Android INSTALL_FAILED_UID_CHANGED

Question

I have been doing debugging on Android using my Nexus 4, however I recently encountered this error here. After doing some research on this error, it seems to be an issue wit

Answer 1

Same problem on a Mediacom device, first a

$ adb install -r platforms/android/out/android-debug-unaligned.apk
3958 KB/s (22887489 bytes in 5.647s)
     pkg: /data/local/tmp/android-debug-unaligned.apk
     Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]

then a very persistent:

$ adb install -r platforms/android/out/android-debug-unaligned.apk
4949 KB/s (22887489 bytes in 4.515s)
     pkg: /data/local/tmp/android-debug-unaligned.apk
     Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UID_CHANGED]

Doing a factory reset didn't change the dynamic (I got both errors, in sequence).

• installing the same app with a different id worked
• installing a different app with the previous id doesn't

Rooting not an option, the solution for me was a cache wipe: now the offending app id works fine and I didn't had to factory reset (again).

Hope it helps