I "export" the AVD by archiving (.zip) both MyDevice folder and MyDevice.ini from the $ANDROID_EMULATOR_HOME directory into MyDevice.zip. I have a quick-boot option set.
On another device I have identical setup (folder structure and environment variables are the same). I unzip the MyDevice.zip into $ANDROID_EMULATOR_HOME and run the script: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\emulator\emulator.exe" -avd TestDevice3.
It correctly detects the device, and starts it but it always does cold boot, and all my state from the originally exported AVD is gone.
Is there any other place than $ANDROID_EMULATOR_HOME where the AVD files are stored which could force the cold boot (the memory is corrupted?) on an identical device? I tried copying the .adbkey and adbkey from the %USERPROFILE%/android and it didn't help.
When I copied an AVD with snapshots, the snapshots were considered invalid, and I was asked if I wanted to remove them.
What am I missing?