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Maybe I am just lucky but I have been using a wilson antenna and adapter for my apache for 6 months now with no problems. It gets plugged in and unplugged at least 8 or 10 times a day. I have learned in the past to make sure I am gentle with it when connecting. I have looked through the hole in the back and it looks like it would be easily replaced or even disassembled and fixed by someone with good surface mount soldering experience. Maybe even hack in a sturdier replacement with a 1ghz rated socket if the stock replacement cannot be obtained? Or as a last resort just remove the plug and solder in a bridge. The plug should, like most cell phones and wifi cards, just be a connector with a built in switch (similar to a headset plug). Even if the phone is capable of knowing if it is plugged in or not, it would just be a simple resistance check. If someone has any hires closeups of the circuit boards of the phone I could look at them and figure out where to put the bridge (i don't want to take mine apart just yet!). But anyone with some basic electronics experience should be able to do the same.
namopereht
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