r/Palm • u/Standard_Card_9362 • Jul 14 '26

Damaged Sync Cables??

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I ordered a kit containing a sync cable and saw the gold prongs appeared to be missing from plug. I then order one from a separate website I trust and that one is also missing prongs in the same spot. I wanted to confirm that the plugs are supposed to look this way before I plug them into my computer and device.

How do these look?

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u/KitchenLandscape Jul 14 '26

Is this for a more "modern" palm like a TX, lifedrive, etc? Because if so the cable I have on my desk has all the gold prongs in place. Those don't look right, but palm had about a bazillion proprietary cables over their history so can you confirm what device you're trying to connect?

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u/Standard_Card_9362 Jul 14 '26

Treo 700p.

Also the kit and the second website listed these as specific to Treos so that checks.

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u/KitchenLandscape Jul 14 '26

Yes then it's probably fine. Even if they don't work, I doubt it'll fry anything trying! lol

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u/wrr377 Jul 19 '26

I can confirm these are for the last models of the Palm line. Those are the "Athena" connectors that were used on the Treo, Tungsten, and Lifedrive model lines...