Restart Loop after Hotsync

PLEASE HELP!!!  I had to replace my 700p (Sprint) with another 700p and when I went to sync the new phone, after the sync was finished, the phone went into a restart loop.  It is like a soft reset.  The only way I can get it to stop is to do a hard reset.  I've done the hard reset and resync a number of times, but the phone still goes back into a loop.  Any ideas on what is going on?  Could it be a bad "new" phone?
Post relates to: Treo 600 (Sprint)
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There's a backup folder that contains previous device information. You have to locate it(most likely in the location I gave you below/above.) Right click the folder and the left click rename, change the name to old files,
Then hotsync your freshly hard reset device. Sync to the same username where you found the backup folder. 
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Message Edited by legendeld on 12-04-2008 04:00 PM

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