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klynnfarris

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Feb 25, 2012
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i have an iphone 3gs that was working juts perfectly it just had a terriibly cracked screen. i ordered a new screen/digitizer assembly off of ebay and it came in the mail today. after isntalling i got the apple logo for awhile and then the reboot symbol for the remainder of the time (about 10 minutes or longer) but it was recognized in itunes. I figured maybe something wasn't connected right (even though i think my judgement on that was poor) so i tried reconnecting everything and just ended up getting a white screen. since i new the phone was working with the old digitizer i put the lcd back with it and put it back in the phone and now that is even giving me a white screen.

everything im seeing is telling me my lcd is broken but im really not sure how i could have broken it seeing as how i was extremely careful with it. are there any other possibilities or any solutions?
thanks
 
You probably damaged the LCD connector at some point. Either that or it's not connected all the way.
 
Yes, I tried dong a reset and that didn't work. I think you're right about the LCD connector being broken. I'm not sure if it's the connector attached to the LCD or the one on the motherboard that I damaged. Is there any way to tell which one it could be?
 
I've changed Glass + Digitizer many times (after cracking the glass) and I got a White Screen after some replacements.

First time it happened to me, I quit trying to search where the problem was so I replaced LCD for a new one (20$ eBay LCD) and solved the problem.

Now, occasionally, screen can go white again and a simple tap on power off and then on again solves the problem temporarily (or a reset with 10 seconds POWER + HOME).

For what I've read in many posts, it's almost certain that there's an hardware issue in the LCD or the main board connectors / ribbons when you got a white screen.

Of course, everybody is always hoping (like me) to solve occasional white screen without having to replace LCD... :(
 
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