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I'm getting this weird error when I try to hit this button to fix this error for the app I just made. I am trying to run the app on my connected iPhone when I get this error:
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When I hit Fix Issue I then get this error: enter image description here
What does this mean, and how can I start testing apps on my phone again?

Kara
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bdn
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  • I just got the same error. As a temporary fix, to get things running on my iPhone, I went to General > Team > and changed it to none. – Ravin Sardal Apr 28 '16 at 19:37
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    You are not alone: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36922738/how-to-get-around-apple-app-id-insanity – rmaddy Apr 28 '16 at 20:32
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    @rmaddy did just happen today or something? such a bizarre change – DardanM Apr 29 '16 at 00:57
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    What is going on? I am receiving the same error... – dr.doom Apr 29 '16 at 19:00
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    My guess is that Apple created this limit to interfere with people who are creating entire ecosystems of sideloaded apps. – funroll May 02 '16 at 17:13
  • @funroll That may be true. I'd like to hear it from Apple, because I think that this could backfire. There might be half-baked apps submitted to the App Store because the developer paid to remove this crazy restriction, and now she can submit to the App Store as well, so she might before she's ready. Also, there might be more phony Apple IDs created to circumvent this issue. Some might reconsider their plans to jump into iOS app development. This new stumbling block is not encouraging. – Charles Cavanaugh May 06 '16 at 03:33

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Easiest workaround I've found: find a bundle id that you already used.

Just create new projects with whatever name you want, and then change the bundle id to be the same in each project.

This works fine if you don't actually need to have multiple apps side by side on your phone, but you need to create lots of apps to test different scenarios.

funroll
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    I noticed that your solution does indeed work. It warns me, though, that it might be expiring "soon" (doesn't say when). I hate that ambiguity. Also I like to start with a clean project each time. I've been a professional in computer science for 16 years, and I don't need Apple telling me how I should learn something new, or rushing me into starting my paid account, which up till now I thought would only be required to distribute apps on the store. Limiting what I do with my own phone on my own computer is overstepping. – Charles Cavanaugh May 06 '16 at 03:37
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    @CharlesCavanaugh True, atleast now I can use my apple id to sign apps, earlier even this was not possible. But I bumped into this issue today, and I dont even have an option to delete App ID on developer portal. Bummer ! – GoodSp33d Jul 03 '16 at 18:05
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    It took me a while to figure out what are the ID's I've already used. Wrote an answer for that here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47763510/518169 – hyperknot Dec 12 '17 at 00:19
  • How to get the bundle ID without code. I just have IPA of files is there any way to change from IPA file alone? – Ashutosh Soni Jul 12 '22 at 10:31
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For me this trick worked: just use another provision profile of any app that you have on your account.

Nazariy Vlizlo
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