Hi. I was sold a N900 cheaply because of a broken USB port. I opened it up and I can fix it, with enough patience and a steady hand with the soldering iron; problem is, I tend to lack patience, and precise fiddly repairs irritate me.

I'm thinking - what if I get rid of the speaker near the USB port, glue a full-size USB female socket in its place, hook it up to the traces of the original microUSB and Dremel the casing to fit?

I have no doubts about the practical feasibility of this modification (I'm not new to Frankenstein-style hacks), and it'd be nice to plug USB devices in without the adapter cable. The only thing stopping me is that not sure if I'm going to regret getting rid of the speaker. Does the phone work on just one of them? I can live with less volume for things like Youtube videos and live phone calls (which I practically never do anyway), and I only ever listen to music on earphones, but I wouldn't like it if the ringtones became too quiet to hear.