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Fix your Treo with WD-40

Posted at Dick Betts National Real Estate Speaker by Dick Betts

Mar. 9, 2008

I love it when past students send me their stories of success and how they overcame a problem.

Mike from Gulfport, MS a student from over 4 years ago sent me a great email how I got him addicted to Mobile Technology and started him on a road that lead him to a Treo Smartphone. He had a problem which I had heard before, when you use a wired headset there it is possible for the switch that sees the jack freezes up so even after you pull the plug the Treo keeps thinking the jack is in place.

So Mike tried a few different things until he Googled his problem "Stuck jack and Treo 755p" and got his answer on how to fix!

"Spray the jack with WD-40 and place the jack in and out a few times" and it worked! So I am passing this on without ever trying it so my advice be careful.

I am building a blog off my website for all the Mobile Technology folks out there so things like this can be posted by you the users for others who need help. I'll let you know when I get it fired up and go thru a pile of emails from users to start the info flow.

Thanks Mike!

Dick Betts

National Real Estate Speaker

Mobile Technology Trainer

www.DickBetts.com

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1. RE: Fix your Treo with WD-40

Written by: Rick Houghton

Mar. 10, 2008

Hmmmmm....gonna try that tonight. I have the same problem, and that sort of makes sense. My sync cable can never stay connected for a full sync, unless I press so hard on it that my fingers hurt.

As we Treo users know, it's full of quirks. Sort of like my old MG Roadster. She has a personality all her own, and you never know what'll work. My Treo's the same way...somethimes I bang it on the dashboard, sometimes I gently push her buttons.......

If I had my way, I throw my Treo into the deepest river.....I hate it, but can't break away.

I let you know if this works.

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