Treo 650 WiFi
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UPDATE: The wifi drivers no longer work with the Treo’s new firmware.
Well over at Treo Central, user ‘Shadowmite’ has created the first ever Treo 650 Wi-Fi driver set…. Thankfully he has picked us to host the file!
Go download it! PRC (mirror) or ZIP (mirror)
His instructions:
1) Copy the file to a SD card
2) Run the file
3) It will go [through] installing some files, followed by a soft reset
4) It will install some more files, and identify itself as T5 Wifi installer
5) It will ask for the Wifi Card...
6) Insert the card and press next, it should finish and reset again.
7) Rock and roll, experiment and figure it out...
Feel free to leave a comment! (for the record I am not Shadowmite – see link above)
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UPDATE: Shadowmite has come up with even more hacks! Now he deals with custom ROMS!
How about:
A ROM with dial up networking and no RealPlayer
A ROM with DUN, no RealPlayer, no GetBC, no Download
A Rom update with DUN, voice memo, notepad, no real, no GetBC, no Download, No Quick Tour
He is on fire! Just be sure to read the Instructions
I tried your PRC file on my 650 and it did what you said until the the final soft reset after it asked for my wifi card. Now it just loops between the PalmOne and Palm Powered screen. It will not soft reset or hard reset.
I used a PlamOne wifi card.
Sooooo whats up with that?
Dan
Has anyone figured out a way to open up the OBEX block on verizon treo 650? we are only able to do a OBEX object push.. like send an mp3 to the phone …. but I can not for instance browse the contents of ths SD card… or use a program like bluephone elite for mac os x….
Hoping in Lancaster with the Amish
-Omar
i put some programs on my new treo 650 and was running them and all of a sudden my treo kept restarting itself over and over and over til the point i never even got to my main screen. what should i do?
Ok…. I have uploaded the hack inserted the wifi card as per asked by the programme, and now my treo 650 keeps constantly resetting….. I have turned it on and off totally taken my batt out, and still the same problem… have I completly destroyed my handset?! can someone please help me….
i don’t think that hack is gonna work anymore because of all the firmware updates that palm has issued since this hack was developed almost a year ago. dec 15,2004 – oct 28,2005
whats this????
FAKE!!!!!
Will the real Shadowmite please stand up??? Are you there??? Any feedback for all of us poor schmucks who tried your patch and got the endless restarts?
Hi Shadowmite,
Hoping that you’ll read this, can you write your answer to my hotmail ass well?
After installing the Wifi-driver for the Palm Wi-fi card, my Treo 650 keeps doing soft resets after about 1 minute.
Do you have any idea why this is happening and what I can do to stop it?
Thanks!
Jason Schenkkan
Shadowmite You should answer us many people spent money on palm wifi card and it dosen´t work but it makes endless rebooting.
Just answer
It doesn’t work with treo 650 of Orange ! It makes the treo soft reset continuously ad vitam eternam. Need to do a hard reset !!! thanks my backup card… Well, do you have any idea of what happen ?
How bout everyone check their version of software, read this website to it’s full extent and before just clicking on a link thats almost a year old and installing a hack onto your phone, do some research. That or reverse the order of this thread to show the latest post at the top.. It’s hard for me to imagine people will just install whatever on their $600 phone!
ENTONCE YO YA PUEDO USAR UNA WI-FI CARD EN MI TREO 650 GSM
After installing it the treo start booting and rebooting. I will appreciate your help in solving it.
Same problem. Installed drivers on a Treo 650 (unlocked)
aftr install it started rebooting. Looping until i did a hard reset. Didnt have much stuff on it so its no problem. IMHO the drivers doesnt seem to work with updated treo 650 =(
After reading all these wonderful comments I have decided to keep my axium for wi-fi.
Fools, Thats why you research things first before jumping head first into the water. anyone want to sell their broken 650? lol
Thanks for the previous posts. I almost bought a wi-fi card for my treo. Earlier posts saved my treo. Thanks again.
The problem with this thread is it starts with the oldest message. So many were trapped. Very unfortunate if Shadowmite will not update his hack. Too many will be fooled.
To those that have installed this driver and the phone keeps on reseting. Take the battery out and while holding the power buttion reinsert battery. Answer yes to clearing memory. This will install a fresh copy of the OS. All files will be erased. hope this helps
I was fooled too. But it would have been nice. Maybe either palmone or shadowmite will fix it.
is there a way to get free internet on the TREO 600 without paying for network traffic?
i should’ve read those replies before buying the palm wifi card just for my expensive treo 650 (GSM). now whut? i don’t know what to do but return that wifi card to palm.
DEAR ALL, AS FAR AS I SEE, WE ARE MANY TAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TREO 650, MAY I SUGGEST TO TURN THIS PRC SOFTWARE A SHAREWARE AND PAY AN AMMOUNT TO SHADOWMITTE, PROBABLY THIS COULD ENCOURAGE HIM TO WORK ON IT AND FIX IT.
BEST REGARDS
I BOUGHT MY WIFE THE ZIRE 72 WITH WIFI
IT HAS A DIALER ON IT
SHOULD THIS NOT BE THE BETTER WAY TO DIAL ON THE INTERNET????
I HAVE THE 650 AND HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WHEN I HAVE A CARD IN THE PHONE, IT SHUTS OFF PERIODICALLY OR REBOOTS ITSELF.
NOW I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY THE ISSUE
THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR INPUT MERRY XMAS
All, I just purchased a Verizon TREO 650 and was wondering if anyone has figured out to enable OBEX for bluetooth, or upgrade to Bluetooth 1.2????
Thanks,
James
Somebody know something about the Palm official driver for WIFI Palm Card?
Thanks
hi,
what a gift for us!!!
by the way ihave a wifi card including driver from zire72s is there any effects if im going to install it in treo 650?
Does anyone know if this will work with the Sandisk Wi-Fi or the Wi-Fi+ card?
Check out the Treo 700. You can get a wifi card for it and do everything that we are all trying to do, get on the net. Maybe Palm will have updated drivers for the 650 once the 700 comes out this month.
Here is the web site.
http://store.treocentral.com/content/accessories/59-60–505.htm
Any news on the Treo 600?
hello all
ok.. just to be clear.. i just got the treo 650 and i want to go wifi… what is the best access now?? or should i wait til the 700 becomes popular?? any help would help?? it gets confusing.. many thanks d
if your treo 650 continuously resets, all is not lost. hard reset by holding up+power and then hit the reset button. hold up + power until you see the gray palm logo. release up, then power and a Yes/No screen will appear for a hard reset. Once reset it should function as normal again.
So….Treo 700W come out& immdiatley a wifi card is supported for it? Come one -wen can I get my 650 to accept an SD WiFi card!? I’m loathe to get a bulky enfora sled. Yick.
I’ve got a Treo-650 and I need to work by network.I’ll buy the 802.11b SDIO Wi-Fi card,although, I have to be sure if the parch from Shadowmite is tested and works without problems.Thx.
Looks like we only hear from the users with problems. Anyone tried this recently and go it to work??
Does this actually get the SDIO slot working with a WIFI card on a treo 650?
Ive read a lot of negatives regarding shadowmites patch and I dont want to screw up my treo.
Read Shadowmite’s most recent comments on the subject:
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=103292
Hi all.
i just got my Treo 650 as a gift, i however do not like the provider who this phone is locked to…..
can anyone tell me how to unlock it??
Iappreciate your support
Thanks,
Gera
Hello all, I’m between Cingular gsm & the Sprint? Im thinking on getting the 650 treo..
SPRINT or CINGULAR????? Which 650 ???
dude get the cingular hands down, great phone and best customer service i have ever encountered in any industry! had sprint, nextel, verizon, and cell one back in the day, cingular is a breathe of fresh air!
Someone said the Tungsten E drivers were at treocentral. Anyone care to mention where if they know. Thanks.
I am trying to decide which is the best, the TREO 650 or the TREO 700. Anyoone out that with pros and cons of both. Sales people sell – I need info from individuals who have used these phones and can tell me pit falls before I find them myself.
I have the 650 and would like to know which wireless sd card I should get to try out the driver here. Any tried and true suggestions?
The treo 700 uses windows OS instead of palm’s . It has slightly more memory because windows needs more than palm OS. It works with wifi cards out of the box.
Could someone post which wifi cards will work with a treo 650 using shadowmites patch?
The PALM Wifi card works with Shadowmites patch. I will be geting a Treo 650 tomorrow and will go to the nearest Compusa and pick up the wifi card to try it out. Sure hope it works. I’ve been reading a lot about the Wifi possibility and I have my doubts since it hasnt worked for a lot of people. I guess its worth a try.
Has anyone been successful recently with the Wifi card in their 650?
The 700 accepts the Palm Wifi card. http://www.palm.com/us/products/accessories/expansioncards/
Do they charge for any software service to use it though?
as geoff said earlier, does anyone know where the drivers for the T|E are at treocentral??? ive looked everywhere but cant seem to find them. thanks
I just purchased a new Treo 650 (and Palm Wi-Fi card) in Australia and decided to install the hacked Wi-Fi drivers. During the install, I got a message stating that a newer version of the Wi-Fi drivers already existed so the installation would not proceed. I plugged the Wi-Fi card in but no Wi-Fi option appeared in the Prefs area.
Could this article be true ?
http://www.everythingtreo.com/news/rumors/gsm-treo-650-wifi-drivers-built-in-2005090997
If so, would be interested in finding out some more about these so called imbedded Wi-Fi drivers. Maybe the new install CD I got with my Wi-Fi card could be used to create a newer hacked install that will work better with the 650.
Hello,,,was reading this area on the Treo 650 WIFI.I am new to the 650 and could use some advise.I am would like wifi on my treo,however Verizon is crazy to ask $45 per month…I have been reading about Unlocking my Treo 650? If I get it unlocked,would that allow me to use another carrier such as Sprint JUST for WIFI….I dont want to give up my Verizon phone number.
….in addition can anyone recomend where to unlock my phone? There are so many sites that are probably theives! I have read many of the post here….I am a bit disapointed that the 650 does not have wifi built in…thought it did. Only have had the 650 for a week,store said I have 30 days if unhappy I can bring it back….I happen to like the verizon reception on LI.This is my first smartphone,coming from a normal cell phone…and I do love it !! Just want WI FI….also is there a way to sync wireless in my house with my router and computers? Thanks
HELP
I HAVE a TREO 600 CAN , HOW CAN I GET THE WIFI
PLEASE IT’S URGENT
TAHNKS
Hello, I have the treo 650 I love it however I don’t want to keep sprint. They are the worst carriers I’ve ever had. I want to know if I can unlock my treo and take it to another carrier or am I stuck with sprint. Any information would help.
Thanks
Unfortunately you are stuck on Sprint. Only GSM phones could be used on other networks… Sprint and Verizon use CDMA.
Sprints can be unlocked to use on verizons network.
how do i unlock my treo 650 that i can use a sim card any carier even over sees cariers like “orenge” in europe…???
So…. The hack doesn’t work with the new firmware???
Does anyone have any updated information on this?
I just got a Treo 650 and was fully intending to use this hack to get WiFi.
Is there an updated version of Shadowmite’s hack? Or is it possible to get/keep the old firmware and use the hack?
Is there a thread somewhere else discussing this?
Thanks in advance.
-Popo
hey for all you treo lovers i got a treo 650 thats needs to be unlocked it is a sprint phone in which where i work it was in the lost and found so if anyone interested in it let me know will let it go for a good price email me at Platanojavid@aol.com ps phone is immaculate no scratchs practically brand new new screen is scratch free ok let me know
The sprint treo guy that wants to consider another service can also use Alltel but you will have to unlock the phone yourself. They are cdma
hey. Will palmOne SDIO Wi-Fi PDA Card work on sprint treo 650. I have thhe latest software update (1.13a-SPNT). I am little bit confuse. I heard that you are not be able to wifi on software 1.13a. is that true. I also want to know how to hack WIFI. Pease let me kow soon. Thanks
Maybe I be able update old firmware from new firmware. So i can be able to install WIFI on my sprint treo 650. thanks
ANY IDEA HOW TO RESTORE BACK OLD FRIMWARE SO WE CAN HAVE WIFI ?
I have a few questions about Wi-fi for the treo 650 GSM Cingular
1st. aside from the Enfora Treo 650 Wi-Fi Sled witch i hate due to its size and cosmetics. is there another wi-fi solution that works. I have seen a post saying to use the C-Guys SD-Link11b WIFI Certified IEEE802.11b SDIO Wireless LAN Card but i don’t know if it will work because I have also read another post saying that the drivers are not out yet. so im lost on this one.
2nd question is about unlocking. I am in Europe at the time of writing this but I’m going back to the US soon to pick up two Cingular Treo 650s and i don’t have an account with Cingular so I plan to have them unlocked. do you know a good fast service to consider? I’m considering the following link and want to know if anybody has tried it?http://www.mobile2mobile.net/unlock/RemoteunlockingTreo.htm
3ed question has to do with the fact that one of the Treos I’m picking up has a password on it and I want to know how to remove it. Can’t I reset the system or something to do this?
ill lump together my last questions, they have to do with the many complaints about the Treo 650
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2005/07/treo_650_proble.html
Some even launched a class action suit
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/09/20/palm-sued-treo
And I just read that the unit scored very bad in a SAR report
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8587/treo-650-ranks-high-on-sar-report/
After reading all this I’m quite scared about the 650. Thank god I’m not paying much for them. The questions are can they really be all that bad? is their a work around to most the problems? & without the update patch how does the shadowmite’s Wi-fi work?.. also pleas note that i never intend to use the internet with any celular provider simply because I don’t ever plan to have another contract if i can help it.
I would like to receive the driver to use the Palm WIFI card with Treo 650 GSM.
Thank you very much.
I would like to receive the driver to use the Palm WIFI card with Treo 650 GSM.
Thank you very much.
The lack of wifi on the 650 today (August 2006) is a DEAL BREAKER. 5 months ago I bought the 650 as I love palm OS and apps and have been using them for many years happily. I tried some high end Windows Mobile devices and hated the lack of depth of apps. I realise now I should have kept my cheap bluetooth T61 Erricsson and got the TX. Then I would have Wifi that works and well integrated SMS via bluetooth.
I live in Asia and we do NOT have internet services via phone at anything approaching the US costs so it is prohibitively expensive IF your service provider has it. OTOH Wifi is easy to get in public areas and my home network uses it too.
SHAME on you PALM. I am trully narked at you for not implementing Wifi when every competitor of yours does. My next phone is NOT going to be a Palm. Considerign the Treo 650 is not cheap the omission of Wifi is inexcusable.
Sorry…phone is a T68 in the above post
I’ve done a test with Treo650 and it’s keep booting every 5 minutes :(
I have a treo 650 unlocked. Can anyone teach me how to make it use SD WIFI ? I read in above that it is possible and also it is not possible. That it is old and also it is new. Can someone shed some light?
Thanks
I forgot to mention my treo is GSM
Hola tre650 firmware 1.20 . posibilidades de wi-fi ?
Ok– Now I am really confused.
I have a Treo 650 with AllTel service. Can you use a wifi card? Can you use a sled? HELP!!!
Thanks!!
I would like to receive the driver to use the Palm WIFI card with Treo 650 GSM.
Thank You
I got a verizon treo 650 as a gift while I use sprint, does anyone know how or who can unlock this cdma phone so I can use it on the sprint network? Any suggestion will help. Thanks guys
Hi, i just purchased the SPECTEC SDIO Wireless (sd card) and i have de TREO650 CDMA i would like to know if it is going to connect to wifi? which software do i have to download?
thanx
i HAVE A TREO 650 WITH SPRINT HOW DO I MAKE IT TURN INTO A MODEM?? CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?? SPRINT OFFICALLY SAYS YOU CAN’T BUT I KNOW I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE!
Check out USB Modem. But beware DUN, could be against your TOS and also cost you money if you don’t have a proper dataplan.
Did anyone get this to work? I got it to a point on my Treo 650 where it connected to my WLAN but the the signal was zero. The card also makes my palm reset often. Maybe I did something wrong on the install? Any advice, thanks.
I have two fairly new Sprint treo 650 phones. My company just switch carriers to Verizon. I am looking to do an even swap with someone if they are interested.
I have a verizon treo 650, and can not connect to use it as a modem. if anyone can help please email me.
thanks
chris
Hi,
to everyone who feels dissapointed with the “shadowmite’s hack”. Have u all tried to unplug and remove your Treo 650 battery for about 2 days??. Remove the “back-up” battery as well. As I’ve tried with the Palm Tungsten T, this can turn back your handheld to its original setting&apps. Why not, just try then !!
thx,
Dod!
Hi,
to everyone who feels dissapointed with the “shadowmite’s hack�. Have u all tried to unplug and remove your Treo 650 battery for about 2 days??. Remove the “back-up� battery as well. As I’ve tried with the Palm Tungsten T, this can turn back your handheld to its original setting&apps. Why not, just try then !!
thx,
Dod!
Hello to all,
I have tried the shadowmite (final version) wifi hack on both a GSM and CDMA Treo 650. I installed both on each of the 650s (after backup). I got the endless loop on both. I did a warm reset which stopped the loop and I could then insert the card and run the WiFi setup utility. The Treo did not find the router. I directed it to the router which it found and apparently got a connection. However the indication was that the router was “out of range”. I hard reset both phones and reinstalled. No loop, but same result. Both Treos have the latest upgrade which may have something to do with the problem. Incidentlally, I used the Palm WiFi card for all tests.
I conclude that the hack does not work. Shadomite’s last comment on the hack was that the problem is the net library, which cannot be hacked due to lack of source code.
I guess we will simply have to wait for Palm to write Drivers.
For anyone who wishes to try it, the final version of the hack is on Shadowmite’s site at http://www.shadowmite.com
adr
This is very impressive and i am really greatful for your time and effort. I was disappionted to find out my 650 wouldn’t have WiFi and now I can have it! But i’m concerned about the same issues as Anson (posted above me). These drivers don’t seem to work properly and even if they by chance do for someone there are functions on your Treo 650 that will be affected so if you decide to try this make sure you back up your files.
Quote from Adson: “I guess we will simply have to wait for Palm to write Drivers.”
=(
How long do you think that will take?
If anyone has any answers on that please AIM me @ Kyren88 or MSN @ KYrenn88@hotmail.com if you can spare the time.
Thanks!
Kyren
hey i was wondering exactly what stepd and drivers needed to use the sd wifi card for the 650
what was the Rom that was used for the hack? I realize it was a custom rom but bassed on what rom? thats all i need to know. it will save me the time of testing each and every one.
Where and how can I download ROM to use your drivers?
When I pressed OK to load the new hacked Wifi drivers onto my Treo 650, it suddenly caught fire and melted into a plastic mess. Now I have no thumbs and no Wifi. Shadowmite, help!!!!
Will this work on a Treo 600?
i need this for my treo 600 …… i was certsain that i could get online with the wifi card so purchased both the TREO 600 and a wifi sd card ……. PLEASE can somone tell me how i can make the two work together as i spent alot of money on both and dont have any money to buy the newer version …… PLEASE can somone help me !!!
DRIVER FOR PALM TREO 600 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I recently got a PalmOne Treo. It has had this persistent problem that is really annoying and kills the battery.
The phone will do a fresh reboot every five minutes. If you are on the phone or in an applociation, forget it. The reboot trumps everything else.
A confounding issue is that it goes from doing this to not doing this without any apparent notice. Then, it will do it from 2-7 days and then quit doing it again for a few weeks. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN “PHONE OFF”
Thanx for the info…
Does the same program work with treo 680?
Is there another driver for treo 680?
What do you think about the enfora WiFi adapter
Its wonderful, Nice!
I just purchased a Treo 650, it is locked for Cingular, I need to unlock it for TMobile, Do you have instructions or files which will help me unlock the phone? Thanks
Just found out this posting from LL back in Oct/06. “I have two fairly new Sprint treo 650 phones. My company just switch carriers to Verizon. I am looking to do an even swap with someone if they are interested.”
LL, I’d like to look into this as I want to change from Verizon to Sprint, but got stuck with my Verizon Treo650. I bought this for about 1 yr.
Ok I have the Treo 650 CDMA , I have a sd wifi card NOT the palm wifi card…the wifi drivers that i downloaded from shadowmite ask me to insert the palm wifi card sooooo…. what do i do with a plain ole SDIO wifi card without a palm OS driver? There is GOT to be a palm OS UNIVERSAL wifi driver somewhere for the sd wifi card not manufactured by palm.. I bought the card and it was advertised that it works with palm treo 650… hmm but the driver is a mobile windows wifi driver…can anyone help?
Is there now an workable and updated driver for sdio wifi for Treo 650?
Thank you very much.
Ok it has been 3 YEARS since this hack was made (and lost) to put WiFi on a treo. (and it no longer works). Is there ANYWAY to have WifFi on a palm based treo? 3 years. This is ridiculous. (I got here via google search:palm treo wifi)
Am looking for such a solution, too. :p
.. I just got a 680 and was hoping to find a resolution for sd wifi…I’ve searched everywhere and there is nothing.. please if anybody can point me in the right direction..
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