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PUNIT8 Author

Level 1

1 points

"White Screen of Death" Solutions required:

I tried few of the solutions available on web to fix my iphone 3gs 16GB.

I had done some RND to the phone and had played for jailbreaking my phone couple of times....Phone is out of warranty and opened by a local vendor and hence cannot be replaced. Solution I had tried to fix:

1) Rebooted it more than 100 times, hard reset, soft reset, DFU mode, recovery mode...but white screen still persists.

2) Went to a local iPhone vendor and he tried to fix it by replacing it with a new LCD display, it didn't fixed it.

3) Local Vendor suggested me that the LCD display IC has been corrupted, heard something new from him as I couldn;t find a LCD Display IC on web for an iPhone 3GS 🙂

4) No my phone is back with me and I tried to restore it with itunes and it says "iPhone cannot be restored, unknown error".

Should I trash it or it can be usuable.... Please suggest

Thanks,

Punit

iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.3.3

Posted on May 23, 2012 2:33 AM

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patrick 68

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Mar 14, 2017 8:29 AM

Try DFU mode to fix iPhone white screen problem.

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer

2. Press the sleep/wake button for about 3 seconds

3. Press both the on/off and Home buttons for about 10 seconds

4. Let go of the on/off button, but keep pressing the Home button for another 5 seconds or so

5. If the screen turns from white to black, you're in DFU Mode. At this point, you can use iTunes to restore your iPhone from backup.

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Sep 30, 2014 6:52 PM in response to PUNIT8

TRY A THREE FINGER DOUBLE TAP ON THE SCREEN...

This worked for me as my magnification can be screwy at times, and zoom in all the way to the point where I don't even see anything.

I honestly can't believe this hasn't been mentioned... go to the screen when it lit up white and use 3 fingers simultaneously to double tap the screen.

Could save you losing everything and buying a whole new phone, for something so easy a fix.

Again, you're white screen problem might be something else, but its worth a try.

Sam

Dec 3, 2014 10:57 AM in response to hockeyhead21

Thanks for that hockeyhead21, having tried and failed with all of the above, your solution worked!!

Apr 13, 2015 3:40 AM in response to hockeyhead21

May 3, 2015 7:45 AM in response to inflex

Yup. I worked for my iPad by using your technique. Thanks much for your tips.

May 3, 2015 9:45 AM in response to kimycolsen

Wow. This actually worked. God bless you and anyone else who posts helpful info! Thanks.

BasG1

Level 1

0 points

Nov 14, 2015 6:56 PM in response to inflex

Thanks guys. I did the Home Up Power button trick and it worked. Saved me a lot of hassle thanks.

Jan 20, 2016 11:52 PM in response to inflex

Thank you for your post. The screen went white this morning and I missed some important calls. Your post helped me for restarting my phone. Once again thank you 🙂

Jarnoldo

Level 1

4 points

Apr 6, 2016 1:09 PM in response to PUNIT8

Hi guys

I have tried all the possible solutions for this problem but it does not work in my iPhone 4, do you that if I restore the phone it will work?

Thanks

ayaz@2k7

Level 1

4 points

May 30, 2017 11:37 PM in response to inflex

Very Helpful Suggestion...

"White Screen of Death" Solutions required: