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ROM Update for Treo 650 Requires OS-X Users to Manually Delete 44 Files?

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Nitesh Dhanjani

Nitesh Dhanjani
Jun. 17, 2005 02:35 AM
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PalmOne has released a ROM update (v 1.13) for the Treo 650 (unlocked GSM). Under the "Installation: Mac" section, here is step number 14:

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What?! How much of an effort would it take to write a simple script or utility that would do this on the user's behalf? People shouldn't have to manually delete 44 files in order to complete an upgrade. This step seems applicable to those who use Palm Desktop, however. Since I use Missing Sync, I could happily skip this step - I just had to make sure my "Backup" conduit was NOT set to "Restore from backup".

Nitesh Dhanjani is a well known security researcher, author, and speaker. Dhanjani has been invited to talk at various information security events such as the Black Hat Briefings, RSA, Hack in the Box, Microsoft Blue Hat, and OSCON.

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