Palm update for Unlocked Treo 680 - false promises

[dmitrygr]

the update is posted here: http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo680update/unlockedgsm.html

and promises, among other things, MP3 ringtones


anyone figure out how that works?

[phreakonaleash]

On the topic of false promises, the JVM is still available for download as of about 10 minutes ago. It's a big after the 12th.

[dmitrygr]

anyone know how to get mp3 ringtones to work?
all mp3 ringtone apps SUCK (slow, bloated, and expensive).

so before i get to making my own, can anyone tell me how this update enabled mo3 ringtones??

[docinthebox]

After the firmware update, none of my *three* backups (BackupMan, NVBackup, RscBackup) restore successfully. They all cause continuous reboot. User beware - you may have to reinstall everything after the update.

[ahsirg]

On treocentral there was a post that to get mp3 ringtones you have to open blazer and use file:///myringtone.mp3 then it should pass it to the sounds app

[dmitrygr]

THAT WORKED!!!!
thank you very much!

[AndrewP]

Dmitry,

I'm a SkinUI user and it looks like the way you calculate a device ID has been affected by the 680 ROM upgrade. I'm being prompted for a new key and the ID in my device now is not the same as the one held at palmpowerups.com.

I'll not pester you for a new code until you've had a chance to look into it.

Thanks,

Andrew

[AndrewP]

After the firmware update, none of my *three* backups (BackupMan, NVBackup, RscBackup) restore successfully. They all cause continuous reboot. User beware - you may have to reinstall everything after the update.
Funnily enough, I had problems with restoring from HotSync whereas I didn't have any trouble restoring from RescoBackup. The HotSync restore froze at the blue PalmOS screen on reboot.

YMMV.

Andrew

[Ulfrinn]

I'm a SkinUI user and it looks like the way you calculate a device ID has been affected by the 680 ROM upgrade. I'm being prompted for a new key and the ID in my device now is not the same as the one held at palmpowerups.com.
Same for me but with PowerDigi. UnCache is fine, though.

[Pully]

Cant get my 680 to update :'( "Connection to device failed" error after 1st reset (hotsync works fine).

Swapped USB ports, rebooted etc

Dont really want to do a hard reset if I can help it (dont know what files to exclude on a selective restore from NVBackup).

Will see if an install of Hotsync software on another PC will enable me to do the update - oh the joy of it all :)

[dmitrygr]

mine restored fine with PowerBackup

[Greek]

If the ringtones are "accepted" by the audio player or the sound prefs, I guess they are converted just as MiniTones does. This eats memory. A problem if you have tons of big mp3 different ringtones. So, MiniTones does the same, easier and on a 650 too. :)

The way you import the mp3s with the 680 upgrade is not easy (much less intuitive) for newbies, considering there were no instructions posted...

Regards,

[AndrewP]

Cant get my 680 to update :'( "Connection to device failed" error after 1st reset (hotsync works fine).

Swapped USB ports, rebooted etc

Dont really want to do a hard reset if I can help it (dont know what files to exclude on a selective restore from NVBackup).

Will see if an install of Hotsync software on another PC will enable me to do the update - oh the joy of it all :)
From looking at other sites, a soft reset before starting the update seems to cure this.

Andrew

[dmitrygr]

is there no way around using blazer?

[phreakonaleash]

You could hack up some app to send the link to blazer fairly easily...
It'd be cooler if only Explorer supported plugins... :-/

[dmitrygr]

well, the format that are stored in is simple..no need for blazer or links
juts wondered if an app already existed that does this, or should i hack one together

[dmitrygr]

OK, here is the app
Freeware, GPL v3, Source included
=> [LINK (http://www.palmpowerups.com/downloads.php?cat_id=2&rowstart=31)] <=

[ahsirg]

Thanks! The app works fine on a treo 650, although minitones has a more friendly UI

[2XS]

Music tones (freeware) is even better... imho

[johnj2803]

After the firmware update, none of my *three* backups (BackupMan, NVBackup, RscBackup) restore successfully. They all cause continuous reboot. User beware - you may have to reinstall everything after the update.


not entirely true... used rescobackup and it worked for me :D just FYI :D

[dmitrygr]

Thanks! The app works fine on a treo 650, although minitones has a more friendly UI


i didn't look too hard for an app that did this, just made one. thus i never heard of minitones

[docinthebox]

Once an mp3 has been stored as a ring tone, is there a way to remove it? Just noticed that it takes up a lot of Internal Memory space.

[ahsirg]

Open Sounds ->Manage ->select ringtone and click delete

[docinthebox]

Open Sounds ->Manage ->select ringtone and click delete

Just what I'm looking for. Thanks so much!