Replacing An Old Gba Screen

[gibberish]

from what i've read in online stores, the back/front lit gba sp screen is not compatible with the original gba hardware. has anyone ever tried it and can confirm that this is the case? did there ever exist some kind of adaptor that sits between the socket on the board and the lcd ribbon cable to make these screen compatible?

what about any other method of getting a lit screen inside the original gba without using an (very hard to find, expensive and fiddly) afterburner kit?

 

[absolofdoom]

A search turned up this.
Some people on a random forum said it worked well; I dunno, a bit bulky, but there you go.

 

[gibberish]

that does look like the closest im gona get i think.
cheers for the link.