[tarvoke]

yeah, according to google, one of the reasons for "parse error" is the apk has a higher api level than the device - which might make sense given, again, the apk is from my optimus V, and my build.prop settings are a hybrid of ones from the OV and the original, rather than the settings from a default allmine install.
(probably also explains why I got parse error trying to install the nexus one picker I found on xda)