Error in launching AVD with AMD processor

Asked 14/10, 2014 at 8:3 Answered 26/2, 2019 at 16:52

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I have Windows 8.1 pro with an AMD processor. I installed the Android SDK and Eclipse. It works but the problem is that when I Create AVD and launch it shows this error:

emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

I have already installed Intel Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager and I have enabled Virtual modulation from the boot menu, but it's still not working.

Atrioventricular answered 14/10, 2014 at 8:3 Comment(10)

In case you don't see the package "Intel x86 emulator accelerator" under Extras, go to Tools, Options and check the "Force https://" option and relaunch the SDK Manager. – Thew 2/3, 2015 at 13:39

I have Windows 8.1 with an Inter Core i7. Getting the same error message. – Hotpress 27/6, 2015 at 22:20

@Thew Coudn't find menu "Tools > Options" in Android Studio 1.4.1. Do you know if this menu option has been removed or moved to another menu? – Delphine 19/11, 2015 at 11:22

@UlyssesAlves That is in SDK manager. – Thew 19/11, 2015 at 12:57

I have installed the SDK on two machines. On one (Thinkpad) this option is not even checked but the emulator works fine, on the other (Toshiba) I see this over and over even after I did all the steps on this page but I cannot get to the BIOS try what may so I gave up. My question - why does it work different on different machines ? – Hanzelin 17/12, 2015 at 14:58

Error message also present in Win10 1511. – Pratte 1/2, 2016 at 13:33

Also see Emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration, Error in launching AVD with AMD processor, Error while starting emulator, etc. – Gratulation 3/7, 2017 at 4:16

HAXM has been open sourced: github.com/intel/haxm – Albers 15/11, 2017 at 7:22

If it is already installed and you get the same error, enable virtualization in BIOS. – Impartible 21/8, 2018 at 9:44

Had used this question in the past. This time it didn't work (same machine). This time, a HAXM uninstall/reinstall fixed it. – Bourbonism 29/3, 2021 at 17:49

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Make sure you have installed HAXM installer on your SDK Manager.

Android SDK Manager

After you download it and make sure you run the setup located in: {SDK_FOLDER}\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm.exe

Note: in Android Studio, the command "intelhaxm.exe" has been changed to "intelhaxm-android.exe"

If you get the error "VT not supported" during the installation disable Hyper-V on windows features. You can execute this command dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V. You will also need "Virtualization Technology" to be enabled on your BIOS

Lennyleno answered 15/10, 2014 at 11:1 Comment(17)

Additional info: software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/… – Lukas 8/12, 2014 at 18:11

Aside from Genymotion is there no alternatives for people with AMD instead of Intel? – Ineffaceable 9/12, 2014 at 19:18

See Dash answer for that. You need Linux/Mac as far as I know – Lennyleno 9/12, 2014 at 19:58

@jj_ have you tried reading the genymotion faq? Because that answers all your questions. Also this is not a genymotion related problem and therefore has nothing to do with that emulator. – Lennyleno 19/1, 2015 at 20:4

I once finished installation and configuration of android studio i got the same error. How to get the configuration screen again? – Gentille 21/1, 2015 at 19:9

See this video, it solves my probleme youtube.com/watch?v=Ar9_FUFJhDU – Ohl 25/3, 2015 at 13:37

It worked for me after running intelhaxm-android.exe. It wasn't immediately clear to me that the SDK was installed under my user folder, but a file search solved that problem. The weird thing is that I already ran this once when I initially installed HAXM. For the benefit of others who also had trouble finding it, mine was located at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm-android.exe – Aachen 9/4, 2015 at 22:59

I followed exactly each step and still cant run the install because of VT not supported :/ – Tush 17/4, 2015 at 15:53

For those who have disabled Hyper-V, turned on VT in BIOS and see using Intel PIU it is running and still has the same VT-x error - try to take a look at this answer - worked for me (Avast features blocked the VT-x). – Indisposed 18/4, 2015 at 20:55

Also, be sure your processor supports VT. My Intel T4400 does not I discovered from this site: ark.intel.com but that's ok, I found a cheap used Android phone for development purposes. – Base 20/4, 2015 at 16:36

dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V ---- This command does not work, saying: Feature name Microsoft-Hyper-V is unknown. A Windows feature name was not recognized. Use the /Get-Features option to find the name of the feature in the image and try the command again. – Huerta 1/6, 2015 at 6:31

VT-x is active, but my system is x64 how can I do to install intelhaxm-android.exe? The error is this: s18.postimg.org/kgtu90rqx/Immagine.png – Calie 19/1, 2016 at 10:40

Finally! I didn't have VT-x settings in bios, but processor support it, so I thougth it was disabled by default and you cannot change it unless you change the settings via setup_var, but this can lead to full brick. I bought this PC few days ago for 1000€, and bricking so expensive computer is no fun. I had no idea whatsoever Hyper-V can disable VT. – Administration 21/1, 2016 at 21:7

On Mac: IntelHAXM_[versionNumber].dmg – Dambrosio 30/1, 2016 at 14:37

Haxm Installer told me that I have a pc that could run ist, but that I needed to activate hyper-v. But hyper-v is not available for win 10 home. Am I stuck with ARM then? – Biddick 27/2, 2016 at 16:7

Have you tried DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V@Biddick – Lennyleno 27/2, 2016 at 16:16

Update Solution follow #50813100 – Eldest 22/6, 2018 at 7:7

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Open SDK Manager and download Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer) if you haven't.
Now go to your SDK directory (C:\users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk, generally). In this directory, go to extras → Intel → Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager and run the file named "intelhaxm-android.exe".

In case you get an error like "Intel virtualization technology (vt,vt-x) is not enabled", go to your BIOS settings and enable hardware virtualization.
Restart Android Studio and then try to start the AVD again.

It might take a minute or 2 to show the emulator window.

Parra answered 17/1, 2015 at 8:33 Comment(6)

do you mean computer BIOS? – Niall 26/2, 2015 at 6:40

@binaryBaBa : Yes. In motherboard settings. – Parra 27/2, 2015 at 6:19

what might be the solution if the virtualization is not supported in my computer – Vennieveno 1/3, 2015 at 8:56

@Vennieveno Then you should try GenyMotion emulator. It is not as heavy as the android studio emulator. – Parra 1/3, 2015 at 8:58

General path for the installer is - C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager. I just extended it till the last part of the directory structure on a Windows 10 box. – Iceboat 24/10, 2016 at 10:55

I think the question was about AMD. Intel HAXM doesn't work on AMD. – Patriciapatrician 4/2, 2020 at 20:34

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If you're running Mac, as @pedro mentions ensure you have the HAXM installer dowloaded via the Android SDK Manager.

Next install it! In finder navigate to /YOUR_SDK_PATH/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/

Run and install the .mpgk in the following .dmg

Yosemite: IntelHAXM_1.1.0_for_10.10.dmg
Pre-yosemite: IntelHAXM_1.1.0_below_10.10.dmg
El Capitan: IntelHAXM_6.0.1.dmg - please install the IntelHAXM_6.0.1.mpgk file within - it will ask you if you want to reinstall it. Just say yes.

Example:

$cd /YOUR_SDK_PATH/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/
$open IntelHAXM_1.1.0_below_10.10.dmg

Inverter answered 3/11, 2014 at 11:43 Comment(3)

Recently upgraded to Android Studio on the mac and the SDK folder was placed in my Library/Android/ directory. – Plesiosaur 26/1, 2015 at 15:28

if you find this file on the terminal you can mount the dmg file with 'hdiutil attach IntelHAXM_1.1.0_for_10.10.dmg' – Silvasilvain 28/1, 2015 at 22:15

Pretty big issues with HAXM, latest Android Studio and MacOS it seems: github.com/intel/haxm/issues/403 – Kress 23/2, 2022 at 23:18

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First, you must enable Intel virtualization technology from the BIOS:

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Second, navigate to your SDK ...\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager:

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Then install intelhaxm-android.exe.

Note that if you can't find this file in the directory, make sure you install the package from your SDK manager:

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Hoffmann answered 8/5, 2015 at 17:27 Comment(3)

after install Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager from Extras , install (double click) <sdk>/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/IntelHAXM.dmg – Hoffmann 21/8, 2015 at 16:58

If you are running Avast and get block when installing intelhaxm-android.exe even if Intel Virtualization Technology from BIOS is enable. Try desinstall Avast launch again intelhaxm-android.exe then reinstall Avast. It worked for me. – Okelley 31/10, 2015 at 20:53

Before enable VT in BIOS lets check whether your system support VT or not by run this leomoon cpv application it will display both VT supported and enabled features – Fasces 16/8, 2016 at 10:58

This resolves it for me:

Go to (C:\users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Android\sdk, generally).

Then go to Extras -> Intel -> Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager and run the file named "intelhaxm-android.exe".

In case you get an error like "Intel virtualization technology (vt,vt-x) is not enabled", go to your BIOS settings and enable Hardware Virtualization.

Restart your studio

Hunch answered 19/1, 2016 at 11:28 Comment(0)

For AMD processors:

You don't need Genymotion, just create a new Virtual Device and while selecting the system Image select the ABI as armeabi instead of the default x86 one.

Groce answered 16/1, 2016 at 11:8 Comment(1)

I develop with Android Studio on a virtualized machine on cloud, but looks like my virtualized machine is created without support for Intel VT-x technology. Your answer helped me to run Android emulator with ARM images rather than x86 ones. However, it is very slow. – Lacreshalacrimal 1/12, 2017 at 5:19

I faced the same problem recently.

I installed the HAXM installer on your SDK Manager:

And then installed the latest Intel HAXM driver:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager-end-user-license-agreement

And voila!!! The emulator works like a charm :)

Sinuosity answered 6/7, 2016 at 4:51 Comment(2)

Missing link for OS X: software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/… – Perpetrate 12/9, 2016 at 13:21

In windows OS, I got the zip file extracted it and installed it and was able to start android emulator. – Toffeenosed 25/4, 2017 at 18:38

For AMD processors:

Go to AVD manager and create a new virtual device as an ARM system image.

Salzburg answered 9/3, 2015 at 5:27 Comment(0)

So I am having this issue and it seems that unless you are on Linux you will not be able to use HAXM. [EDIT: this is if you have an AMD chip (non intel) of course as that is the issue]

As stated on the Android Site;

Many modern CPUs provide extensions for running virtual machines (VMs) more efficiently. Taking advantage of these extensions with the Android emulator requires some additional configuration of your development system, but can significantly improve the execution speed. Before attempting to use this type of acceleration, you should first determine if your development system’s CPU supports one of the following virtualization extensions technologies:
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT, VT-x, vmx) extensions
> AMD Virtualization (AMD-V, SVM) extensions (only supported for Linux)

As others have mentioned Genymotion may be a solution.

Demote answered 20/10, 2014 at 19:38 Comment(2)

that unless you are on Linux you will not be able to use HAXM. That's false. I'm on Windows and running HAXM with no problem. – Lennyleno 21/10, 2014 at 9:52

If you have Intel it will work. If you don't have Intel it will not unless you are on Mac or Linux. – Demote 23/10, 2014 at 3:37

I waste too much time on this, and none of the previous answers work. I find that Avast is the issue!!! If you have Avast installed in your system, you have to:

Go to settings tab --> troubleshooting, then you should UNCHECK the "enable hardware-assisted virtualization"

Restart your PC and install the intelhaxm-android.exe if it is not installed. You can find it in C:\Users\{YOUR USERNAME}\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager

Miscible answered 23/10, 2015 at 17:35 Comment(0)

For those who are using Android Studio based on Jetbrains:

Goto Tools > Android > SDK Manager
Under Extras --> select the checkbox Intel x86 Emulator Accelorator

For those who are unable to use Nexus AVD can also try using Generic AVD.

Goto Tools > Android > AVD Manager

Then create a new Genreic AVD with something like QVGA and use for your app. This AVD does not use hardware acceleration.

Ingeborg answered 30/12, 2014 at 5:55 Comment(0)

I was facing this issue running the emulator inside Oracle VirtualBox. For me the solution was to modify the emulator to use an ARM CPU instead of x86.

Capricorn answered 6/1, 2015 at 20:48 Comment(2)

You need to have intell x86 emulator accelerator installed to run x86 emulator. See my answer above. It might help. – Parra 17/1, 2015 at 8:34

For VMWare I enabled VT-x Emulation on the virtual machine settings and installed HAXM from extras folder – Anastrophe 28/1, 2017 at 0:6

You need to read (and post) the output of

sc query intelhaxm

as stated on http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/emulator.html#accel-vm

You open a command prompt window by right click on the start menu, choose execute and write 'cmd'.

If you cannot get the emulator to work you might want to try out an easier alternative: Genymotion - http://genymotion.com/

Armenia answered 14/10, 2014 at 13:43 Comment(0)

First of all you should have Virtualization Enabled and you can do it from BIOS setting.

After that go to Control Panel\Programs and Click on "Turn Windows features on or off" option.

You will now have a pop up window, spot "Windows Hypervisor Platform" and enable it by checking the check box.

Restart your PC and now AVD should work without any issue.

Gunpoint answered 4/11, 2018 at 0:36 Comment(0)

For Android Studio 1.0.2:

First make sure Intel x86 emulator accelerator is installer. Check it in your SDK Manager. If not, then install it from there.

Go to your Android SDK folder, **{SDK_FOLDER}\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager**

There you will find silent_install.bat.

Run it. It will create haxm_silent_run.log. After that, close and restart your Android Studio and then run your app.

It will work. In case of a problem, check the haxm_silent_run.log file.

Pompadour answered 4/1, 2015 at 3:8 Comment(0)

As many other pointed out, Intel HAXM only supports Intel CPUs. Since Windows 1804 you can use Microsoft's Hyper-V instead of HAXM for the emulator. This also helps people who want to use Hyper-V for virtual machines as you need to disable hyper-v to run haxm.

Short version:

install Windows Hypervisor Platform feature
Update to Android Emulator 27.2.7 or above
put WindowsHypervisorPlatform = on into C:\Users\your-username\.android\advancedFeatures.ini or start emulator or command line with -feature WindowsHypervisorPlatform
enable IOMMU in your BIOS settings

Long version with more details:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2018/05/08/hyper-v-android-emulator-support/

Requirements docs:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/system-requirements-for-hyper-v-on-windows

Paw answered 6/6, 2018 at 9:19 Comment(1)

All the answers above that are actually irrelevant for Windows/AMD except this one. Enabling windows hyperv, and enabling AMD IOMMU support in the BIOS results in accelerated performance on and AMD/Windows system. – Patriciapatrician 29/10, 2018 at 19:20

While creating a Virtual Device select the ARM system Image. Others have suggested to install HAXM, but the truth is haxm wont work on amd platform or even if it does as android studio does not supports amd-vt on windows the end result will still be a very very slow emulator to run and operate. My recommendation would be to either use alternative emulator like Genymotion (works like a charm with Gapps installed) or switch to linux as then you will get the benefit of amd-vt and emulator will run a lot faster.

Irritate answered 23/8, 2017 at 7:19 Comment(0)

I don't know if this is going to work but you can try this:

It's becoming pretty clear that the emulator team needs to do a better job of disseminating this information about how to use the emulator on AMD on Windows. This question comes up every week it seems.

First, uninstall HAXM.

Next, go here - https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-acceleration#vm-windows and follow the instructions for Configuring VM acceleration with Windows Hypervisor Platform

Finally, if you get low framerates in your emulator instances, follow the instructions in the same page for Enabling Skia rendering for Android UI.

Robledo answered 26/2, 2019 at 16:52 Comment(0)

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In my case, HAXM was already installed in SDK Manager. But every time I attempted to intelhaxm-android.exe, it would silently fail.

Finally, I extracted the internal installers out of intelhaxm-android.exe in 7-zip. Copied the three files to another directory and finally got a real installer to run. Ran without a hitch and HAXM issues were gone.

Etienne answered 13/8, 2016 at 12:29 Comment(0)

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