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Originally Posted by Gospod
Please do it, it's going to happen to me sooner or later and I'd rather know how to solve it myself...
By the way, how did you open the Odyssey? I don't see any screws...
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Ok, here is the pictures of the broke off plug, the second picture is a close up with it laying in place (not aligned perfectly). But in those pictures you can see the failed design of holding it with solder-spots. They did not even break, they simply and cleanly seperated from the circuit board. The data connectors did break off though. For size reference you can judge that by the sd-card that you can see in both pictures.
PLEASE NOTE: I did not get this fixed yet. Finding anyone in my area that will even solder anything that small (the 5 connectors from the plug are approximately on a 2 - 3 mm length). When I find someone that can do it, and the cost of repair is not too high then maybe I get it fixed. My plan for that is to only solder wires to the circuit board, have them hang out of the odyssey maybe an inch or two, and put a female usb-plug on the outside. That way even if the plug goes in tight, I won't put tension on the circuit board.
As for opening the Odyssey, I do not recommend you do that yourself. There is no way that you can do it without leaving marks on it. Pretty sure it might even void your warranty. I doubt even Bookeen can open and close it without leaving marks, my guess would be that they simply destroy and replace the top cover with a brand new piece. Instructions are in the Spoiler just for reference.