Life in Balance: Amit D. Chaudhary’s Blog
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A few tips for Palm Treo 650. My service is from Cingular and the hardware is B.

• Removing hangs and lockups with Palm Treo 650.

If the hang is when receiving a call or calendar access, etc, run dbScan. It is a free utility which checks the database on the Treo and fixes it.

It found problems with the database on my Treo 650 and the hangs during incoming phone calls were gone after the fix.

• Another reason for hang happens if you press the unlock or center key lightly.

Now the phone becomes unresponsive for around 3-5 minutes. You can hit the reset at the back or wait till the backlight is off after the 3-5 minutes and the phone locks\sleeps again. Now press unlock and center key firmly.

I have sent back the Treo 650 twice to Cingular and even the new units had the same problem, so I have decided to live with it.

• If the time on the Treo 650 is not correct 

If network time (Main Home->Prefs->Date & Time->Enable local network time) is enabled, the time on Treo will lag real time. Just disable it to have correct time. I am not sure if it is due to the Cingular network in washington or the Treo itself.