Hanging up on Palm Centro without pushing red/end button?

Hello,
I have recently gone through a few Palm Centros for various problems (initial one wouldn't charge when plugged into a wall, replacement 1 wouldn't make/receive phone calls/text messages) and thought I had finally gotten a properly working one. Unfortunately, the red end button on my Centro stopped working yesterday. Since the rest of the phone is fine and set up like I want it, I am reluctant to try to replace this one also. Does anyone know how to hang up a phone call without pushing the red end button??? This is my only problem - if I need to turn off the phone, I can take out the battery, but telling everyone to hang up when I talk to them or having to take out the battery after leaving a message/checking voicemail is getting annoying.
Help!
Post relates to: Centro (AT&T)

You could enable the touchscreen during calls or try using the 5-way navigator and center button to hang up.
Some corded and bluetooth headsets have a pick-up/hang-up button.
If you don't want to return the device but don't mind setting it up again from scratch, you could do a good HotSync and then "hard reset" the phone. That might resolve any software issue which is affecting the button; it can't fix a hardware problem, of course.

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craby1950 wrote:
hey all. i have a palm centro wich i love, but i want to know if i can connect to evdo rev a for free at all, i know its wierd that i got it without a data plan, but i want to get data
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