Saturday, March 26, 2011

How to get 'Cert and Key' for signing apps

In this tutorial I will show you 2 different ways to acquire the certificate and key files for your Nokia smartphones easily. This tutorial is mainly for those who have never signed any application before and are constantly facing errors during their installation of unsigned applications, games and themes. The common errors that are being faced by thousands of Symbian owners worldwide are “Certificate Expired“, “Unable to Install a Protected Application from an Untrusted Supplier” and “Restricted by Certificate Type“.
To Hack your Nokia properly you will have to have a developer Certificate and Key file for your Nokia device. The Certificate and Key File are tied to your specific IMEI number of the phone which is a security measure and that is what we will try to bypass.
The previous process of acquiring Certificate and Key file was only successful manually (Manual Method Tutorial – Not Recommended) and it was hell difficult to actually get your certificate and keyfile. But hold on, it gets much better starting from today. Here are 2 simple, quick and efficient ways to get your IMEI specific Dev Certificate (.CSR file) and Keyfile (.KEY file).
The first process is absolutely magnificent, moderately easy and can have you get your certificate and key within 2-3 minutes at best. There is a second method (manual method) which is super easy and also moderately fast and you are sure to get your certificate and key file within 24 to 48 hours.