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I thought I'd share my experience with a potentially worn Flex cable.

Randomly one morning (two days ago) while browsing with Opera on my N900 display went blank but the backlight was on.
After a reboot the image was grainy and had horizontal lines.
Instantly I new it was a hardware fault as the issue was displayed during the boottime Nokia logo. However the device worked perfectly via the TV-Out.

After some pointers from members here (on #maemo - IRC) I swapped the display module over from my spare N900. This fault followed the display module.

Upon taking the N900 apart it was obvious that the ribbon on the faulty unit was not as glossy as the good one. However it doesn't look obviously broken, even on close inspection.

This is my main device/phone and gets used all the time for work as well.

I have ordered a new main flex cable from here and will report back when it's fitted etc.

https://www.halagsm.co.uk/Nokia-N900...th-Camera.1437

Thanks for the link jEORG.