On the older LCD-based phones like yours it was not uncommon to burn out the backlight circuit by plugging or unplugging the display with the battery still connected.
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You can test that theory by holding a flashlight up against the screen at different angles and seeing if you can make out a picture. If you can, it's almost certainly the backlight. Frequently they can be fixed by replacing a fuse on the motherboard but of course those things are tiny so you have to be able to work with a fine tip soldering iron.
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You can test that theory by holding a flashlight up against the screen at different angles and seeing if you can make out a picture. If you can, it's almost certainly the backlight. Occasionally they can be fixed by replacing a fuse on the motherboard but of course those things are tiny so you have to be able to work with a fine tip soldering iron.
There are schematics out there for your phone, but I don't have access to the ones I used to have right now, so hopefully someone else who does can tell you if there is a fuse and if so, where it is on the board. Alisha (@flannelist), do have any info on debugging a backlight failure?
On the older LCD-based phones like yours it was not uncommon to burn out the backlight circuit by plugging or unplugging the display with the battery still connected.
You can test that theory by holding a flashlight up against the screen at different angles and seeing if you can make out a picture. If you can, it's almost certainly the backlight. Frequently they can be fixed by replacing a fuse on the motherboard but of course those things are tiny so you have to be able to work with a fine tip soldering iron.
There are schematics out there for your phone, but I don't have access to the ones I used to have right now, so hopefully someone else who does can tell you if there is a fuse and if so, where it is on the board. Alisha (@flannelist), do have any info on debugging a backlight failure?