iCloud Drive Not Available [Possibly resolved with iOS 8.1.1]

Well, @Winnie, i indeed had a 'Settings > General > Profiles' setting under iOS7, but there's not anymore under iOS8.x.

I'm monitoring several discussions on Apple's forums, and the recent 'Masque Attacks' news have confirmed from many sources that iOS8 devices do not show installed provisioning profiles. So, either you are not using an iOS8 device, or you have a special configuration that I - and many others - do not have.

As far as I've been told by Apple support, the only way left to remove a provisioning profile would be using Xcode, so it would be interesting to know how you've made the setting reappear on your device.

Andreas

@rickfillion, it seems there's something wrong on that too, then, because - as I've just written - several users are stuck with profiles which don't show up. This could be another 'proceed at your own risk' situation, which could leave our devices with a debugging profile for all that concerns CloudKit.

It would be wiser to detail the steps to remove provisioning profiles with Xcode, too.

Andreas

@MikeT,

I already know how to delete provisioning profiles, thanks.
The fact is that I don't have the 'Profiles' setting anymore, in iOS8.x. You tell me that it should re-appear once I've installed a profile, but if you make a simple search with google you'll see that other users are reporting the opposite, and if you'll take a look at the reports on the 'Masque Attacks' issues that have surfaced recently, you'll see that the provisioning profiles causing the attacks do not appear, so can't be deleted using the old method.

All this means that I can't be sure that it will be possible to delete the debugging profile, after we've collected the logs. Since you tell that Xcode won't be able to uninstall it, in case something will go wrong and that debugging profile won't appear on some devices, the only option left would be to reinstall the device.
Since we've been going on for days not knowing what and why it happens, trying this and that, I wouldn't be 100% sure about what could happen to user's devices, if I were you.

Users who are already experiencing the sync issues should be well aware about all the risks related to what you are suggesting. It's a good idea, right, but one which should be usually performed in closed testing environments. You are asking us to do it, but are not acknowledging the risks because on your devices "it just works".

But what if it won't ?

Well, @MikeT and all the team, with all due respect and the appreciation I have for your work, even all these sync issues on iOS8.x went unnoticed, when you released the app, which undoubtedly "just worked" at the time when you gave it a 'green' light.
If we have to bear the consequences of bad coding, most probably caused by Apple itself, we have every reason to do our best to be sure about what's happening. We are not using testing or debugging devices, but personal ones which in most cases are an integral part of our everyday's working routine.
Always keep that in mind.

Andreas

Hi @Megan,

More exactly, I'm not comfortable with you not acknowledging the risks involved in adding a CloudKit debugging profile to devices not meant to be used for debugging purposes, because everyday users might not be so aware about what that means. it's a quite delicate matter, which I see you are not addressing, as well.
If you look at older posts you'll see that I no longer have an iCloud sync problem, but that certainly has nothing to do with my remarks about installing debugging profiles on everyday's working devices...

Let's see, then, if iOS 8.1.1 has completely solved the issues, or just part of them, as in many other areas. Good luck with your bug hunting!

Andreas

Hi @Megan,

As I've already suggested to @MikeT‌ you can freely and easily look on their public forums for that topic, not forgetting the several 'Masque Attacks' articles that have recently appeared, talking about the same subject. Apple avoids the topic, something which is getting more and more annoying and too common also for third-party developers, and that's why, on that matter, you should address what to do in case your debugging profiles won't appear, even if on just some of your user's devices...

Andreas