(Tech) USB broke off... fix?

Years ago, when iPhone was pretty nonexistent, I had a PDA phone, and I had to resolder the mini-usb port and the 2.5" jack. The sad thing when a port is ripped, the wires break so, that it’s practically impossible to resolder: you must scratch down the antisolder layer carefully and add some extra copper.
I think the best would be using thin insulated wire (you know, what’s used in headphone cables, copper with some layer on it) and use some liquid solder flux with a hot air gun, and finally adding an external usb port, not resoldering on the board. Way too small.