I don't think they ever really fixed this issue, I got my first n900 in January and the usb port broke in May (My fault I tripped over the charger cable and it completely ripped out the usb port.) Sent it in for repair and they sent me a new one. The new one just recently broke the end of september and this was just with daily charging using the usb cable. Still waiting for a new one, they seem to be on backorder.