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Packaged App installation requires adding additional certificates to the phone because the app package is only signed for public installation after it is approved via the Reviewer Tools. When an app is installed via the Reviewer Tools prior to approval it is signed with a separate, Reviewer only, certificate which does not come installed on the device by default. | Packaged App installation requires adding additional certificates to the phone because the app package is only signed for public installation after it is approved via the Reviewer Tools. When an app is installed via the Reviewer Tools prior to approval it is signed with a separate, Reviewer only, certificate which does not come installed on the device by default. | ||
The phone needs to be rooted for pushing these certificates to work. You can test this by typing 'adb root' after installing the Android SDK (if it says it can't be run in production builds then certificate installation isn't going to work). Rooting your phone is outside of the scope of this page but you may be able to find instructions on the internet, and is obviously taken at your own risk, etc, etc. | The phone needs to be rooted for pushing these certificates to work. You can test this by typing 'adb root' after installing the Android SDK (if it says it can't be run in production builds then certificate installation isn't going to work). Rooting your phone is outside of the scope of this page but you may be able to find instructions on the internet, and is obviously taken at your own risk, etc, etc. Geeksphone Keon and Peak devices are typically rooted by default, operator provided devices are typically not. | ||
The scripts are available in the [https://github.com/briansmith/marketplace-certs Marketplace Certs repository]. There is a detailed [https://github.com/briansmith/marketplace-certs/blob/master/README.txt readme] available though in short the procedure for installing reviewer certs is below: | The scripts are available in the [https://github.com/briansmith/marketplace-certs Marketplace Certs repository]. There is a detailed [https://github.com/briansmith/marketplace-certs/blob/master/README.txt readme] available though in short the procedure for installing reviewer certs is below: | ||