Palm Releases Cingular Treo 650 Update v1.17
Palm and Cingular Wireless have made available a software update to the Treo 650 to version 1.17. The update includes optimized memory handling, support for Gmail and voice quality improvements.
Cingular Wireless Treo 650 customers will be notified of this update via an SMS. Users can access the software update and installation instructions here.
The software update (version 1.17) offers these performance enhancements for your smartphone:
- Includes VersaMail 3.1c, the latest version, which includes an updated Mail Service (ISP) list and support for Gmail.
- Optimizes memory handling
- Adds voice quality enhancements
- Optimizes Bluetooth performance for certain Motorola headsets and other carkits
- Saves Auto-off power setting. This addresses an issue experienced by some users after installing updater version 1.15 where the setting would not be saved.
- Adds support for Gmail attachment downloads via web browser if viewing Gmail via the Blazer browser
- Adds an audible beep to indicate call initiation failures
- Improves battery life by automatically turning off screen after 30 seconds of a call (originally included in Treo 650 update 1.15).
- Incorporates software updates previously released on Palm's website.
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RE: Who has any experience for this update?
http://mytreo.net/downloads/details-417.html?KB_LightsOff_for_Treo_650
Tim Carroll
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(and big Treo fan)
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
Also fixed from the last update is auto-timeouts of more than 30 seconds now work, and the 1 second long DTMF tones are now shorter.
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
I've installed the update hoping that it would fix my VersaMail issues, but I'm still having the problem. Basically, if I try to connect to an SSL protected IMAP server, I time out (no matter how long I specify the timeout settings). In troubleshooting with the server admins, it appears that becase they are using TCP wrappers, VersaMail is getting confused.
I used to have to do a hard reset to get VersaMail to work (some kind of conflict that I couldn't find the time to troubleshoot). Now, I can open up VersaMail within my default profile no problem. That's an improvement for me right there!
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
Unlocked Cingular with 1.15CNG
Downloaded and attmpted to install 1.17 CNG. Proceeded to 100% of Rom downloaded to Treo and then "ROM update failed"
Tried three more time with same result.
Called Cingular and was transfered to "Data department" who told me that since the update was so new they wouldn't be abe to hel me and then transfered me to Palm in Manila. "Carlos" took my call and in an hour and fifteen minutes had me up and running. The problem is with the Outlook conduit. The update CANNOT be run sucessfully if you are syncing with Outlook. I had to use my Treo650 startup cd and changed the sync selection from Outlook to Palm desktop. After that, a hard reset, create a temporary profile, another reset and then the 1.117cng update. Ran flawlessly. However, upon synching with my User Profile, 650 went to dialog box saying "locallization data was incorrect" or words to that effect. Carlos then had me do another hard reset and told me that I would have to reinstalll all my apps and that I would loose my speed dial settings. The bottom line is 1.17 is installed and I now have to reinstall all apps and recreate my speed dial entries. Anyone else have a similar story or know what the soultion is the the "localization" problem?
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
Thanks all.
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
Very important to follow the steps and not skip any of them - which I started to do.
Tales of misery + woe with Cingular Treo 650 update 1.17
Unlocked Cingular with 1.15CNG
Downloaded and attmpted to install 1.17 CNG. Proceeded to 100% of Rom downloaded to Treo and then "ROM update failed"
Tried three more time with same result.
Called Cingular and was transfered to "Data department" who told me that since the update was so new they wouldn't be abe to hel me and then transfered me to Palm in Manila. "Carlos" took my call and in an hour and fifteen minutes had me up and running. The problem is with the Outlook conduit. The update CANNOT be run sucessfully if you are syncing with Outlook. I had to use my Treo650 startup cd and changed the sync selection from Outlook to Palm desktop. After that, a hard reset, create a temporary profile, another reset and then the 1.117cng update. Ran flawlessly. However, upon synching with my User Profile, 650 went to dialog box saying "locallization data was incorrect" or words to that effect. Carlos then had me do another hard reset and told me that I would have to reinstalll all my apps and that I would loose my speed dial settings. The bottom line is 1.17 is installed and I now have to reinstall all apps and recreate my speed dial entries. Anyone else have a similar story or know what the soultion is the the "localization" problem?
Wow. With that story I think a better question is "Why haven't you yet headed over to Ed Colligan's office at Palm to go postal?"
It sounds like you're paying for the pleasure of being a guinea pig/glorified beta tester for Palm. Are you able to get your money back on the phone (or at least get Cingular or Palm to give you another Treo with the update already applied? As a last resort, you can probably ease the pain somewhat if you remember to coat your Treo liberally with Astroglide prior to insertion. Enjoy.
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RE: Who has any experience for this update?
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
It seems that the stupid updated doesn't check to see how much free space there is on the palm. therefore it starts the installation process and partially saves the installation files needed to update on the treo. in people like me who had too little free space on our palms to begin with this creates partial installs and endessly loops to "rom update failed" B.S.
What I did was remove bunch of apps (doesnt matter which ones) so to have about 5-8 megs free. then I redid the installation and it worked like a charm. No need to do anything else but this...
RE: Who has any experience for this update?
Version Numbers
Sigh...
As an unlocked GSM user who *happens* to use Cingular, I am frankly getting tired of being treated as a second class citizen because I didn't choose to be enslaved to a phone company for 2 years just to get a phone locked to their service.
When will Palm wake up and treat GSM users like the premium customers we are? We paid full rate for our phones directly from Palm. Please Palm, support your paying consumers!
RE: Sigh...
RE: Sigh...
Tim Carroll
Your friendly customer service robot
(and big Treo fan)
What software comes with Cingular's model?
Any care to school me on the difference? Thanks, and happy Thanxgiving.
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Update 1.17 was the final straw.
RE: Update 1.17 was the final straw.
Or here's a little secret if you're on Sprint: The Samsung SPH-i500 is probably the slickest, best-built, most reliable smartpnone ever released. It is also small and looks like a regular phone, so there's no stigma of using a brick-phone in public. And it has good voice quality. And it's being cleared out at half price by Sprint ($299). The only downsides are it's PalmOS 4, it has just 16 MB RAM, no expansion and there are only a few hundred of the phones left in the USA. Most stores don't have them, but if you're interested I can post the name of a store that still has stock.
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Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
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The Palm eCONomy = Communism™
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RE: Update 1.17 was the final straw.
You must be cursed... Have you been to any Egyptian tombs recently, or dug up any Indian burial grounds? ;)
Tim Carroll
Your friendly customer service robot
(and big Treo fan)
RE: Update 1.17 was the final straw.
It seems that the stupid updated doesn't check to see how much free space there is on the palm. therefore it starts the installation process and partially saves the installation files needed to update on the treo. in people like me who had too little free space on our palms to begin with this creates partial installs and endessly loops to "rom update failed" B.S.
What I did was remove bunch of apps (doesnt matter which ones) so to have about 5-8 megs free. then I redid the installation and it worked like a charm. No need to do anything else but this...
RE: Update 1.17 was the final straw.
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Who has any experience for this update?
What I really want is to be able to turn off the LED of the key pad. Why is this feature left out?
Thanks.