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I just got a Treo 680
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Posted by: teedawg

As the title says I just got the Treo 680 (I happen to like the Palm OS). It is Cingular branded and Unlocked. I was checking the Palm website for the support downloads and I see they have a download for Cingular branded phones to update the ROM (gives you better power management and the AT&T brand logo, freezing and other fixes). I was wondering would this knock out my unlock?? I see they have downloads for the unlocked phone as well but these don't seem to have the power management features (besides the camera fix) that the Cingular download does.

Posted by: Bcollins521

It shouldn't lock the phone again, if the code was through Cingular it should have unlocked it and any other updates should be applied without any problems

Posted by: teedawg

I bought the phone off eBay so I don't know how it was unlocked. I guess I will try it and worse come to worse I can pay a service to unlock again (wouldn't want to though)

Posted by: Bcollins521

Chances are they used the code from cingular but I'm willing to bet it won't relock it...I haven't read anywhere that the update relocks the phones that are unlocked

Posted by: fishera

im not sure if the update is worth it if its unlocked now.

the update changes the branding... but do you want to see ATT logos all over it instead of Cingular logos?

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

OR
do the custom update
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182747
that has all the fixes in there, plus cleans out those unwanted software, and this is safe for unlocked phones. thats another option you can try as well..

Posted by: Bcollins521

I never had any problems when I had my artic 680 that was factory unlocked...i think it was Cingular crappy branding that mucked up the 680

Posted by: teedawg

Hey Wongster I've checked out your links (thanks) and I guess I would go with the custom 8 like you but on my phone it doesn't have "versamail" mine just says "email" would that be the same (if you happen to know) Because I wouldn't want to get rid of that.

Posted by: teedawg

Also I got the phone for $275 shipped. It came with extended battery and cover already. I got it from Sundaysseconds. Really nice.

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

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Originally Posted by teedawg

Hey Wongster I've checked out your links (thanks) and I guess I would go with the custom 8 like you but on my phone it doesn't have "versamail" mine just says "email" would that be the same (if you happen to know) Because I wouldn't want to get rid of that.

that i am not too sure as i dont really use versamail or email.. ...