You may also need a certificate from the phone manufacturer
as well as Sprint for some of the API's. I know in the case
of Motorola
they control some of the API's and you will need to get a
certificate from them as well !
Jerome
jliss viewsonicsinc.com
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:KVM-INTERESTJAVA.SUN.COM]On Behalf Of
Alan Weiler
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:22 PM
> To: KVM-INTERESTJAVA.SUN.COM
> Subject: Signing Apps for Sprint
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Has anyone delivered an off-deck, signed applicaton
using restricted APIs
> on Sprint?
>
> I have read a number of posts on signing, and I have
read the Sprint
> Developer PDF tutorial on signing apps. I signed an app
using the Sprint's
> WTK.
>
> But, I do not yet understand why I have to enable the
developer root on my
> device. I want to deliver signed apps using restricted
APIs to devices off
> deck. My customers will not have enabled a developer
root on their devices.
> Downloading a signed app to my own phone is no
different than the
> experience I want to give my customers.
>
> The PDF tutorial on signing is very ambiguous. It says
I need a Certificate
> from Verisign, but it also says I don't need one-- I
can use a 3 year
> certificate built into the WTK.
>
> It would make sense if the root developer certificate
was only for testing,
> but I need the Versign Certificate for deploying off
deck to my customers.
> Is that the case? The PDF doesn't make this clear one
way or another.
>
> Or, is the whole signing issue only applicable to apps
that will be hosted
> on Sprint's deck. For off deck apps, the only option is
to go untrusted,
> and forego access to the restricted APIs?
>
> Sprint's tutorial PDF is really great for the mechanics
of creating a
> signed app, but it doesn't address any of the
deployment issues.
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Alan Weiler
> developerkallisto.com
>
>
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