
10-24-2008, 01:11 PM
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iPhone? More like MyPhone
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Device + Firmware: iPhone 2g, 3.0 FW, T-Mo and iTouch 1st and 2nd Gen
Operating System: Windows Vista
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 142
Thanks: 19
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iPhone Touchscreen Not Working - At All
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My wife's iphone (jailbroke T-Mo on FW 2.1) has been working great until recently. It started dropping calls a lot. I didn't think it was too big of a deal until today when the touchscreen stopped responding. According to her, here is what happened.
She asked our 3 year old to bring her the phone from the bedroom. She did and she called me at work. Then we got disconnected (problem above). She called me from home phone and said the phone says "Insert Sim". I told her maybe it was dropped by our 3yr old. She said no, so Iasked her to remove the sim and re-insert. She took it out and said it felt damp. Like there was condensation on it. (NOT GOOD!) I asked if there was ANY chance it feel in the toilet or water poured on it. She insisted no. I told her to hair dry the sim and gently dry the phone.
She inserted sim and couldn't use the touchscreen at all. NOTHING. I walked her through a restore through iTunes. That went fine. Then she disconnected and I asked her test the screen. Still NOTHING. Can't power off, push buttons to make E-Call, NOTHING.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I've opened this phone recently to replace the vibrate switch and that went fine. I'm sure the suggestions will be to open it back up and check connections (which I will), but are there any other suggestions that I can try before doing that?
It was working 100% for a few weeks. What usually causes this? I've read physically damage (dropping of phone is most likely cause). WOuld slight water do this and yet everything else work OK?
Thanks!
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