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Kristy Kallback-Rose
Oct 19, 2010, 3:02:02 PM10/19/10
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I've recorded some simple notes about the process. I will talk through this on Thursday.
-Kristy
Click on link below
Go to web form, have to be registered apple developer (i am)
use existing apple id, login, review profile, sign life away
had to resend verifcation code and then i was done
Thank You for Registering as an Apple Developer
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From: Apple Developer <noreply-...@apple.com>Date: October 15, 2010 10:56:45 AM GMT-04:00Subject: You have been invited to join an Apple Developer Program
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Eric Isaacson
Oct 21, 2010, 6:35:18 AM10/21/10
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Kristy,
I talked with Mike Sullivan on Skype past night, and he reported an annoying number of hoops to jump through, in order to get an individual device registered into the system. He doubts that it can be demonstrated during class time. And the kicker is, at the very end, he was told that his device wouldn't be signed up unless and until he upgraded the iOS to version 4. For him, this is a possible dealbreaker -- he has experienced and heard some horror stories about losing one's configuration options and one's personal data, when an upgrade is attempted. He is loathe to try, particularly since he has a gen-2 iPhone, still with a V2 iOS, which allows him to use his iPhone as a modem feeding Internet to the desktop it's plugged into. That feature was taken away in V3 and V4.
For you it's less of a risk, with your hand-me-down phone. But heads-up to everybody, that an upgrade to V4 iOS will have to be done.
I talked with Mike Sullivan on Skype past night, and he reported an annoying number of hoops to jump through, in order to get an individual device registered into the system. He doubts that it can be demonstrated during class time. And the kicker is, at the very end, he was told that his device wouldn't be signed up unless and until he upgraded the iOS to version 4. For him, this is a possible dealbreaker -- he has experienced and heard some horror stories about losing one's configuration options and one's personal data, when an upgrade is attempted. He is loathe to try, particularly since he has a gen-2 iPhone, still with a V2 iOS, which allows him to use his iPhone as a modem feeding Internet to the desktop it's plugged into. That feature was taken away in V3 and V4.
For you it's less of a risk, with your hand-me-down phone. But heads-up to everybody, that an upgrade to V4 iOS will have to be done.
alan
Oct 21, 2010, 11:38:57 AM10/21/10
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My upgrade to 4 went without a hitch. But I do know of one person who
did lose the contents of their phone during the upgrade.
So here is my additional information on "backing up your iphone via
iTunes":
The first thing to note is iTunes does make a backup of your phone.
But the kicker is it only holds 1 backup (it deletes previous backups
each time the backup runs).
This backup is stored in /Users/"username"/Library/Application
Support/MobileSync/Backup.
Each iPhone that you backup will create a sub directory in this
folder.
I have found that coping this backup into your documents folders
(coping, not moving) is a way to preserve the backup as valid restore
point. To do so, connect your phone, run a back-up by right-clicking
your phone under the Devices listing of iTunes, Then, move the
updated directory to your my documents, or other safe place of your
preference.
During the upgrade the first thing that it tries to do is backup your
device. Let it do the backup. If the upgrade fails most folk just
try it again. But the second attempt of the upgrade will once again
try to do the backup. This backup will backup the phone in its crappy
state, and unfortunately it will erase the valid older backup.
But never fear for you still have the preserved copy of a valid backup
in your my documents folder. You would just need to copy back the
iphone backup from your documents folder into the Library/Application
Support/MobileSync/Backup folder to do a restore form iTunes.
Other solution to the single backup file from iTunes "problem" is to
use "Time Machine". If you use time machine you can simple restore
the backup directory to a time you knew the phone was functioning and
the backup was valid. (as in a date before the upgrade)
Demo of Provisioning:
I think it could be demo-ed during our class session might take a 1/2
hour or so. I had to do it twice, but the second time did work. I
would be willing to help out as long as everyone is willing to be
patient if it goes awry!
It is rewarding to see your app run on a phone!
Thanks,
alan
On Oct 21, 6:35 am, Eric Isaacson <e...@eji.com> wrote:
> Kristy,
>
> I talked with Mike Sullivan on Skype past night, and he reported an annoying
> number of hoops to jump through, in order to get an individual device
> registered into the system. He doubts that it can be demonstrated during
> class time. And the kicker is, at the very end, he was told that his device
> wouldn't be signed up unless and until he upgraded the iOS to version 4.
> For him, this is a possible dealbreaker -- he has experienced and heard some
> horror stories about losing one's configuration options and one's personal
> data, when an upgrade is attempted. He is loathe to try, particularly since
> he has a gen-2 iPhone, still with a V2 iOS, which allows him to use his
> iPhone as a modem feeding Internet to the desktop it's plugged into. That
> feature was taken away in V3 and V4.
>
> For you it's less of a risk, with your hand-me-down phone. But heads-up to
> everybody, that an upgrade to V4 iOS will have to be done.
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Kristy Kallback-Rose
> <kall...@indiana.edu>wrote:
did lose the contents of their phone during the upgrade.
So here is my additional information on "backing up your iphone via
iTunes":
The first thing to note is iTunes does make a backup of your phone.
But the kicker is it only holds 1 backup (it deletes previous backups
each time the backup runs).
This backup is stored in /Users/"username"/Library/Application
Support/MobileSync/Backup.
Each iPhone that you backup will create a sub directory in this
folder.
I have found that coping this backup into your documents folders
(coping, not moving) is a way to preserve the backup as valid restore
point. To do so, connect your phone, run a back-up by right-clicking
your phone under the Devices listing of iTunes, Then, move the
updated directory to your my documents, or other safe place of your
preference.
During the upgrade the first thing that it tries to do is backup your
device. Let it do the backup. If the upgrade fails most folk just
try it again. But the second attempt of the upgrade will once again
try to do the backup. This backup will backup the phone in its crappy
state, and unfortunately it will erase the valid older backup.
But never fear for you still have the preserved copy of a valid backup
in your my documents folder. You would just need to copy back the
iphone backup from your documents folder into the Library/Application
Support/MobileSync/Backup folder to do a restore form iTunes.
Other solution to the single backup file from iTunes "problem" is to
use "Time Machine". If you use time machine you can simple restore
the backup directory to a time you knew the phone was functioning and
the backup was valid. (as in a date before the upgrade)
Demo of Provisioning:
I think it could be demo-ed during our class session might take a 1/2
hour or so. I had to do it twice, but the second time did work. I
would be willing to help out as long as everyone is willing to be
patient if it goes awry!
It is rewarding to see your app run on a phone!
Thanks,
alan
On Oct 21, 6:35 am, Eric Isaacson <e...@eji.com> wrote:
> Kristy,
>
> I talked with Mike Sullivan on Skype past night, and he reported an annoying
> number of hoops to jump through, in order to get an individual device
> registered into the system. He doubts that it can be demonstrated during
> class time. And the kicker is, at the very end, he was told that his device
> wouldn't be signed up unless and until he upgraded the iOS to version 4.
> For him, this is a possible dealbreaker -- he has experienced and heard some
> horror stories about losing one's configuration options and one's personal
> data, when an upgrade is attempted. He is loathe to try, particularly since
> he has a gen-2 iPhone, still with a V2 iOS, which allows him to use his
> iPhone as a modem feeding Internet to the desktop it's plugged into. That
> feature was taken away in V3 and V4.
>
> For you it's less of a risk, with your hand-me-down phone. But heads-up to
> everybody, that an upgrade to V4 iOS will have to be done.
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Kristy Kallback-Rose
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