Demise Of My Treo 680

I have slowed down lately on blogging because there have been too many issues of late. And the other thing to blame is Facebook - as I have spent more time on FB, than blogging here.

One of the recent events is the demise of my faithful Treo 680. All because of my itchy hands! My Treo was never in any protective case since purchased 1 year ago. And so the outlook of it became rather unsightly. I saw Brando selling the original Treo housing case for the 680 series, and went ahead to purchase one - thinking that I could easily change the housing myself!

How wrong I was!

After receiving the housing last week, I was so elated that I immediately set aside 1 hour to change the housing myself - following the "step-by-step instructions (with pics)" posted in some forum on the net! Opening up was easy and piece of cake. Then step by step, I managed to remove the first layer, then the 2nd layer... and the speaker, the vibrator, and ultimately disconnecting the fragile circuit tapes (for the touch screen and motherboard) - everything went on smoothly.

When I started putting every bits and pieces back again, the headache started - it didn't seem to be as easy as putting them back, as compared to disassembling them! Gosh... And although I finally managed to put everything back in place - and re-boot the unit - the nightmare struck!!

The screen was GONE! Just a white screen, with on and off flickering - no more Palm logo, and the usual boot up message. No matter how many times I opened up and placing those parts back together; re-tightening those screws ... everything was in vain! ;(

My Treo 680 is dead.

And worst of all, my warranty sticker was torn - and warranty is void!
(but it's more than a year old anyway - so no more Palm warranty)

That was a sad night.