A never-ending repair story (USB connector FP1)

[Stefan]

Here you can find two alternative magnetic USB cables:

Magnetic USB cable recommended to avoid socket probs

(Deutsche Version unten) After several attempts, I found a specialist the other day who succesfully inserted a working USB socket into my FP1. To avoid future USB stress, I decided to follow a recommendation from ‘explit’ and use a magnetic USB cable. This requires a tiny counterpart in the USB socket which is supposed to permanently stay in there. If required, the actual cable is magnetically coupled and this keeps the forces to the socket at a minimum level. Currently (Nov 2016), such cables…