Symbian Signed

Sony Ericsson recommends that developers creating Symbian OS™ applications for Sony Ericsson mobile phones get in touch with the Symbian Signed™ program and for developers making use of certain capabilities, Symbian Signed is a must.

By using the industry-recognized Symbian Signed program, the application will be signed and can be tested by an independent test house. Read more about Symbian Signed here>>

Sony Ericsson documents

Developers' Guidelines Signing applications for Sony Ericsson UIQ 3 phones (582 KB)

Also available in Chinese

Symbian Signed root certificate (15 KB)

Certificate Installation Application sis file and installation guide for Symbian Signed root certificate for Sony Ericsson P800.

Signing options

Here are the current Symbian Signing options:

Open Signed

Open Signed is used to get a Symbian Signed developer certificate (DevCert). The certificate is created per device IMEI number.

Express Signed

Express Signed is an option, similar to self signing, to have your Symbian C++ application signed without involving a test house. Before using the Express Signed option the developer should make sure that the application has passed all of the tests outlined in the test criteria document. Auditing will be performed by an independent test house. To use this new signing option a Publisher ID is required. In addition to the cost for the Publisher ID there will be a USD 20 fee per signing event. All platform security capabilities are available except: CommDD, MultimediaDD, NetworkControl, DiskAdmin, DRM, AllFiles, TCB.

Certified Signed

Certified Signed involves an independent test house and is considered to be the most trusted signing option. Applications making use of any of the capabilities: CommDD, DiskAdmin, NetworkControl, MultimediaDD must use the Ceritified Signed option and go though testing by a test house. For Certified Signed a Publisher ID is required.

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Sony Ericsson specific information

Waivers

If an application does not pass the testing done by a test house the developer can submit a waiver to get an exception for the test case that failed. The waiver request form should be sent to the test house selected to do the Symbian Signed testing. Waivers should not be used when using the Express Signed option.

Channel access (not necessary for developer certificates)

An application making use of any of the capabilities must get approval from Sony Ericsson:

1. AllFiles
2. DRM
3. TCB

Please fill in this form to apply for channel access. Apply here for channel access

Getting channel access does not mean that any application will be approved to use any of these capabilities. Applications are approved per application basis.