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Originally Posted by woody14619 View Post
While looking, could you also look for something for me?

I've been toying with the idea of using a mylar ribbon cable, and a micro USB male/female connector set to "move" the micro USB port on the N900. This would reduce the chance of the on-board connector separating, as it would protrude only about as much as a standard case (and thus with a case on would be flush).

The problem being, where to put the female connector in such a way that it's also flush with the surface. I really don't care where it comes out of the case, as the ribbon is quite flexible. It could run under a compartment, and preferably under the outer case to wherever there is space to embed the female port. The problem is the width/height/depth of the port. Finding a space that's at least 7.8mm x 2.8mm with at least 3.8mm depth into the device is tough.

If you spot any area that looks large enough for that, I'd love a pointer to it.
Ok - just carefully grind away next to the end of the stylus
and come through the adjacent edge near where it is now.
Looks like you would get about 5-6mm depth, tightly.

The recessed-slider switch was another place of interest,
but it looks difficult to re-engineer the mechanism.
(I originally thought I had found a good spot but it goes through the (GSM?) antenna panel -oops)
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