Yeah Bada 1.2 uses IMEI as uuid and Bada 2.0 will too. It sucks that Apple locks that down but your guid+appid suggestion are the only option for now I think.
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Jesse MacFadyen <[email protected]>wrote: > Imei is not avail for the same reason as uuid isn't. At least on ios. > I would expect any method of uniquely identifying a device to be > locked down soon, even if it isn't yet. > I wish apple would just hash the uuid and the appid, the only threat > is really from ad provider sdks because they presumably get a deeper > view of the device across multiple apps. uuid+appid would solve this, > assuming a one way hash. > > I believe cordova Bada uses imei already. Anis? > > On WP7, an app will have the same virtual path regardless of what > device it is on. Security sandbox prevents querying the real path, > although you can see it when debugging in vs, it is not accessible to > code. > > Cheers, > Jesse > > Sent from my iPhone5 > > On 2012-03-23, at 1:44 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > can you get access to the pkg name ala ios/android? > > > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Jesse MacFadyen > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> iPads and iPods don't have phone numbers and there is no API to get it > >> on iPhone. > >> > >> Same for nic and any other device specific value. > >> > >> Re: file path, is the guid per install, or is it really just a hash of > >> deviceId and appId? Does it survive app updates? resync's? > >> > >> File path is not a guid on WP7, in fact it is unknown. Sandboxed > wpapp:// > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Jesse > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone5 > >> > >> On 2012-03-23, at 1:23 PM, Bryce Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Just an idea, but is there something else, like the phone number or > MD5 of > >>> it, that could be used - so you don't have to gen one and then stash it > >>> around somewhere. > >>> > >>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> like that idea shaz --- good symmetry > >>>> > >>>> really, the same could be said for all apps/platforms > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Here's an idea - since the app folder name is a GUID, we could just > >>>>> use that? This will only "break" if Apple decides to not use GUIDs > for > >>>>> folder names. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> Yup - that is the only approach really. All the rest is > implementation > >>>>>> details (keychain or iCloud or some doohickey) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> Sounds like the WP7/GUID approach is the best we can do for now. > Back > >>>> that > >>>>>>> up with a new Quirk in the Device API documentation and I think > that's > >>>> all > >>>>>>> we can do, really. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 3/23/12 11:42 AM, "Jesse MacFadyen" <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> WP7 generates a guid if the device I'd is not available. Guid is > >>>>>>>> persistent and is only generated on first run. This will not > survive a > >>>>>>>> re-install of the app, but does identify a particular app > >>>>>>>> installation. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>>>> Jesse > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone5 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 2012-03-23, at 11:31 AM, Michael Brooks < > [email protected]> > >>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Darn. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Any idea what we should do about `device.uuid`? [1] It's a > PhoneGap > >>>>>>>>> homebrewed API. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> [1] > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>> > http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.5.0/phonegap_device_device.md.html#device.u > >>>>>>>>> uid > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Shazron <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> According to > >>>>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/#!/TheKevinDent/status/182540197769134080 > >>>>>>>>>> Prob because of the Path AddressBook fiasco. Will accelerate > this: > >>>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-49 > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Will get it into 1.6.0 since this is will be an big issue. > Apple is > >>>>>>>>>> sure keeping me busy working around their policies / bugs these > >>>>>>>>>> days... > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>> >
