iOS provisioning notes

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Download new provisioning profile

  • Goto the iPhone Developer Program Portal.
  • The expired Provisioning Profile should be listed.
  • Click request button next on the expired Profile.
  • Wait a few minutes and refresh the page.
  • The request button should have been replaced with a download button.
  • Download the new profile.

Install new provisioning profile

  • Launch Xcode and open Organizer, Window > Organizer.
  • Remove any existing expired profiles.
  • Find the new provisioning profile in Finder and double click.
  • This should install the profile in Organizer.
  • This process should be repeated for each version Xcode you wish to use this profile on.

iPhone Adhoc provisioning

Get iPhone identifier

From iTunes

  • In order to configure an app to work on a device, the device identifier is required.
  • With the device connected to the computer, goto iTunes, select the device, goto the Summary tab.
  • Next click on the Serial Number label.
  • The Serial Number should toggle to a Identifier and should look like:

From Device

Remove adhoc provisioning profile from iPhone

  • Unclear if this is still the case with iTunes 8.0.
  • Despite removing a profile on the device, it will be restored on the next iTunes sync.
  1. Remove the profile from the iPhone, Settings > General > Profile > Remove
  2. On the computer, in the user's home directory, remove the Provisioning Profiles directory:
    • On OSX /Users/username/Library/MobileDevice
    • On XP C:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/Apple Computer/MobileDevice/
    • On Vista C:/Users/username/AppData/Roaming/Apple Computer/MobileDevice/

References

http://furbo.org/2008/08/06/beta-testing-on-iphone-20/
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1597879&tstart=0

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