Treo 650 -- stuck in startup cycle

[FallenWraith]

Hello All,

I'm hoping to enlist your help. I have a Palm Treo 650 and am having technical difficulty. It will not load to the OS. When I power it on, it loads the first Palm splash screen, then moves to the next screen with a loader bar as though it were loading the OS, but it doesn't get past that, it only starts over again at the first splash screen. I'm not overly experienced with these phones, but I have a feeling that it is the file system. Does anyone know of a way to flash this phone? Or am I way off -- is there another way to fix it?

Any help you can provide is appreciated!

[RosaCar]

Searching the forum probably would have helped you, so you should always try to do that before posting. However, give this a try as described by treofaq:
"Warm Reset

A warm reset is used when something is causing your Treo to act funny. You can sometimes use it to avoid That Endless Loop Thingie ("TELT"). A warm reset is like going into Safe Mode on your pc.

To perform a warm reset, initiate a reset (via software, or removing the back cover), and hold the up arrow on the 5-way navigation pad as the Treo turns back on. (Note that on the 650 and other NVFS devices, YOU MUST HOLD THE UP BUTTON PRIOR TO INITIATING THE RESET). Hold the up button the entire time until the main Phone screen is displayed. At this point you can check the 377 error log and remove the software causing you problems if you know what it is.

NOTE: When using Treo following a warm reset, the home key and built-in launcher might be inaccessible. Therefore, you may need the use of an uninstallation app, an alternative launcher and/or file management tool to delete the problematic file."