I'm still monitoring this thread hoping for someone to say something like "yay they reengineered it" or "they've made some snap on thinger that they put on current devices". All I ever see in my email is "it's broken on me too" and "here's a DIY fix for you to void your warranty with".

I'm looking forward to your post mortem though. I hope you link it in here if you ever have cause to write it. I'll be watching