I am sorry to say that I went through all the suggestions that have been posted here before I resorted to flashing the device. None of them worked for me. I hope you have better luck. On the flip side, flashing the device was actually rather painless. Use the system backup tool to store your settings, messages, contacts and such. Then copy any files or documents from the /home/user folder to the removable memory card or via USB to your computer. There is a very helpful wiki entry on flashing the device (http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware). Read the instructions carefully and follow them to the letter. I had my device restored in about 30 minutes. Much less time than I spent searching for some magic to fix the problem. You may have to re-install some applications, but it is worth the the effort.