Wednesday, August 12, 2009

iPhone Code Sign Error : Provisioning Profile Can't be Found!

Code sign error : Provisioning profile 'ABCD-12345-XYZ' can't be found.
If you have encountered an error that reads as above, you probably went through some frustrating time as I did. This error is a different class of error than the one I have previously posted about.

If you get an error message that reads as below, check out my previous post.
Error: Can’t run ‘XYZ’ on the device ‘Developer iPhone’ The device doesn’t have provisioning profile the application was signed with. Add the provisioning profile to this advice via the Organizer, or check the ‘Code Signing Identity’ build setting.

Now back to the main issue. How do you solve a code sign error that says provisioning profile can't be found?

After numerous tries of doing virtually everything, the simplest solution is to follow the steps below.
  1. Open up the Terminal
  2. CD into your iPhone project directory
  3. CD into YourApp.xcodeproj
  4. Edit the file project.pbxproj by using a text editor (I use vi)
  5. Search for the string PROVISIONING_PROFILE
  6. Surround the line containing PROVISIONING_PROFILE, with /* */ (comment block). You can simply erase the line, but I prefer to put it in comments.
  7. Do this for all lines containing PROVISIONING_PROFILE
  8. Save file.
This should have done it! Open your Xcode project -> build and go. And remember to take a break!


-도시
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24 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    This helped me so much. Thanks!

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  2. inimd3September 12, 2009 at 5:20 PM

    Your welcome. Glad it helped.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    I also found it works! I try to solve it almost 2 weeks but in vain...now works. But just wonder what action in xcode will this provision_profile lines be written to file?

    thomas

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  4. AnonymousOctober 3, 2009 at 11:28 PM

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

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  5. AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 2:21 AM

    You've saved me from several hours of misery. Thanks

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  6. euzekaNovember 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM

    Thanks here as well.... This save me some time... thanks so much!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    You rock!

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    Thank you so much! That was exactly what I needed after the following didn't work for me:
    http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/21137-updated-3-0-now-provisioning-profile-cant-found.html

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 12:28 PM

    Thank you. I solved terrible error for your posting.
    Thank you very much!!

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2010 at 6:36 AM

    You are a God. You have made life worth living again. I can't tell you how desperate I was, or how filled with joy I am now. Seriously. Thank you.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2010 at 12:12 PM

    Thanks so much. I wonder how come after 2 years and surely thousands of complaints apple hasn't simplified the selection of the appropriate provisioning profile.

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  12. UnknownFebruary 28, 2010 at 7:03 AM

    Thanks!

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  13. AnonymousMarch 14, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    Thank you SO MUCH! Your post just made my day! I was struggling with this for days!

    For all those who got help from this post, I sure hope you gave something back to this poster -- in the form of a single click.
    Don't be a leech and support this great man!

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  14. matthew.martindaleApril 13, 2010 at 3:42 AM

    You are the man! It works! I was struggling with this all night after getting a new phone and having issues with my keys. Thank you very much!

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  15. BenJune 30, 2010 at 4:13 AM

    I could kiss you

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  16. AnonymousJuly 27, 2010 at 2:48 AM

    A big hug and kiss!!!!

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  17. Anne GunnAugust 15, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    I had my app running on the iPod Touch this morning, after many, many gyrations. Then decided to 'clean up' some of the certificates and things that lay strewn about my dev environment. Terrible mistake. Hours have passed -- I could see what was wrong but not how to fix it. This worked!

    THANK YOU

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  18. UnknownSeptember 24, 2010 at 5:48 AM

    Hi, I'm not able to open the. xcodeproj in my text editor. I have TextWrangler and TextEdit, of which neither work.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

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  19. javiNovember 11, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! THANK YOU!!!!!!!

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  20. AnonymousDecember 14, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    Thanks! Saved my day

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    BIG BIG BIG THAAAAAANKS!!! =))))

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  22. AnonymousApril 14, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    Thank you so much dude.

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  23. DiSeptember 30, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    I tried your method. The code sign error is gone now. but I am getting new error "Error Starting Executable". :(

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  24. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 2:26 PM

    Thanks alot!

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