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Sign unsigned Symbian Nokia application using certificate and key file

September 24th, 2010 by Mobile Blog Team | 31 Comments |
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Sign Symbian

Nokia version of the Symbian is the most popular mobile operating system in the world, and it is based on the open source Symbian platform. So far, there are three major derivatives of the OS in touch and non-touch categories. The Symbian S60V3, S60V5 and upcoming Symbian ^ 3 have .SIS and .SISX extension for applications.  A signed Symbian application includes a  digital certificate that identifies the developer ID and its origin. Nokia devices usually block the installation of unsigned apps with a certificate expired or contact the application supplier warning. Singing ensures the trust and authenticity of the application, but often it becomes an inconvenience for the users. The reason for the increased number of unsigned applications in the internet is the cost and time associated with the signing process. Until the last Nokia World, signing Symbian applications, themes and games were a difficult task for the developers.
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Sign Install unsigned Symbian mobile softwares with certificate error

February 20th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 305 Comments |

Few months back, I wrote a post on how to sign and install unsigned Symbian applications. Due to two three months of inactivity and increased requests from my friends here, now I am again dealing with this topic. Like any Windows software, as a security measure, a mobile software  should also be digitally signed to ensure that it’s safe to install on the target device. Digital signing should be done by software authors or by the users. In in most of the cases, a certificate is associated with genuine mobile software. Here we have few tips to sign unsigned mobile applications.

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