freeware signing for testing only

Hi all! After reading a lot about Symbian Signed, Developer Certificates,
ACS Publisher IDs and freeware, I still could not find answer to my case, so
I'd like to ask for advice. Here is the scenario I'm facing:

I'm writing an application that I intend to distribute to a wide audience as
_freeware_. During development using the emulator I realized that essential
features of my program are bound to the ReadDeviceData and WriteDeviceData
capabilities. Those capabilities require signing with an ACS Publisher ID.

Now I need to try my application on my test phone, running on Symbian9. So I
need a DevCert with an ACS Publisher ID. As this is freeware, I do not want
to buy my own ACS Publisher ID from VeriSign. Moreover, at this stage I just
want to test the program as it is not yet completed, so I do not yet want to
submit it for full testing and signing to a test house. I just want to
self-sign the program so it runs on my test device.

So, what shall I do? How do I get a free ACS Publisher ID for the DevCert?
Thanks for enlightening!

You don't need an ACS Publisher ID just for testing. You can get a free 
developer certificate on www.symbiansigned.com that is bound to your 
device.

Regards,
Gernot 

> You don't need an ACS Publisher ID just for testing. You can get a free
> developer certificate on www.symbiansigned.com that is bound to your
> device.

Thanks for answering. However, I'm afraid you are wrong. If you do not enter
an ACS ID then the certificate request generator tool lists only ten
capabilities which do _not_ contain the two ones I mentioned in the first
post. So the issue is still unresolved: how to enable ReadDeviceData and
WriteDeviceData only for testing, without going for a full freeware signing
procedure?

JoeS wrote:
>> You don't need an ACS Publisher ID just for testing. You can get a
free
>> developer certificate on www.symbiansigned.com that is bound to your
>> device.
> 
> Thanks for answering. However, I'm afraid you are wrong. If you do not
enter
> an ACS ID then the certificate request generator tool lists only ten
> capabilities which do _not_ contain the two ones I mentioned in the first
> post. So the issue is still unresolved: how to enable ReadDeviceData and
> WriteDeviceData only for testing, without going for a full freeware
signing
> procedure?
> 
> 
You can't do anything about it, you have to get the ACS ID

> > So the issue is still unresolved: how to enable ReadDeviceData and
> > WriteDeviceData only for testing, without going for a full freeware
signing
> > procedure?
> >
> You can't do anything about it, you have to get the ACS ID

If it is so, then the "freeware route to Symbian Signed", as
propagated by
Symbian, ceases to exist as soon as the freeware application uses any of the
capabilities beyond the "cheap ten"...

A solution could be if it was possible to obtain an ACS ID from the
Publisher Certifier (like CellMania) in the testing phase already, before
submitting for final evaluation. Is this not possible? Someone from Symbian
could please confirm.