Thread: N900 partial disassembly and USB fix
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jerryfreak is offline jerryfreak
2010-02-28 , 23:05
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Originally Posted by atunguyd View Post

It might also be a good idea to try somehow cover the holes in the USB socket to ensure that epoxy does not get into it and prevent the plug from being inserted cleanly. I have been trying to think of a way to acomplish this. One ide is to use very small pieces of blue-tac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-Tack) since if these get through to the internal connecter they should be harmless and probably come out with the plug next time it is removed.
an idea: do you have a noncritical micro usb plug that you can stand to potentially lose or replace? the only thing that will really fill the whole socket cleanly and be super easy to remove is the microusb plug itself. ideally you should be able to do this epoxy job without getting a drop inside the socket, but its there just in case. Even if you were to get some inside the jack you would be able to easily remove it somewhere between epoxy set and epoxy cure and see evidence of epoxy on your plug, while you could still remediate if necessary. Easily worth potentially sacrificing a $3 generic microusb to USB-A cable rather than permanently buggering your jack
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