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

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 2

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.

Answer 3

Deleting the Genymotion cached .ova file, deleting the corrupted deployed image, redownloading the image, and reinstalling it addressed the issue for me.

Note that the deployed images are under: ~/.Genymobile/Genymotion/deployed

the cached ova files are under: ~/.Genymobile/Genymotion/ova

this link : Unable to create Genymotion Virtual Device

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Update :

Settings>Misc>Cache Usage>Clear Cache

Answer 4

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