MetzD

I bought one of these years ago when they first came out, it ended up getting stolen out of my car. So I finally just bought one one ebay again, it said it was in "Excellent Condition". When I received it, I turned it on, and the light for the entire screen doesnt light up! If you angle it just right you can see that it is powered up and you can see the desktop is there. If you squint just right you can start to navigate around. I tried to return it to the seller but he won't give me my money back. My question is, is there any "easy fix" to fix the screen so it lights up and I can actually see things on it? Or am I completely screwed?

Box

As it is second hand it is worth doing a hard reset.
That will remove anything that the previous owner had put on it or done to it.
It might bring the screen back.
Try a soft reset first. Push the stylus into the little hole in the back.
If that doesn't help, try hard reset, hold power button down and push stylus into little hole in the back at the same time.

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paulcb

Don't do a hard reset just yet... it may be that the screen is dimmed all the way down. Angle it in the light to see the desktop and go to Start-Settings-System-Brightness and adjust the brightness.

Don't Panic!

Another thing to try is a quick push on the power button. That is a little documented way to turn on and off the backlight.

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Bobby
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mirskym

Or push and hold the power button to turn on the backlight.

carbonyle

Only way for me: hard reset (or better: flash to wm6.1)