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NSData *data = YOUR_NSDATA_HEXSTRING;
// we first need to get the length of our hexstring
// data.lenght returns the lenght in bytes, so we *2 to get as hexstring
NSUInteger capacity = data.length * 2;
// Create a new NSMutableString with the correct lenght
NSMutableString *mutableString = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:capacity];
// get the bytes of data to be able to loop through it
const unsigned char *buf = (const unsigned char*) [data bytes];
 
NSInteger t;
for (t=0; t<data.length; ++t) {
  NSLog(@"GLYPH at t : %c", buf[t]);
  NSLog(@"DECIMAL at t  : %lu", (NSUInteger)buf[t]);
  // "%02X" will append a 0 if the value is less than 2 digits (i.e. 4 becomes 04)
  [mutableString appendFormat:@"%02lx", (NSUInteger)buf[t]];
}
NSLog(@"Hexstring: %@", mutableString);
// save as NSString
NSString * hexstring =mutableString;