am using 4.0 of Virtual Box so that might be the problem. The non-r2 version worked using the same way that the r2 version did not.

By: kaushik

kaushik — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:22:43 +0000

hello guys i’m not able to get connected to internet

By: noobdroid

noobdroid — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:36:17 +0000

here’s a screen of the error

http://mlkshk.com/r/40GS

By: noobdroid

noobdroid — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:34:16 +0000

Hi,

When I click on start i get an error that says:

Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0×80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {515e8e8d-f932-4d8e-9f32-79a52aead882}

Help!

By: Taz Wilkins

Taz Wilkins — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:00:47 +0000

Great! Thanks! I’ve got the image loaded and running, haven’t figured out yet how to shut it down, but this will come… Tried to install Angry Birds, but the button doesn’t seem to go anywhere. Drats! Thanks for the peek-a-boo.

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By: Curtis

Curtis — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:07:10 +0000

Josh,

If you want to try out newer versions you have to install the Android Emulator as part of the SDK, but it’s definitely not nearly as easy to setup as this VirtualBox solution.

Other than eye-candy, the versions really aren’t that different. It’s Android 3.0 that is expected to make a bigger splash.

By: Joao Gon

Joao Gon — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:05:24 +0000

I’ve been testing this.
I have one question: The ‘menu button’ – how to emulate it?

By: sparky

sparky — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:03:17 +0000

wow, i went to college with Ann Deroid and she was also a huge disappointment.

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By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:38:52 +0000

How about Froyo or Gingerbread? Any word on free images? I can not find them.