If you’re like the many people that own a portable device such as a mobile phone, Mp3 player, or even a laptop, you’ll know how exposed your LCD screen is to being scratched. If by misfortune you have scratched your LCD screen, you just might be able to fix it. After reading various articles, people have said that they’ve had great success fixing their LCD screens by using an eraser.
How can using an eraser possibly fix an LCD Screen? Well, the logic is that by rubbing gently over the scratch with the eraser, the surrending area of the screen becomes level with scratch. Simple isn’t it?
My brother had great success using this method on his Sandisk 2GB Mp3 player; got rid of the minor scratches quite well. I would suggest to anyone who owns a portable device with an LCD screen get a LCD screen protector. DealExtreme offer great prices on their LCD screen protectors. So far I’ve purchased three from them and they work quite well on my Nokia phone. They ship internationally too.
Just note that if you have a major scratch or have done critical damage to your screen, this method may not be for you. Consider getting a professional to repair it or if possible, claim warranty.
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January 26th, 2010 at 3:34 am
You have to be very careful using a eraser to do this. Make sure it’s very smooth and doesn’t have any graphite in it.
Another trick is to rub Vaseline in the scratch, it makes it less noticable and although not perfect helps disguise the marks.
February 12th, 2010 at 1:35 am
Those could be the wires going to the backlight lamp or its power inverter. Just restoring the connection on that pinched wire would restore power to the backlight. The illumination from the backlight is the LCD’s main source of brightness.