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Treo 680 Security Patch

 
When the Treo 680 smartphone password protection is enabled, the password protection can be partially circumvented by running the Find feature while on the "Make Emergency Call" screen. This would allow a malicious user to view a list of search results from the Treo 680's built-in applications such as Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memos and Email. The malicious user cannot access or display anything beyond the search results list. An update is now available to address this.

Who should install this update?
All Treo 680 smartphone users.


Note: This patch is intended only for the Treo 680 smartphone. It does not work with other Palm devices.

Installation requirements

Palm device requirements

  • Treo 680 smartphone

System requirements

  • Installation using Palm HotSync and Quick Install: Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4 with Palm Desktop installed

Installation instructions

The Treo 680 Security Patch can be downloaded over-the-air to your Palm device and installed immediately. Or, if you prefer, you can download it to your PC or Mac and sync it to your Palm device.

How do you want to install?
Over The Air  or  Windows/Mac 

Installation using Windows/Mac
Download Treo700p680SecurityInstaller.prc (142 KB Palm OS application file)
Double-click the file you downloaded; the Palm Install Tool will appear. If asked, select your Treo 680's user name.
Perform a HotSync operation to move the file to your device.
Press Applications .

On the launcher screen, select 700p 680 Security (appears as "700p 680…" or "700p 680 Se…" in the launcher).

Select OK at the welcome screen.
Watch the updater quickly install itself on your device, then select OK at the prompt to perform a soft reset.

Select OK at the prompt to perform a soft reset.

After the reset, press Applications .

The installation of the Treo 680 Security Update is now complete.

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