Hi,
I have also had the white screen of death.
Here is my story...
Last week I dropped my iPhone 3GS.
It slipped out of my pocket while I was sitting on the couch.
I have dropped my phone before, but it is (or I should say was) in pretty good condition. You wouldn't know that it had been dropped, let's put it that way, no scratches no dents or cracks.
My phone fell approx 10 inches.
Right away I knew something was wrong, there was a popping type sound. I picked up my phone and tried to turn it on. The screen was white. I tried to turn it off but couldn't. So I force quit it. I then couldn't get it to turn back on. I was so mad at myself, but mostly just really really sad.
I scoured the internet for answers and came up with a few, button fixes this and that.
I took my phone apart, I mean I took off the digitizer and LCD, I also took out the logic board. I then put it all back together. Guess what? it worked! It came back on it synced with my mac and it all seemed good. The battery had been completely drained, even though when it fell it was just over 90% charged. I kept it plugged into the computer and it charged up to 100%, I then unplugged it, used it and all was good, everything seemed to work fine, I could make calls, receive calls, texts pictures, videos etc.
My next test, turning the handset off then back on.
It failed that test. I then kicked myself, why turn it off I had it working!
I tried what I had just done and again took the phone apart and put it back together. No good, all I had was a white screen.
I tried to clean the connectors. No good just a white screen.
I tried my daughters LCD. No good, her LCD went white, I by now was bricking it thinking I'd now messed up 2 iphones, when I put her LCD back in her phone it worked! I was so happy.
It didn't stop me putting my screen in hers though. No good, all I got was a white screen. I then put her screen back in. Her screen was now white as well!! That however was fixed with a reset (home and sleep combo). So I hadn't screwed her phone as well.
Well I ordered a new screen on the off chance. No good just a white screen UNTIL I did a reset with the new screen in place. Home and sleep combo, guess what? It is now working!!!
So I am assuming after changing the LCD for a new one that you still have to do a force quit due to the phone still actually being on when you take the front off.
I can't guarantee that this fix will work for everyone, but it did work for me. So try it it just might work for you as well.
Good luck
5 Comments
I have the same problem. I pulled off the lcd of my wifes iPhone (knowing it was good), put it on my phone and it workes for about 1 minute then turned solid white. Now I've ruined hers to! any answers?
by cej29485
have you tried putting in back in your wifes does it do the same? also have you tried yours in your wifes?
by illPod
I haven't tried putting my lcd into her iPhone but I put her's back and it stayed white after my phone "fried" it. The apple store genius just looked at the moisture dots and said it was water damage or 'something else' and offered a replacement at $199. Looks like I may just have to bite the bullet on this one and buy the replacement. Any Ideas?
by cej29485
Those are some very strange problems - If you can't repair it and you do decide to bite the bullet and buy a replacement LCD, I'd recommend buying it from iFixit. Getting the Display Assembly from us will save you some money over buying it from Apple, and we have a 6 month warranty.
by Taylor Arnicar
At first it was working fine then for some reason when i touch the screen just with a bit of pressure it would go white then i opened it up to check if everything was okay and it was but when i put it back the screen was stuck white
any help
by maxwellbanda777