Try deleting the suspect contact again. Leave it out. See if you are still experiencing the crashes. If not, when you re-enter it the next time, use a different name and see if that helps. For instance, if his name is Bill, just use B for the first initial.
I had something similar back on my Treo 600, and that was the only way o fix it. jeffguide wrote: > Hi: > > Short of flinging my 680 out of a fast moving car, I hope someone may > have a solution for my crashing problem.... > > I've been using a palm of some type since the 90's, but with every > newer palm OS it seems to be becoming less stable. I even traded in my > 650 for a 680 in March hoping the crashing would stop. This Treo has > the latest software updates from Palm. > > Problem: > When I get 3 consecutive text messages from one specific phone number > the Treo soft resets itself. It doesn't happen on other phone numbers > nor past 3 messages. Even when I get a text from that number while I'm > talking on the phone everything crashes. > > What I've tried to do to fix the problem: > 1. Hard Reset & soft reset, many times. > 2. Didn't use old backup. > 3. Added 1 3rd party software at a time and removed it after each > crash. Then added another and removed it. > 4. Brought Safeguard. This told me it was Nexter that crashed, but not > everytime. I didn't delete Nexter at any time. Sometimes Safeguard > would show no crash activity after a crash. > 5. Hard Reset and used the basic palm software that came with the Treo > and nothing else. None of my Contacts, addresses, etc. > 6. Returned the 680 to AT&T and got another 680. Crashing continued. > 7. Changed my SD memory card. Removed the 4 GB and replaced it with a > 1 GB. > 8. Read someplace to change all all Mobile numbers (M) that appear > first under a persons name to another designation (Home, Other, etc) > in the Contacts list. > 9. Deleted that specific phone number from my contacts. > 10. Reentered that specific phone number. > 11. SIM card numbers don't appear in my Contact and even removed the > specific phone number from my SIM card. > 12. Changed my Address Book to DateBk6. > 13. Brought DbFixit to repair any old DB issues. > > Solutions? > 1. Is Nexter the problem? Delete? Replace? > 2. New Contact software? > 3. Replace SMS software? > 4. Get a new SIM card? > 5. I find it hard to believe the offending phone number is > transmitting the reset like a mild version of a KillPill. > 6. Is there a sequence of numbers that can be sent by SMS to reset a Treo? > 7. I know the sms has to touch the Contacts list. Could it be that the > culmination of all my Contacts from previous Palm's has come back to > bite me? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated! I don't want to go to the > Microsoft platform if it can be avoided. > > Jeff Guide -- Alli I came, I saw, I deleted all your files.
