ipod screen replacement attempt

[Christopher Cprek]

The girlfriend cracked the screen on her 4th gen iPod a little while
ago. I thought it might be fun to try and replace the display. Boy was
I wrong.

Anyway, I've replaced the whole front panel with a replacement I
ordered from iFixit.

Harrowing stuff, but I replaced it correctly (to my knowledge).

Now the screen lights up, but it's all white. I've tried an iTunes
reset and the hard reset 'vulcan neck grip' thing of action button,
volume up, and power. After reset, the screen is still all white.

Just checking to see if anyone has advice to fix this, before I put it
out of it's misery.

Chris

[Jason Dodd]

I recently replaced the screen on a nintendo ds. I thought it would be
fun, too. Boy was I wrong. Finally got it together and it was all
white, too.

The fix for me was to reset the ribbon cable that connects the screen.
Not sure that is your issue.

But now I think I can correct replace a nintendo screen in about 10 minutes.

[Christopher Cprek]

Yeah I've re-seated the cable a couple of times already. No luck. I
might try some contact cleaner on the connector.

I'm hoping the connector itself isn't damaged from trying to push it
back together. There's a slight indentation on the connector itself.

I don't really have experience with iOS devices personally, so I was
curious if there's some kind of firmware reset function I don't know
about. According to iFixit, a white screen should be expected after
the replacement, but a reset is supposed to fix it. Not in my case
however.

Chris

[SeanMcP]

Ooooodles of answers and suggestions in one of the threads, along with some pics. You've prolly already tried these but thought just in case I'd send it.

http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/43162/iPod+white+screen+after+repair+the+screen.

Sean

[Essobi]

Generally to reset a hard locked phone you hold the home button and the screen lock button for like 25 seconds.

Kyle Stone