My Crazy Patchwork Broken Treo 700p
I have not found any mention of anyone having had this particular "issue" with their Palm Treo 700p.
I did not drop it, get it wet, throw it at the mailman - nothing. I just woke up one morning and picked it up and this is how it looked. The whole thing started the night before, when the phone started going into hotsync mode when I wasn't even touching the thing. I thought maybe it would stop doing that after a reset. Alas I never got the chance to do the reset, because once it went into what I am calling "Patchwork Quilt" mode, it refused to respond to a hard reset. Yes, I took the battery out, yes I tried a hard reset, yes I brought it into Verizon where they tried to do a hard reset.
So I thought maybe Palm would fix it for me but they said no - well, unless I want to pay $199. These things can be had refurbished on ebay for less than that. So I'm going to try mailing it into one of these non-Palm repair places, which may or may not have a more reasonable repair price than Palm.
I'd be interested to know if anyone else has ever encountered this same strange patchwork display problem with their Treo, and if so, what was the cause?
I've since switched to a Centro, which seems about the same as the Treo just smaller and with a nicer keyboard. Oh, and I switched over to Sprint from Verizon. I like Sprint's broadband wireless data plan - unlimited high speed data and a basically free USB card. Apparently Verizon no longer offers unlimited broadband data plans, so I decided I ought to get in on the Sprint deal before they stopped offering it as well!
I did not drop it, get it wet, throw it at the mailman - nothing. I just woke up one morning and picked it up and this is how it looked. The whole thing started the night before, when the phone started going into hotsync mode when I wasn't even touching the thing. I thought maybe it would stop doing that after a reset. Alas I never got the chance to do the reset, because once it went into what I am calling "Patchwork Quilt" mode, it refused to respond to a hard reset. Yes, I took the battery out, yes I tried a hard reset, yes I brought it into Verizon where they tried to do a hard reset.
So I thought maybe Palm would fix it for me but they said no - well, unless I want to pay $199. These things can be had refurbished on ebay for less than that. So I'm going to try mailing it into one of these non-Palm repair places, which may or may not have a more reasonable repair price than Palm.
I'd be interested to know if anyone else has ever encountered this same strange patchwork display problem with their Treo, and if so, what was the cause?
I've since switched to a Centro, which seems about the same as the Treo just smaller and with a nicer keyboard. Oh, and I switched over to Sprint from Verizon. I like Sprint's broadband wireless data plan - unlimited high speed data and a basically free USB card. Apparently Verizon no longer offers unlimited broadband data plans, so I decided I ought to get in on the Sprint deal before they stopped offering it as well!
Labels: broadband wireless data, Sprint, Treo 700p, Verizon
posted by Andrea Wasik at
9:56 AM
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Hi. Yes, I've gotten that patchwork pattern before, but unfortunately I don't recall what caused it nor what I did to correct it. My 700p is working, however, it is still very quirky, and hesitates constantly and hangs occasionally.
Hey Herb that is interesting - I am wondering if it is a software or hardware issue that is causing the patchwork display. Maybe the repair place I just sent it to will figure it out and if they do I'll update this post with the outcome.
UPDATE: They told me it was unrepairable and since then I've gone through a Centro and now have an iPhone, and so far I'm very pleased with the iPhone, it's almost like it's not even the same kind of THING as those other phones.
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