Is there other solution instead of iBeacon for iOS?

Question

I know that apple publish the iBeacon based on Bluetooth 4.0 protocol.

In any bluetooth device, if we code device with the following:

  0x4c,
  0x00,
  0x02,
  0x15,

means that presents this bluetooth device is a iBeacon bluetooth device.

static uint8 advertData1[] = 
{ 
  // 25 byte ibeacon advertising data
  // Preamble: 0x4c000215
  // UUID: E2C56DB5-DFFB-48D2-B060-D0F5A71096E0
  // Major: 1 (0x0001)
  // Minor: 1 (0x0001)
  // Measured Power: -59 (0xc5)
  0x1A, // length of this data including the data type byte
  GAP_ADTYPE_MANUFACTURER_SPECIFIC, // manufacturer specific advertisement data type
  0x4c,
  0x00,
  0x02,
  0x15,
  0xe2,
  0xc5,
  0x6d,
  0xb5,
  0xdf,
  0xfb,
  0x48,
  0xd2,
  0xb0,
  0x60,
  0xd0,
  0xf5,
  0xa7,
  0x10,
  0x96,
  0xe0,
  0x00,
  0x00,
  0x00,
  0x07,
  0xc5
};

my question is if i define my own protocol, that means i change this

  0x4c,
  0x00,
  0x02,
  0x15,

is there a possibility that i can identify my own defined bluetooth device via iphone without addtional identifying device on the iphone.

does apple support customrized ibeacon?

EDIT according to what davidgyoung said, i did some research on stackoverflow to share with others with ibeacon quesitons

davidgyoung davidgyoung · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-21T13:41:05

Yes, you can certainly define your own custom Bluetooth LE advertisement on iOS and use it as a beacon.

But you will not be able to use CoreLocation APIs to detect these nonstandard iBeacons. You must use CoreBluetooth APIs, and this will impose restrictions on permissions and background usage.

Is there other solution instead of iBeacon for iOS?

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