2nd Gen Ipod Touch screen just went dim

On my 2nd gen ipod touch my screen just went dark, no "backlight" or brightness. I'vwe turned off the auto brightness, I've restored the whole ipod and I am running iOS4.1. Up until today I have had no problem like this. I, of course, can't find anything on the forums similar to this. When I bring the ipod out of sleep I have a lit screen until I slide the bar to unlock, then boom no light. If I catch the screen in the right light I can see the apps, but other than that, NO Deal. Is there a fix??? Is anyone else having this problem???

thanks
Tim

eMac 800mhz, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Dell Windows XP

Posted on Nov 4, 2010 6:33 PM

24 replies

Nov 4, 2010 6:37 PM in response to Tim Reisinger

is it jailbroken? i jailbroke my ipod and sometimes it glitches and does the same thing. But maybe it's an iOS glitch, i'm not sure.

Nov 5, 2010 5:21 AM in response to IpodTouchUser61

Not jailbroken

Nov 5, 2010 8:54 AM in response to Tim Reisinger

...also as a side not, my ipod also has never been dropped so that can also be ruled out.

May 10, 2011 5:54 PM in response to Tim Reisinger

Playing angry birds by any chance!!?

May 10, 2011 6:47 PM in response to PD Alvarez

No, never

Jun 26, 2011 9:10 AM in response to Tim Reisinger

I tried that, it didn't work.

Feb 27, 2012 5:05 PM in response to markfromperkasie

Very happy to see it work.

My daughter came downstairs ten minutes later, though, and says it's dim again.

hmmm...

Apr 11, 2013 9:53 PM in response to Tim Reisinger

EXACT same problem here, touch is unresponsive and it sometimes resses stuff at random. When i stop in the middle of sliding to unlock, the bar would spazz out...

May 28, 2016 7:35 AM in response to markfromperkasie

Sounds crazy, but it sure worked 4 me!! Think of it as iPod Acupuncture :-)

BIG thanx !!!

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