Here are some notes on what works:
- sign in to iOS developer portal with paid apple developer subscription
- create a sign in certificate (allows signing applications)
- open keychain to generate certificate signing request
- request certificate from certificate authority. save to disk.
- load file to apple developer area
- generate and download
- install certificate back into keychain (import items). mark as ‘login certificates’ and ‘my certificates’ from category.
- create developer profile and use
- copy files from phone gap zip/lib/ios to new permanent library location
- navigate to the bin folder inside the permanent library using terminal
- run command ./create <project_folder_path> <package_name> <project_name> then press “Enter”