N900 Hardware USB Socket
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 :
No reason to panic most users are not affected and it could be trivial to prevent or repair once investigated by some diy hackers...
what to do ?
Please fill ( template : nickname : build date ; SN ; contact url or email ; notes )
- Ha... (TBC)
- H...P... (TBC)
- Sh.... (TBC)
Also :
Solution
- Waranty :http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/t5/Maemo-Devices/Nokia-responds-to-reports-about-the-N900-micro-usb-port-getting/td-p/629019
- DIY : may void Warranty ? http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=540344#post540344
- Repair : http://www.nokia.com/repair
- 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
Misc
- Please Avoid FUD, not sure it will help : http://slashdot.org/submission/1180314/Nokia-N900-Hardware-failure---USB-port-falling-off
