N900 Hardware USB Socket

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Please fill ( template : nickname : build date ; SN  ; contact url or email ; notes )
Please fill ( template : nickname : build date ; SN  ; contact url or email ; notes )
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No reason to panic most users are not affected and it could be trivial to prevent or repair once investigated by some diy hackers...
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No reason to panic most users are not affected and it may be trivial to repair once investigated ...
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=== Solution ===
=== Solution ===
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* DIY : how to open ?
* DIY : how to open ?
* Repair :  http://www.nokia.com/repair
* Repair :  http://www.nokia.com/repair
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* Replace by a fixed one : http://www.astel.be/Les-Nokia-N900-suivants-tardent-defaut-de-fabrication-au-micro-USB_3568
* External charger : http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=45887
* External charger : http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=45887
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=== Misc ===
=== Misc ===
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* http://www.astel.be/Les-Nokia-N900-suivants-tardent-defaut-de-fabrication-au-micro-USB_3568
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* Please Avoid FUD, not sure it will help : http://slashdot.org/submission/1180314/Nokia-N900-Hardware-failure---USB-port-falling-off
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* http://slashdot.org/submission/1180314/Nokia-N900-Hardware-failure---USB-port-falling-off
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Revision as of 16:18, 26 February 2010

It seems that there is a USB socket hardware issue on some N900 ...

May this depends on the build date, can you help and report details on your broken device :

Please fill ( template : nickname : build date ; SN  ; contact url or email ; notes )

 * Ha...
 * H...P...

No reason to panic most users are not affected and it could be trivial to prevent or repair once investigated by some diy hackers...

Solution

Misc