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If you own a Treo 680 and have noticed that battery life has been absolutely horrendous, you have experienced the result of a bug in the original firmware of the Treo that causes the battery draining issue.
Apparently, as soon as you launch the camera application on the Treo 680 and regardless of whether you close or exit out of it or not, you will notice that the battery will drain so quickly that within a few hours that the battery level will be virtually close to 0. This is due to a bug in the firmware that fails to properly close or exit out of the camera application. So, even if you close or exit out of the camera application, the software is still running and loaded in the background and thus why the battery is draining so quickly over time. So, once you open or launch the camera on the Treo 680, you will notice this battery draining issue.
Palm has provided an update for the Treo 680 to address and fix this issue. The link to the camera patch is here. Keep in mind that if you do a hard reset or factory reset that you will need to re-install this patch again after the reset or you will face the same battery draining issue.
I have provided a video of the simple camera patch installation process so that you can be familiar with how it’s done and what happens during the installation. As you will find out, it’s very simple, painless and quick to do. So there’s no need to worry or panic.
Video of Treo 680 Camera Patch Installlation
Again, it is very easy to perform and here’s the link to the camera update patch. Treo 680 camera patch update
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