Unlocked Tro 650 havoc

Hi everyone,


I just purchased an UNLOCKED (T-Mobile) Treo 650 thinking that it was going to work
swimmingly with all of it's features in and out of my car --- ooops...
my 2005 Prius doesn't seem to want to talk with the phone?!?! I
know there was a Palm patch about 6 mos. ago, but my phone is up to
date according to the site. Can anyone suggest a solution, or at least
a glimmer of hope!

Initially when I tried to pair the car and the phone, I followed the
regular instructions for the car by having the car wait and the phone
send/look for my bluetooth device. Once it found my car, I selected it
on the phone, entered in the passkey and waited...the phone said it
paired, but the car was still waiting to connect. I tried to place a
call to see if it worked, and then the phone paired up and said it was
"talking."

But, here is the problem. When I went driving later in the day, my
phone was on, and I started my car, and the phone kept trying to
connect with the car and vice versa. No connection. This dropped
search process kept repeating until I finally turned off the BT on the
phone, because after about 10min of search,drop, search, drop - off it
went.

I have been reading on many groups that because the Treo is BT1.1 (I
found out after fact) the Prius will not be compatible. But it is a
brand new phone! Only 4 days old. I don't know of a way to "upgrade"
the BT to 1.2 which is supposed to be a software-only change that will
allow the Prius to work ok.


Any ideas? Thanks...