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Android : add cert to system store
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https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32696#c5 | |
If you have a certificate that is not | |
trusted by Android, when you add it, it goes in the personal cert store. | |
When you add a cert in this personal cert store, the system requires a | |
higher security level to unlock the device. But if you manage to add your | |
cert to the system store then you don't have this requirement. Obviously, | |
root is required to add a certificate to the system store, but it is quiet | |
easy. | |
Here is how to do it : | |
1 - add your cert normally, it will be stored in your personal store and | |
android will ask you a pin/password... Proceed | |
2 - With a file manager with root capabilities, browse files | |
in /data/misc/keychain/cacerts-added. You should see a file here, it's the | |
certificate you have added at step 1. If you can not find it in that path, look in /data/misc/user/0/cacerts-added/ | |
3 - Move this file to system/etc/security/cacerts (you will need to mount | |
the system partition r/w) | |
4 - Reboot the phone | |
5 - You are now able to clear the pin/password you have set to unlock the | |
device. | |
I Think that this will only work for Root or Intermediate CA. | |
I got the idea by reading this : | |
http://nelenkov.blogspot.fr/2011/12/ics-trust-store-implementation.html |
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