About the “Expired Certificate” problem

Some Users reported, in the last days, that they can not install my older themes, the first themes that were published on this blog. They seem to get an “expired certificate” error that prevents from installing the themes.

The problem is well-known and refer to the expiration of the certificates that I used to sign the *sis files last year. The Certificates that I got from SymbianSigned were valid over an year only. But there’s a solution.

For the newer themes, this problem don’t exist, because they were made using a 20-Year certiciate, that will last until 2027!

For the older ones, the first thing to do, if you wish to install such themes, is to set the date on you phone back to May 2007. Then install the desired theme, and come back to today’s date. This trick solves the problem, but I know that this is not very practical to do.

I’m thinking about a definitive solution, but this will require some time do to. I should update all the packages on the server, extracting the *sis files, resign them and then re-uploading them all. I think I will start to do it on the next weekend, but more than one week will be required to do all the work.

An update will be given when the work’s finished.

Here’s a link to the older themes archives (from May to August 2007).

May 2007 Themes

June 2007 Themes

July 2007 Themes

August 2007 Themes