FAQ – Certificate Error, error and explanation
FAQ – Certificate Error, error and explanation
Interpreting Signing Error Messages in S60 3rd Edition
Message: Certificate error. Contact the application supplier.
Hint: You may have tried installing unsigned application. Note that signing is mandatory S60 3rd Edition. You can use self-signed certificate or developer certificate from Symbian Signed to sign your application.
Message: Unable to install. Constrained by the certificate.
Hint: This message pops up when you attempt to install developer certificate in the unsupported device. The developer certificate from Symbian Signed can only be used in a limited number of devices. Remember that you have to send your IMEIs to Symbian Signed when requesting certificate. You cannot use the certificate in other devices that is not in your IMEIs list.
Message: Required application access not granted.
Hint: Check that your certificate can be used to sign all capabilities needed by your application. For example, if you use self-signed certificate, you can only sign basic set capabilities, i.e. NetworkServices, ReadUserData, WriteUserData, LocalServices and UserEnvironment. If your application requires one of the extended capabilities, for example SwEvent, you cannot sign it with self-signed certificate. In this case, apply for developer certificates from Symbian Signed.
Message: Unable to install a protected application from an untrusted supplier.
Hint: If you use self-signed certificate, make sure that your application uses unprotected UID, i.e. 0xA0000000 – 0xAFFFFFFF. If you use protected UID (0×20000000 – 0×2FFFFFFF) or legacy UID (0×10000000 – 0×1FFFFFFF), you will get this message.
Message: Unable to install.
Hint: This message may come up when your installation file (.sis/.sisx) copies files to other application’s private folder, i.e. privateuid. Note that Symbian 9 introduces data caging concept, it means you don’t have access to other application’s private folder.
Message: Expired Certificate
Hint: Do this…
Set the phone date back by 7-8months..
Message: Update error
Hint: Uninstall any previous version of the application, then switch on/off the phone and install again
Many thanks to BiNPDA team for these useful tips! Smiley
This method Is exclusively for Nokia 5800xm..
this is a BUG, hope nokia will fix this bug in a month”
Exclusive Method:
people you need signed applications(nokia 5800 compatible Appz)
1) Make your phone memory backup data using nokia pc suit 7.1(very important)
2) After that remove your Micro sd card form mobile..
3) Remove your SIM card also(very important)
4) press *#7370# and unlock code to format your phone memory(yap.. this is safe default is 12345)
5) You will lose all your important date with this action…so make a backup of your phone memory
6) Now nokia 5800 xm will reboot…..wait for a minute….
7) Then select your country region as “Hong Kong”
Cool Set the current time……(set your phone to offline mode)_
9) Now you can put that Micro sd card ……
10) And don;t insert that SIm card right now…just wait….and try to install any supported singed application (E.G-nokia handwriting calculator)
11) And Volla…u may install any singed application ……
12) After that just install your Sim Card…..
Hope this will make nokia 5800xm owners happy.
How to solve the Nokia 5800 “Expired Certificate” error that fails most SIS program files installation…
Backup all messages, notes, calendar entries, and contacts.
I used Nokia PC Suite to backup all these four components instead of using Nokia 5800 inbuilt backup function, which doesn’t has an option to backup Notes (but I’m not sure the ALL settings will back up the Notes).
If you do use the Backup option, to tell the truth once the phone has been reseted, the backup WILL BE GONE even if you back it up on your memory card, as I have done.
Remove the microSD memory card.
When the phone is powered on, don’t simply remove the memory card. Otherwise, the memory card content will likely corrupt.
To remove the microSD card when the Nokia 5800 is switched on, press the power key (the button next to the power charging port), scroll down to locate and select Remove Memory Card, opt “Yes” as the “Removing memory card will close all open applications. Remove anyway?” message is displayed.
Shortly after, the “Remove Memory Card and press OK” message appears, and then the microSD is ready to be unplugged or removed from the dedicated slot.
Notes, both SIM card and microSD card slot are next to each other on the same side (another defect, personally), don’t be careless and end up corrupting the SIM card (if you happen remove SIM card instead of microSD card).
Format the Nokia 5800
Access to touch keypad and enter *#7370# secret code (not so secret, anyway) to restore phone settings to factory
default (even the user data and files are deleted).
Next, you’re prompted to enter the Nokia phone lock code. The default is 12345, if this code hasn’t been changed by
yourself or any one.
Then, the phone restarts and you’ve to select the country region (just select your own country from the list, in this case), followed by request to enter current date and time.
When the phone is ready, power it off again to re-insert the memory card (for highly safety measure, unless there are nothing important kept in the memory card, e.g. picture, music, documents, etc).
As the phone is switched on again with memory card inserted, the “preparing memory card” message appears.
Finally, I’m happy to be able install all my wanted Nokia 5800 programs and games without getting the “Expired Certificate” error message that says “Certificate may not yet be valid, is expired or phone’s
date setting may be incorrect” 
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