Help: Do Series 80 apps have to be Symbian Signed??

1 replies · 1,725 views · Started 11 October 2007

cenozoite 11 Oct 2007, 17:36

Could someone who knows for sure, please tell me whether application development for Series 80 communicators is restricted by Symbian Signed, the same way Series 60v3 is??

I had presumed that the OS was too old and predated that requirement, but now suddenly I am seeing all sorts of references to s80 signed all over the net.

Will unsigned apps install and run perfectly on s80? Or are they limited in any way in what functions they have access and permission to use? Is there at least an on-phone option to disable the need for signed certificates and allow the full unrestricted running of unsigned apps?

Please, any definitive answer to this question would be greatly appreciated. I know that Series60v2 was completely free of the need for signed certificates, and I would like to know how close Series80 comes to that freedom. Thanks very mch for any replies..

rdcinhou 11 Oct 2007, 20:57

On my Nokia 9300, if an application is unsigned, the installer will give you a warning to that effect, but you can answer "Yes" to "Install anyway?"

Signing is just a way to try and make sure that someone isn't giving you a modified (hacked, trojan, other) version of a program to try and trick you to install it.

Developers have to pay money to get an application "signed", so there are many shareware type applications which are unsigned.

Use your best judgement when downloading and installing applications to your phone.

Make frequent back-ups of your phone so that you can restore them in case the software you install messes something up.