'Crackles' isn't the correct term ... 'crackles' sounds like physical damage, indeed.
I'll describe the screen as accurate as possible:
The top 25% of the screen (right up to where the time bar in locked mode shows) was still visible, albeit with some (lighter) horizontal lines.
Then, you can clearly see the screen 'stops working' at a certain pixel, and from that pixel on, all pixels are dead. (meaning: all pixels to its right and all the lines below)
The touch screen still works. If I unlock the screen by sliding the bar (which I can't see, but I know it's there after using the iPhone ... before I'm being called a liar again) only the top 4 apps show ... and depending on which app I launch, the color of the lower 75% of the app changes.
It looks as if all the dead pixels have the color of the one pixel where all other pixels stopped working ... if that makes any sense ...
Any other question? Fire away
