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Inspiring
August 8, 2015
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iPad - Unable to Download app error

  • August 8, 2015
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"appName" could not be installed at this time. Helpful error for sure.

Anyone else encountered this? Using a proper distribution certificate, new provisioning profile... checked and re-checked to make sure everything is good. Installing to iPad from a web site - ssl enabled from https: url. The app downloads and gets "done" installing when the dialog with the error appears. It's an iPad 2 with iOS 8+

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Correct answer Colin Holgate

Yeah, I think that's the App Name in the General tab of the iOS Setting dialog when you publish.

I've set the app to work on both iPad and iPhone, sorry about that.

I did change the provisioning profile, because I used a new AppID that had the full reverse domain, instead of the wildcard one. So had to generate a new one.

If I try and use the 'install app on connected iOS device' in Flash I get an error about not being able to enumerate devices and telling me to make sure iTunes is installed. It's installed and running and it sees the connected iPad just fine. I've never had any luck using that 'feature'


It has the same no valid provisioning profile error on my 3gs, so that rules out whether the old provisioning was causing the problem.

You might try doing this search:

A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found. enterprise in house

There are lots of reports, and maybe something will show up.

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kheftel
Inspiring
August 9, 2015

If you have Xcode, console logs will help

dmennenohAuthor
Inspiring
August 9, 2015

I don't have a mac, so no Xcode. Could anyone with Xcode help solve this, I mean could I just send the install link?

Colin Holgate
Inspiring
August 9, 2015

Is it an enterprise account build? If it isn't, it wouldn't install for us. You should be checking your provisioning file, if it's App Store, it won't install. If it's Ad Hoc with a development certificate, or development profile with a distribution certificate, it won't install. If it has an app id that is different to the one in the provisioning profile, it won't install.