provisioning profile hell

Question

once in a while I run across a problem with provisioning a device with a dev version of an app . The error message is usually "a valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found".

I have followed all the Apple instructions: I have a valid dev certificate, the developer provisioning profile includes the device ID of the device in question, codesigning works during build. I have the signing identity set for my developer identity, which Xcode matches up with the development provisioning profile just like it should.

Then, when I try to install the app on the device by doing a 'build/run' in xcode, I get the error described above, and I'm at a total loss. It works just fine on any number of other devices, but for some reason, there are a few devices for which this process bombs.

Here's the console log for the failed install on the device:

Sat Sep 18 11:41:14 unknown SpringBoard[27] <Warning>: Reloading and rendering all application icons.
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown installd[820] <Error>: 00503000 verify_signer_identity: Could not copy validate signature: -402620395
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown installd[820] <Error>: 00503000 preflight_application_install: Could not verify executable at /var/tmp/install_staging.pJ8ST8/MyApp.app
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown installd[820] <Error>: 00503000 install_application: Could not preflight application install
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown mobile_installation_proxy[855] <Error>: handle_install: Installation failed
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown installd[820] <Error>: 00503000 handle_install: API failed
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown installd[820] <Error>: 00503000 send_message: failed to send mach message of 64 bytes: 10000003
Sat Sep 18 11:41:36 unknown installd[820] <Error>: 00503000 send_error: Could not send error response to client
Sat Sep 18 11:42:32 unknown MobileMail[809] <Warning>: SecItemCopyMatching result: -25300
Sat Sep 18 11:42:37 unknown MobileMail[809] <Warning>: SecItemCopyMatching result: -25300
Sat Sep 18 11:43:32 unknown CommCenter[31] <Notice>: com.apple.persistentconnection[MobileMail,809] is releasing its assertion on PDP context 0.
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown installd[866] <Error>: 00503000 verify_signer_identity: Could not copy validate signature: -402620395
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown installd[866] <Error>: 00503000 preflight_application_install: Could not verify executable at /var/tmp/install_staging.cgJjHu/MyApp.app
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown installd[866] <Error>: 00503000 install_application: Could not preflight application install
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown mobile_installation_proxy[867] <Error>: handle_install: Installation failed
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown installd[866] <Error>: 00503000 handle_install: API failed
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown installd[866] <Error>: 00503000 send_message: failed to send mach message of 64 bytes: 10000003
Sat Sep 18 11:44:53 unknown installd[866] <Error>: 00503000 send_error: Could not send error response to client

Answer 1

You might want to try the whole provisioning process from the beginning again. Yesterday, the XCode managed "automatic" provisioning profile gave me that error when I try to test on a new iPhone. So I had to resolve to the old manual installation of provisioning profile.

I deleted all my profiles from both the device and the XCode. Added the new device to the provisioning profile on the iOS provisioning portal on the apple website. (I think I also closed XCode and restarted my machine.) Re-downloaded the new profile and installed to the XCode. Changed to that profile in the project setting. And it worked.

The only thing that I didn't do was regeneration of the certificate.