iPhone screen washed out/white

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iPhone screen washed out/white

This morning I turned on my iPhone and the screen was washed out, as if the gamma levels were through the roof and the graphics were bleached. For a while it kept flickering back to the original, saturated, colored screen and for about 5 minutes it returned back to normal. But after I turned it on again 30 minutes later, it went back to its buggy state.

I think this is a hardware issue because of the flickering, but if it isn't is there some way I can fix it without having to send it in to Apple?

Gateway P-7811FX, Windows Vista

Posted on Jun 6, 2009 9:27 AM

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Answer 1

ShadyMac

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Jun 6, 2009 11:55 AM in response to igrek312

It sounds to me like it's got moisture damage...if not full water damage...is there a reason why you don't want to send it to Apple? Is it out of warranty?

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roaminggnome

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Jun 6, 2009 11:57 AM in response to igrek312

Yo can make an appointment at the Apple Store and take it in yourself. If it is defective, they will replace it.

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igrek312 Author

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Jun 6, 2009 5:34 PM in response to igrek312

I'd prefer not to turn it in since it'll take some time and it'd be less hassle if I just do it myself, but now that you mention it, it's been raining for ten days straight in where I live, so I guess that could be the problem.

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funnel

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Jul 1, 2009 6:44 AM in response to igrek312

My iPhone did the same after I dropped it. I opened it up (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fF0DF-mbn4) and found that one of the screen connectors had come unplugged. Plugged it back in - back to normal. But of course doing all this would have voided my warranty.

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