Pandora black screen. Help

[DrCJBoduma]

Hi all,

After a period of no use I decided to boot up my good old pandora, but sadly I was met with a black screen.( A lot black screen, if you know what mean) green light is on. I've tried fn and brightness and moving the lid back and forth bring no changes.

Any advice suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Edit - the screen looks blue in the photo but it is black in reality.

 

[HelenF]

Is the backlight on?

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Is the backlight on?

Yes I think so. Thr screen does go dark after being left for about 10 minutes.

 

[HelenF]

That's like the opposite of the common problem (backlight failed but there is actually stuff on the screen). Try powering it on holding the R trigger and see if you get the boot menu?

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Thanks for your replies, I have tried what you suggested but sadly nothing happens (still just an illuminated black screen)

 

[PowerGod]

Yes I think so. Thr screen does go dark after being left for about 10 minutes.

oh, so it turns on ok, but become dark after a while ?

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Its hard to describe but it turns on to a black but lit screen that goes completely black after sometime of inactivity.

 

[ingoreis]

Hi..maybe there is something not ok with the Bootloader on your Nand.

You can fix this by creating a Special SD Card.
There are 2 SD Card Images outside
1.) the Official SD Image from EvilDragon

Release - Pandora Recovery SD-Card image

Finally I found the time to create a Pandora Recovery and Testing card image. If your Pandora appears to be dead, you might be able to get it back into a working state with this. You can download it here https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/resources/pandora-recovery-card.4557/ Here are the...

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2.) a made Image from me but with older Flashfiles

Bad Flash? Bricked? Jtag?

Ok, so I bought this bricked OpenPandora from ebay. According to the guy he flashed the firmware and he reset it during the flash and it bricked. What I can see - No Lights or Led's Battery reads at 3.7v Battery Contacts read 4v on AC Battery Contacts read 1.1v on USB Charge Can not get it...

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Whish you good Luck and do not forget..the more tiny SD Card..the more Chances do you have that it will be work.
Recommend are older 2 or 4 GB SD Cards.

Hope it will work.

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Thanks very much for your help, I will give it a try and report back.