The back up camera on our 2012 car was flickering as I backed out of the driveway this morning. Instinctively, I gave it a gentle pound and like magic the screen started working as expected.
I vaguely remember this being a common practice to fix the screen tv screen when I was younger in the late 80s early 90s.
I’m curious what actually happens when you whack a TV or a screen to “fix” it.
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Sometimes wires come loose and knocking and helps them line back up again.
I believe it was an iPad 2 that had a screen start having issues with colors and flickering. I searched online and found that the problem was a cable that connected the board to the screen. The solution was finding a hard surface, folding a towel a couple layers thick on it, and then slamming the iPad down. Someone walked into my office while I was fixing the iPad and was very curious about why I was throwing it on the desk. It worked
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