Device signature different

[Mike Kerner]

Mark just went back and forth with some followup.  It turns out that the
process we should use is a little different:
http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11236

Just a reminder, that Apple says that you get one shot with the old token
after it changes.


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> Neil has been helping me with push/token issues, and sent me a couple of
> useful links:
> 1) https://devforums.apple.com/thread/206990?tstart=30
> The old token will work for one push after it changes, and then it will
> become inactive
>
> which reinforces
> 2) https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2265/_index.html
> Which states that every time you launch, you are supposed to have your app
> re-register.
>
> There is a bug with that, though, 11236, which is active, and open -
> CURRENTLY, you cannot get the token before the first card of the stack
> opens - so no preOpenStack, no preOpenCard, etc. - yet.
>
>
> Big props to Neil for working on these buggers, but that only reinforces
> something else - if you can, spend the money and become a Pro or Corporate
> member.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>wrote:
>
>> I ran into this by accident, and I don't know how far back the old token
>> will work.  Even on Apple's forums, this behavior is largely a mystery.  I
>> have yet to receive a notification of a change, even when checking for
>> devices that have asked to not receive push notifications any longer.
>>
>> What I have taken to doing is to have the app check its token (but
>> because of bug 11236 in LC, you can't do that until you have the openCard
>> message for the first card of the stack).  If the token has changed, it
>> reports the new token.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgrath3 at mac.com>wrote:
>>
>>> So what is the best way to handle this?
>>>
>>> Is it a fact that the old token will still work?? What about the one
>>> before that??
>>>
>>> Anyone else have info here.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> -- Tom McGrath III
>>> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
>>> mcgrath3 at mac.com
>>>
>>> On Nov 11, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have run into this very problem.  No, the token is not forevermore,
>>> but
>>> > Apple won't tell you when it's changed, and if you reference the old
>>> token,
>>> > it will still work.
>>> >
>>> > The most common way that a token gets replaced is when a device gets
>>> wiped.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgrath3 at mac.com
>>> >wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> on mouseUp
>>> >> put mobileGetDeviceToken() into field "PNSResult"
>>> >>     put field "PNSResult" into tTest
>>> >>       put 1 into i
>>> >>       repeat while i<= the number of characters in tTest
>>> >>               if char i of tTest is not in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"
>>> then
>>> >>                       delete char i of tTest
>>> >>               else -- char i of me is hex
>>> >>                       add 1 to i
>>> >>               end if -- char i is not in.....
>>> >>       end repeat --while i<= the number of characters in me
>>> >>
>>> >>     if char 1 of tTest is "<" then delete char 1 of tTest
>>> >>     if last char of tTest is ">" then delete last char of tTest
>>> >>     put tTest into field  “PNSResult"
>>> >>
>>> >> end mouseUp
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> SO the token returned from this script from a few weeks ago is
>>> different
>>> >> than what this returns today.???? wtf…. But more importantly it
>>> changed
>>> >> from this morning and later this afternoon. I have three different
>>> IDs from
>>> >> the same device….
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Is mobileGetDeviceToken() supposed to be consistent to the device????
>>> No
>>> >> matter what???? or When????
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Tom
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> -- Tom McGrath III
>>> >> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
>>> >> mcgrath3 at mac.com
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."