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 to import OVA" error and i can't use the virtual machines i downloaded at all in Geny motion, however they work in virtual box!

and i have cleared the cache and deleted old OVAs and re-downloaded other emulators again and again, but it's no use!

any clue what's going on?

is there a way to re-import emulators i already downloaded by Geny motion to Geny motion again instead of keeping downloading new emulators and getting the same error?

Answer 1

it turns for me I restored the system from the backup

Click geny settings->virtualbox tab, have to correct the folder to keep the VM

Answer 2

make sure you choose the correct android sdk

Answer 3

Try to upgrade VirtualBox to the latest release, this solved the problem for me.

Answer 4

I had deleted /Users//.Genymobile/ directory and Genimotion started work fine

Answer 5

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 6

I encountered this error when my hard drive was almost full. It looked like it had enough space for the emulator, but Genymotion still failed with failed to import eva

Solved by freeing up a couple Gigs on disk.