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Dont know which one is broken LCD or digitizer?

I am trying to diagnose whats wrong with my friends ipad but i dont know which one is broken the front panel digitizer or the back lcd panel.

When i hit the power or home button i see the backlight come on but thats it.

Help me please so i know which one to buy.

Its an ipad 2

The front panel has not been cracked or anything nothing look likes it has been cracked just dropped on the floor and the screen wont turn on besides the backlight coming on.

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Probably the back LCD panel cable needs to be reseated. In result this would need the digitizer / glass to be taken off which is a delicate task as you do not want to crack the glass when separating it from the iPad. If you do decide to open up the iPad please do keep a spare digitizer on hand.

Try holding the power and home button for 8-10 seconds to force turn it on and hold the power button for 5 seconds to turn it on and see if that helps.

You can get a replacement digitizer from here if you need to:

iPad 2 Screen Digitizer

The digitizer is not at fault here as it only provides touch screen capability for the iPad.

The back panel LCD provides display to the screen.

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Thank you guys i will try and open the screen now and try reseating it and doing some other stuff

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It's definitely an LCD issue, and not the digitizer. As ben mentioned, try doing the restart as that might clear it up. If not, you will need to remove the digitizer to access the LCD screen, then try reseating the cable that goes from the motherboard to the LCD. If it still doesn't work, then you need to replace the LCD.

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Might even be a bad LCD cable instead of a bad LCD, seen it happen before.

I'll add this in just in case:

iPad 2 Display Data Cable

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