I have been trying to get this android service working but I can not figure out why I am getting this error.
05-13 12:13:36.203: ERROR/dalvikvm(7782): could
The crash is because the binder you're getting back is an instance of BinderProxy, not your local binder class. This usually happens because your activity is attempting to bind to a service that is not in the same process. When binding across process boundaries, an instance of BinderProxy is used instead of the actual instance (since that's in a different process).
What does your AndroidManifest.xml look like?