Android emulator hanging on startup?

Question

I\'ve been modifying/editing parts of the Android platform, but have run into a problem when trying to test my edits. After making my changes to the platform source, I was able

Answer 1

I normally have to restart it to get it to run. Today it wouldn't restart no matter what. Doing a ./adb logcat consistently showed 'waiting for device'. So I restarted it using Eclipse Android SDK and AVD Manager / Start... (option), un-checking the 'Launch from snapshot' option, and after the long grind of load it, the emulator works.