Yeah, presently the USB isn't vital cos the phone for this fix is used by someone who just needs it to power on and charge, that isn't flimsy in its fix and can stand a bit of rough handling as he lives in the Australian bush and isn't, nor should he be, tech savvy.

The USB port can be replicated via the pads mentioned but it leaves the problem of recreating a USB port somewhere on the phone. The only real use this user would have for a USB connection is to get stuff onto and off the SD card and as that isn't possible with this fix he will just have to go without and use bluetooth