How to fix “process is bad” error for an Android Widget?

Question

I have developed an Android Widget, and it was working fine. I added some extra functionality and pushed an update through the Android Market. Now people are complaining tha

Answer 1

I hit a process is bad error on my HTC Sensation OS 2.3.4 after removing the INTERNET permission from my AndroidManifest.xml.

W/ActivityManager( 253): Unable to launch app MY_DOMAIN.flashback/10132 for broadcast Intent { act=android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE flg=0x20000000 (has extras) }: process is bad

I carefully tried lots of different workarounds, and I found the only way to fix was:

• Uninstall the app through Settings -> Applications.
• Remove the battery from the phone (using the Android "Power off" menu did not work).
• Turn device on again.
• Install the APK again using adb install .

I want to take this opportunity to list what did NOT work for me (as there seems to a lot of FUD about how to fix this error):

• Uninstall app, reboot using Android phone menu (press and hold on button and choose "Power off"), turn on again, reinstall.
• Uninstall, use adb kill-server, then adb start-server, reinstall.
• Uninstall, run adb shell then ps, this didn't show my app running at all.
• Uninstall, do a clean build in Eclipse, reinstall.

I wonder if the underlying problem was caused by my app getting smaller in size. I think it used to unpack to flashback-1.apk and flashback-2.apk on the device, whereas now it is only unpacking to a single flashback-1.apk.