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Lost my keystore for uploaded app on android market [duplicate]
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I'm generating a signed APK from Android studio. However, for some reason I can't seem to use the keystone I used previously. Android studio keeps complaining "Keystore was tampered with or password was incorrect". I believe the password is correct.
Anyways, I created a new keystone and generated my signed APK. However, when I try to upload this APK in Beta Testing by clicking on button Upload new APK to Beta I get an error:
You uploaded an APK that is signed with a different certificate to
your previous APKs. You must use the same certificate. Your existing
APKs are signed with the certificate(s) with fingerprint(s):
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How can I upload a new APK to my Beta with a different certificate? Or Is there a way to reset password for my .jks file?
My goal is to simply push a new beta version out.
Quick answer: You can't.
Without the certificate you can't upgrade an app, making it's package also "locked" in the last APK you've uploaded.
Now.. you either manage to find the correct password (assuming you're using a wrong one and that's the problem) or.. you'll have to change the app to a new package name, and warn you're users on the description of the old app or something like that...
Several people had the same problem before:
Lost my keystore for uploaded app on android market
Retrieve Private Key for Existing Android App
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You can't upload the new APK to beta. You need to use the same keystore file as you did for the original app. My guess is your password is wrong, based on the error message you're getting. I would try some the keystore password crackers out there to see if you've got a close password.
An interim fix would be to change the package name on the application, and upload it as a new one to beta, but you can't make any updates to your existing app if you don't have the correct keystore/password combo.
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I developed an app using Xamarin.Forms, and I would publish the app to Google Play Store, I generated the APK and Store key as the following document (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/deploy-test/release-prep/?tabs=windows) from Visual Studio, but when I upload the APK file to Google Play Store, I get the following error.
Upload failed You uploaded an APK that is not signed with upload certificate. You must use the same certificate. The Upload certificate has fingerprint...etc
I have the old KeyStore but I lost the keyPassword
Sorry to tell you the bad news, from the official Android developer docs:
Ensure that the app signing key is not lost. Loss of the app signing
key means that an app cannot be updated, so it is critical for it not
to be lost.
Update
It seems like Google now allow reseting certificates. Please fill-in an issue on this form. The operation may take a couple of business days.
Thanks #SushiHangover for pointing that out!
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I have deleted my keystore now I have updated my apps and want to sign apk I have created another keystore and signed my application with that when I upload my app it gives me error your apk is signed with different key. Now how to resolve this issue any body help ?
Keystore is meant to prevent unauthorised updating of the app. If you don't have it (and its password), you can't update your app.
Unpublish the old app and publish a new one. It will probably require a different package name as well.
PS: Backup the keystore and your code this time.
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The apk must be signed with the same certificates as the previous version
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I have an existing app that has been on the market for over a year and has been through many upgrades. Recently I changed the way I built my app, making it into a library so that it would be easier to make multiple variations of the app - free/paid/alternative markets etc. etc. Now I've made some graphical changes so wish to update my standard version that is on google play, but upon uploading I get the following message:
Upload failed
You uploaded an APK that is signed with a different certificate to your previous APKs. You must use the same certificate. Your existing APKs are signed with the certificate(s) with fingerprint(s):
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and the certificate(s) used to sign the APK you uploaded have fingerprint(s):
[ SHA1: E5:FC:E7:30:F4:B2:91:16:94:3B:31:6D:B0:CA:FA:D4:A1:D8:5E:12 ]
So it looks like my current apk has no fingerprint (whatever that is) at all. How could that be?
EDIT: I have seen similar questions on SO, but the answers either did not apply, or I didn't understand how to implement the solutions.
EDIT: I have just found a backup of my original keystore file and used that when exporting my project. But google gave exactly the same error. So to recap, I have my original keystore file, I used the same alias, the same pair of passwords... and still have the same error.
From documentation:
Before uploading the updated application, be sure that you have incremented the android:versionCode and android:versionName attributes in the element of the manifest file. Also, the package name must be the same and the .apk must be signed with the same private key. If the package name and signing certificate do not match those of the existing version, Market will consider it a new application and will not offer it to users as an update.
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I lost my .keystore file?
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I have my app's latest APK file and full source, and My app's private key of the keystore.
But I lost my keystore file... so I cannot sign my app and update my app..
Anyone know the answer?
If you lost your keystore then there is no way that you can update the app in play sore( it will cause a signature error )! The only way is that you can create an app with a new package name upload it to store and remove the old app.
Actually there is no way to recover your keystore in other way than with tools for recovering deleted files in your OS.
There isn't any tool for pulling keystore from your device or application. Even Google can't restore your keystore from your Google account.
The thing is different when you only lost your password. See https://code.google.com/p/android-keystore-password-recover/
Sorry dear unfortunately you can not update new version of the same application on android play store. you can upload new application with new package name and keystore file. But Google will not allow you to upload new version with different keystore file.
Hope it will help you.
The keystore doesn't need to be uploaded, it needs to be integrated into the apps .apk.
Make sure your building the app for release, in eclipse go to file -> and export the app. This will build it with your release keystore instead of the debug keystore.
When you first export your app and eclipse makes you a keystore it is saved in the eclipse\ folder on your computer, try looking there for it. See this post for where your keystore file should be on your computer.
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Can't upload updated APK to Google Play due to different certificate [duplicate]
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I published a application in android market, now I try to upload a updated apk (version code, version name T already changed)
it gives a error that
Upload failed You uploaded an APK that is signed with a different
certificate to your previous APKs. You must use the same certificate.
Your existing APKs are signed with the certificate(s) with
fingerprint(s): SHA1:
82:FE:C4:DA:82:B3:20:2A:84:9F:26:E4:5D:6A:AF:0A:CA:91:1D:5A and the
certificate(s) used to sign the APK you uploaded have fingerprint(s):
SHA1: D2:B1:C5:7A:8A:1A:5B:FE:8C:EF:4E:3A:22:58:16:0B:89:6A:B0:AF
i need to update very soon, is anyone faced this problem or
how to resolve it.
You need to keep your keystore and your keys consistent, otherwise the Play Store will not accept your updated app for the same store listing.
You can check your debug keystore in eclipse Windows-> preferences->Android->build. Here you can check the keystore path. If both the app have different key store the change the new app key store to old one.It will solve the issue.