IPhone Ad Hoc distribution error 0xe8000001

Sending an Ad Hoc distribution profile .mobileprovision file and the Distribution build .app to another user to install via iTunes does not seem to work. At all. We only get error 0xe8000001 when iTunes tries to sync. We have checked and double checked the Device IDs.
Has anybody got Ad Hoc iPhone/iPod Touch distribution to work?
Bearing in mind:
The Documentation for Ad Hoc is very sparse, just six bullet points
When creating an Ad Hoc Distribution profile on the Program Portal and then choosing Edit > Modify, you can see that the Type has changed back to App Store from Ad Hoc.
Whats going on? Does this work at all? Is there anybody out there who has got it working?
Message was edited by: Ed Andersen

I'm having the exact same problem with ad hoc distribution. It builds fine, and I can see the app has been signed and it includes the mobileprovision file. But still I get same the error when iTunes tries to install the app.
Has anyone gotten ad hoc distribution to work?

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So, I am trying to do an Ad-Hoc distribution and I have followed the steps posted by Apple regarding this. Except, the codesign stuff is not being inserted into the build log. According to apple this has to happen in order for Ad-Hoc Distribution to work.
Has anyone encountered this problem before? How did you solve it?
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Apple's instructions for ad hoc distribution seem to be missing some crucial details. Check out the information here: http://furbo.org/2008/08/06/beta-testing-on-iphone-20/
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Hi there!
I need to try my app in multiple devices, but the Ad hoc distribution is CRAP
I tried hundreds of times the signing, the app ID with the wildcard, Clean all, target/project level code signing and so on with no luck
The weird thing is that my developement device works like a charma (with developer signing)
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Yeah, I noticed that too, but even making absolutely sure to do Ad Hoc doesn't seem to work. Binding to no devices, no go. Binding to specific devices (which guarantees it is an Ad Hoc certificate), no go. No matter what I do, I just cannot get an Ad Hoc signed application to install through iTunes. I've redone everything, rebuilt from the certificates up, and still no go.
Makes it hard to actually have beta testers, if I have to get everyone to have Mac OS X, Xcode, and my developer provision to install with.
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Been spending hours trying to figure out iPhone adhoc distribution. Followed instructions, got infamous 0xE8000001 error. Followed directions on this forum trying to correct it, still error. Did suggestions found on the internet, still error. Overall frustration level is through the roof as I want to spend my time building the application
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Another big difference is dist.plist.
Read the instructions very carefully, which info file (project or target), the configuration selected when the changes are made (my most often mistake). You my have to undo the current way some things are set.
Best bet, take the Hello sample app ad get it to work with AdHoc, starting from a un-futzed with base should help.
Oh, delete everything, apps on the device, provisioning profiles on the device and in the Mobile folder, re-add them by dropping on the xcode icon. No need to re-download them from Apple (that I have noticed).
Best yet, get someone to give you a project that will generate an AdHoc build, get it to work with your system, (changing names, etc) and then making the settings in your project match exactly.
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Where can I go to look up details for the error code 0xE8008015
Does something better than "unknown error" exist in an iTunes log that I can look at?
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Change the app sync options in iTunes from All to checking manual.
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I had the same thing here... maybe this helps you:
1. create a distribution provisioning profile - not a development profile!
2. code sign with the correct certificate - your distribution certificate!
3. enter the correct app identifier for the target (see "Building and Installing your Development Application" in http://developer.apple.com/iphone/manage/provisioningprofiles/howto.action
4. if you have not already setup the code signing entitlements follow the steps here http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=738492
5. follow the other (more obvious steps to add the provisioning profile and your app to iTunes
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I've followed all the manual instructions to the letter I believe. But when installing the app and provisioning profile on an iPhone (one of the iPhones in the profile) the following error occurs:
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Does anybody know what that means and how to fix it? I'm stumped!
I wanted to test with an ad hoc distribution before trying to place the app in the app store.
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doug

Same here. I'm still trying to get the big picture as to what these deployment steps are for.
I got my ad hocs to work, and now I'm trying to backtrack what I did:
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3. Set the Code Signing Entitlements build setting to entitlements.plist
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6. Build the project (distribution config with device active sdk)
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2. The other person drags the MyApp.app file to her iTunes
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How fix iPhone encountered unexpected error 0xE8000001 install phase?

Please help ( if there is an iPhone developer forum somewhere please redirect me)!
I can not get even the sample "Hello World" application to download and run on my iPhone device. I have spent hours googling and messing around in the iPhone Developer Program Portal trying to figure out where I went wrong. I get the following error after I build and run:
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"Try disconnecting and powering off"
Any tips, resources, or advice is much appreciated. I about to the point to consider wiping and reinstalling my Mac in a hope it may improve whatever I did wrong between SDK1-8.
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Thank you _very much_ for looking at my "Bundle identifier" syntax. I think I am getting closer. I removed the 10-digit prefix from the Info.plist "*Bundle identifier*" setting. My setting is now entered as seen below.
"*myapp.com.mycompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:identifier}*"
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Any advice is much appreciated and I appreciate all others who have added comment to this thread.
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For others that are having similar problesm, you can now print out the portal "How to" adventure game. On the portal home page is a link to the following PDF. I am planning on printing out and reading the whole thing and high-lighting all the important bits and steps.
http://adcdownload.apple.com/iphone/iphone_developer_program_user_guide/iphone_d eveloper_program_user_guide__standard_program.pdf
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1 - Select the root folder in your code project
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3 - Go to the *Build* tab
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2: Go into "Activity Monitor" and force quit iTunes helper then replug the iphone in another USB drive and reopen iTunes.
3: Turn off your iPhone and restart your Mac, then once restarted go into iTunes and turn on your iPhone.
4: You don't have a hub, but if your friends do you could borrow it and that may work.
5: Delete then re-install iTunes Delete the following files:
The iTunes application (located in /Applications)
com.apple.iTunes.plist (from ~/Library/Preferences)
iTunes.pkg (from /Library/Receipts)
iTunesX.pkg (from /Library/Receipts)
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The "At a Glance: Program Workflow and Team Roles" that you really can't miss even if you're blind as a bat soon as you log in the first time, it never occurred to them to click on that? Or are they too much of an idiot to figure out that "... Build your application for Distribution on development device ..." would involve being a DEVELOPER, as anyone as smart as your average piece of rust is appropriate for the DEVELOPER program?
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Has anyone been able to use Ad Hoc Distribution from a windows machine to put an app on an iPhone or iPod touch?
I zipped up the .app and .mobileprovision files on the mac but when i bring them over to a windows machine, the .app shows up like it really is as a folder.
And I could not get iTunes to recognize the .app folder or the .mobileprovision file at all.
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"Could not be installed because it could not be verified"
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I created device ids for two phones we’d like to test.
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