Development issues

[aedon]

Alright, so Ive been trying to get into developing.
not roms or anything that drastic, but I am working on themes.

I have a good start, Zone23 has been helping me out alot so far, but I still have some issues.

I have apk manager 4.9, and it works well, but cant recompile anything if I edit a patch nine image.

I have the latest sdk, but when I run the sdk manager and try to run the updates for the 2.3.3 tools, it freezes on 5% on the following itmes...

-Dual Screen APIs by KYOCERA Corp

-EDK 1.2 by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications


and then when i try to install...

-Google API's by Google Inc.

...it tells me access denied.

Zone had told me that they are not necissary, and that I can use java eclipse to work the patch nine images.

I have eclipse installed running fine, but it also wants to install the sdk items and doesnt install the same items.
That being said, I cant run the android emulator...

Does this affect my ability to work on the patch nine?
What are my options here?

And how might I be able to install these items since my computer doesnt want them apearently?

thanks
-Aedon