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Strange lines in iPhone screen

I drop my 1st gen iPhone in the street and this happens... any suggestion??

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After a few days the lines change. The botton one is growing and the upper ones are dissapearing.
Any fix?

Thanks in advance...

Message was edited by: imactor2

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 9, 2009 11:57 AM

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Jan 23, 2009 5:51 AM in response to imactor2

I am having the same kind of problem with my 1st gen iPhone (13 months old). Out of a sudden, I see some annoying white horizontal lines on my iPhone's screen after turning the phone on during a longhaul flight in inflight mode. On ground again, the lines remained, but when flying back home, the lines changed in its length and shape. Really strange. Have not tried a reset or restore, yet. Any ideas what the problem could be here? Software or hardware?

Feb 16, 2009 7:04 AM in response to imactor2

I too have had issues with horizontal gray lines on my screen. I use a case to protect the phone as well as a screen cover. About four months ago the lines appeared. I took the phone in to the Apple Store to the Genius Bar. They said that there wasn't anything the could do AND TRIED TO SELL ME A REPLACEMENT PHONE AT FULL PRICE. I was stunned. No offer for repair. I'm really disappointed in Apple for this.

Apr 27, 2009 4:52 PM in response to mwhit49

The lines on my iPhone 2G are still there after it happend and after posting to this thread 3 months ago. There is no software solution for sure. It seems that, according to the following link:

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/general-iphone-chat/410391-grey-lines-iphone-displa y.html

2G iPhone users have to buy/install the entire assembly (glass, digitizer, LCD)
3G iPhone users can buy/install the LCD only.

Or make use of the warranty service...

Strange lines in iPhone screen

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