Change Firmware via something other than USB, do you have a JTAG rig?
You SHOULD be able to access the EFS via Bluetooth... that should let you make quite a few major changes including PRL. I'm just not certain about this particular model.
Last I read, metro dealers should be charging $10 to add the ESN to the system. This may have changed though and I guess it could be market specific... anyway, that alone will not 'redirect' all of your calls through Metro.
Back to the USB issue... since you were going to probably go straight USB anyway, skip trying to fix the port itself and just wire up the USB pins to a cable and then after the flash, unhook them. Do you have a different way to charge your battery though? Is it that you just don't have a USB Port to use, are having trouble getting the port off or is it that you just don't have a proper soldering station?
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