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Originally Posted by woody14619 View Post
The headphone jack is kept in place by plastic posts internally. It's not soldered to the board, but instead "floats" on pads on the board. The whole jack removes as a single unit by just opening the device. Worst case you broke the little feet it uses to keep stable. You may be able to get a new one from a parts site, but if its still working, you're pretty much good. Just don't jiggle it too much, or it may break the last foot it has and slide into the device.
Thank you for the info!

I've stopped wiggling it. I popped into a phone shop last night and tried my headphones in another N900 and it seemed to have roughly the same wiggle room.

Got an Otterbox winging its way over now