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Backlight works, screen won't display anthing. Everything else works.

This all started with me going to replace the battery in my ipod. There had always been a little hair or something in front of the screen (but behind the front plastic) that had long bothered me so I thought I'd get rid of that as well. Disconnected and disassembled everything, removed piece of lint, reassembled with new battery. Nothing seemed to go wrong.

When I first tried to turn it on, the screen did some strange flickering (thick bars of black would randomly appear across it) and then nothing. At first I thought I somehow broke it, but it seems like everything else works. It can play music, all the buttons work, even the backlight works. The screen just won't display anything.

Any idea what I can do? I have absolutely no idea what could have happened to it. The whole taking apart and reassembly went smooth as butter (and I have taken apart a lot of electronics).

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If all your connections are nice and snug, your cable is tightly in the connector and the clasp is holding the cable in, I would think that you just may need anew display. They are not to expensive and not hard to change. iPod 4th Generation or Photo Display Replacement

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Alright, I suppose that's what I'll have to do. Really what had me most confused was what I did to break it in the first place. Only a $7 fix though, so no biggie.

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Howdy!

Did you retrace all of your steps? I often find that I accidentally didn't connect something fully or correctly. It sound to me like the display cable became detached after you put it all back together. That would explain the lines and then the eventual blank screen. I dunno . . . . I'd just reconnect all of the wires and cables. That might do the trick! :)

Good luck!

—Tommy

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Just tried retraced everything I did twice, same result as before. I have no idea what happened :'(

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