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The larger edition of Samsung's tenth flagship Galaxy phone, released in February 2019. Shipped with Android 9.0 (Pie).

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Bottom half of phone screen flickering black after tiny drop

So my galaxy s10+ fell a small amount and the bottom half of the screen started flickering black, it seems to react with the phone brightness, the flickering gets worse if the brightness is raised all the way but I'm not sure because it sometimes doesn't do anything, the phone screen had 2 small cracks before this happened and when this happened there was no visual damage, I tried everything and nothing worked. Can someone help me?

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Hi,

Given that the screen had two small cracks already, the drop may have contributed to the internal connections in the screen being damaged further to the point of causing the problem you have now.

You can’t see internal damage in the screen, you can only notice the effects it has.

It could also of course be a display flex cable connection problem i.e. loose or worst case it is a systemboard problem.

As a DIY repair all you can initially do is to open the phone and check if the display cable is securely attached to the systemboard and if it is, is to temporarily replace the display and check if the problem is still there or not.

Here’s the ifixit Samsung Galaxy S10+ Screen Replacement guide that will help.

If doing this yourself is too daunting, contact a reputable, professional mobile phone repair service and ask for a quote

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Ok so now the lower half is just black, still no touchscreen issues just its pure black, it might flicker a little bit here and now but nothing much is happening

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