I have a new surface mount microUSB port coming from an eBay seller in a few weeks, is there another known best or strongest port manufacturer or supplier though?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-USB-Data-P...item33677d9dd8
This ebay microUSB port looks to have significantly more surface area on the sides and with my scraped and tinned groundplane I am hoping it will hold but I also have been having issues with the internals of the microUSB port coming loose even after I reattached the port thus the replacement.
Has anyone ever been successful with the through hole connection route? My concern is hitting an active layer in the multilayer circuit board and shorting it to ground. Ebay has some nice looking through hole anchor microSD ports with surface mount data, ground, and power lines.
Re-installing my original Nokia USB port required the use of a 15x eye loupe since the contacts are so small. I plan to use magnet wire extensions to connect the data and power lines only soldering the port itself directly to the board when the replacement microUSB port arrives.