iOS app 'The application could not be verified' only on one device

Question

I have two iphone devices( 4s and 5 ) connected to my computer and i am trying to install an application in both the devices. It installs pretty well in iphone 5 but it give

Answer 1

Might have figured it out... Deleting the app from the device worked for me, as others mentioned before (thanks!).

I think the reason is that the app on the device was actually signed with a separate provisioning profile, specifically a distribution profile in my case.

Answer 2

The application could not be verified" , in your device there could be already an app installed with the same bundle identifier.

So Simple solution Just delete the App & try again.. ....

Answer 3

TL;DR answer - There is no real solution besides "delete app and reinstall".

This answer is not satisfactory for many situations, when you have an existing database that needs to not get deleted within the app.

Lukasz and plivesey are the only ones with solutions that don't require delete, but neither worked for me.

Answer 4

Had the same issue on my iPad running 8.1.3 Deleting the app and installing again fixed the issue. I use two different provisioning profiles on two different machines and that could have caused this issue.

Answer 5

I faced this issue a lot. I am not sure if this is the issue, but I think, when xCode saw that there is an app with the same bundle identifier as of the app, I am trying to install, it didn't allow me. So, I had to delete the older one and attempted to install and it worked. However sometimes for testing purpose, I needed multiple version of the same app and in that case, I would change the bundle identifier and try to install. It only works if, I am using an wildcard provisioning profile.

Answer 6

You probably used the "Fix Issue" option in Xcode when plugging in a new device. Old question but I believe this is the actual answer to WHY this is happening. When you install an app on a device it is signed with a specific development provisioning profile. If, for instance, you plug in another device that is not registered on your developer account Xcode will ask you to "fix the issue". When you press that the device is added and another provisioning profile is created/modified. If you try to overwrite an existing app you'll receive that error. Deleting the app and reinstalling it works since the profile has been altered. I find this often happens when a Team is set and a member plugs in a new device then Xcode "Fixes" the problem.