Geny motion failed to import OVA

Question

Suddenly, i lost all Geny motion emulators (maybe after upgrading to Geny motion 2.2, not sure) and when ever i download a new virtual machine or emulator i get the \"failed

Answer 1

Updating VirtualBox to the latest version, Worked for me

Answer 2

I solved the problem for myself. In my case, I had the same problem after defragmenting my computer. Deleting the ova and deploying files did not work (neither did reinstalling help). Solved it by clearing the cache in the app itself:

Settings>Misc>Cache Usage>Clear Cache

Try to see if that helps. If it doesn't then I can't help.

Answer 3

If you're using Windows:

The folder left after uninstallation is located at:

C:\Users\Your_User_Name\AppData\Local\Genymobile\Genymotion\

Before proceeding, in the OVA folder, save the ova files in there if you do not want to redownload the images all over again.

1. Clear the Genymotion cache, and then uninstall Genymotion (and Oracle VBOX if needed)
2. Remove the whole Genymotion folder in the above path
3. Reinstall genymotion and VirtualBox
4. Copy back the ova files into the ova folder.
5. Re-add the virtual device accordingly (the ova files name should be identifiable easily enough)

Genymotion will then verify the integrity of the stuffs and should now works fine.

Answer 4

UPDATE

Some VirtualBox version are not compatibles with genymotion: review FAQ Genymotions in https://www.genymotion.com/help/desktop/faq/#compatible-virtualbox-versions

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If you see the log file of Genimotions you'll find this:

VBoxManage.exe: error: 'Linux_64' is not a valid Guest OS type

The problem is the version of Virtual Box, I thought I had the last version (4.2) because virtual box said me that it was the lastest version, but it wasn't true: The last version actually is 5.0.20

I've installed the last version (5.0.20), and ova is ok

Answer 5

So I upgraded to the latest version of Genymotion 2.6.0. Tried to install the new Virtual Devices and I got the same error. I tried to clear the cache as suggested above but it didn't help instead it removed the downloaded .ova file of the device and I had to download again.

I checked for update on VirtualBox and it shows that you're on the latest build. I checked the version and it showed 4.2.x. Checked the latest version on the site and damn... It was version 5.0 available on the website. Upgraded the VirtualBox to the latest 5.0 and here you go... Everything was back in place and my Genymotion Virtual Device was imported and is running fine.

So do check the versions of VirtualBox and see if it is the latest available on the website.