Expired Certificate Problem – How To Deal With It

Update:

This procedure doesn’t work anymore. Try Ketan’s suggestion (from the comments section) and if that doesn’t work either, try this

It’s not a good feeling at all when you try to install the application you need and get this error message.

Let me show you a way to get rid of it.

Some say that you should try the following:

Go to:

Menu -> Application Manager -> Options -> Settings and the Software installation should be on in order to be able to install the application, so I tried this method.

It was okay untill I tried to install a specific software for my N73 and still got this message. It was pretty anoying so I searched and searched until I found a site with all the information you need to sign your own application. It was the best thing that happened to me 🙂

First of all:

DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR IMEI CODE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT AND THESE THINGS CAN HARM JOUR PHONE. DON’T ASK OTHERS TO SIGN APPS FOR YOU UNLESS YOU TRUST THE PERSON AND DON’T WRITE YOUR IMEI CODE ON PUBLIC SITES/FORUMS

So here’s the procedure:

1. You need the necessary files for signing. Download them from here

2. Go to h**ps://www.symbiansigned.com and register a new account

3. Go to My Simbian Signed >>> Developer Certificates and download DevCertRequest tool.

4. Direct link: h**ps://www.symbiansigned.com/DevCertRequest_30_10_2006_v2.0.exe

5. Install the application in your PC and download the private keyfile (sultan.key in attachment)

6. It’s time to create the certification request: open the DevCertRequest application you just installed and fill in the fields like this:

• Name not important. Write whatever you want -> next step
• ….ID available: check the NO button
• Private key file: you search for sultan.key from the downloaded files(from above)
• Password: 0123456 -> next step
• Fill out whatever you wish in the required fields -> next step
• Insert your IMEI -> Add
• press OK
• Select all the application compatibilities and add the all

7. Click on finish and your Certificate Request will be created. You can find this file in the folder
C:\Program Files\Symbian OS Tools\Developer Certificate Request\xxxx.csr
xxxxxxx = the name you have used in step 4

8. Go back to Symbian Signed website and go to My Symbian Signed >>> Developer Certificates >>> Request
direct link: h**ps://www.symbiansigned.com/app/barclayhtml/devcert/requestupload.jsp
and upload the Certificate Request file you just created (xxxx.csr)

9. Go to My Symbian Signed >>> Developer Certificates >>> My DevCert
direct link: h**ps://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/devcert/certListdownload

and download your certificate (xxxx.cer)

10. Create a folder and place in FExplorer.sis, the certificate you downloaded from Symbian Signed website, Private Keyfile (sultan.key) and signsis.exe and auto_signsis.bat (you can find it in the archive attached above)

11. Open auto_signsis.bat with notepad

signsis FExplorer.sis FExplorer_signed.sis xxxxxx.cer sultan.key 0123456 (this should appear)

(right click and Edit – not double click)

(xxxx.cer is the certificate you created, and downloaded from Symbian Signed web site change it with yours)
example with this tutorial and the version downloaded

signsis FExplorer_english_3ed_116b_unsigned.SIS FExplorer_signed.sis xxxx.cer sultan.key 0123456

12. Replace FExplorer_english_3ed_116b_unsigned.SIS with the name of the app you want to sign and ireplace FExplorer_signed.sis with the name you want for your new signed app

13. Save auto_signsis.bat (do not use Save-As just Save)

14. Double click on auto_signsis.bat This will create a new file called FExplorer_signed.sis (or whatever you want, just change the filename), install it and enjoy.

A lot of thanks for GoSymbian.com

Here’s the more descriptive version

In this way you will never have that annoying Expired Certificate Error Message ever 🙂

This procedure doesn’t work anymore