Xcode hung on "pending processing of other characters",

Question

It seems that having upgraded the iPad to iOS 5.01, I cannot debug it through xCode.

When I attach the iPad to both Xcode and the organizer’s display, they’re waiting for other characters to be processed, which is displayed vaguely.

Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?

Answer 1

Not sure if it fixes the problem every time, but this has worked for me in the past:

• Exiting Xcode,

• Delete the .copying_lock file in /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/5.0.1 <DOUBLE CHECK THE NUMBER HERE, IT COULD BE 5.0 or 5.0.1 (abc), etc>/ .

  This can be done in Terminal.app with the command:

   sudo rm /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/5.0.1/.copying_lock 

• Launch Xcode again. Now the import of the symbol should begin directly, and the message "Waiting" should disappear.

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If this does not work, try deleting the numbered folder, and then restart xcode again. If this also doesn't work, reinstall xcode, maybe?

Answer 2

This fixed the problem for me

• Quit Xcode

• Open a terminal and run the following commands

   chmod 64 /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/5.0(the correct number)/DeveloperDiskImage.dmg chmod 64 /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/5.0(the correct number)/DeveloperDiskImage.dmg.signature 

• Restart xcode

Answer 3

For Xcode 6.1, you just need to delete the contents of these two folders:

• / Users // Library / Developer Device Logs / Xcode / iOS
• / Users // Library / Developer / Xcode / iOS DeviceSupport

Close and restart xcode.

Answer 4

I myself ran into this problem, and this happened because I had an NSLog call in an event that was triggered more time than I expected. This caused a bottleneck from my iPad on my Mac.

I solved this by disconnecting my iPad. Then I stopped the application on the iPad using the functionality of the iPad, and let Xcode do my best. It cleared up after about half a minute.

Answer 5

I had the same problem in Xcode 5 and I just restarted and solved the problem.

Answer 6

I accidentally disconnected my phone while the application was running using Xcode, and then when I tried again, this message continued to rise even if I tried other devices. I tried restarting Xcode and then restarting my Mac, but it still brought the same message. The solution for me was simply to uninstall the application from the device and restart it.