Hey, I received and installed a replacement screen for my iphone SE yesterday, and although the replacement screen worked, there were vertical lines on it related to the brightness of what was being displayed. I tried all the above suggestions for the LCD connector, but none of them worked(blew off the connectors, it clicks when I put it in…) . The old screen works fine (except for the crack!) even without putting the backing piece on it, so I think there’s something wrong with the replacement screen. This is the latest of several I’ve replaced for my family in the last couple of years, and the only new screen that’s had this issue.

Edit- any ideas welcome. I tried commenting with a link to a pic of the screen yesterday, but my comment didn’t show up, don’t know if it thought it was spam. the pic is at dave dot cisnet dot com slash lines dot jpg

Installed new screen in my SE today to replace a cracked one. I always get lines on the new display that follow bright/dark stuff (see link). Read all the comments above and double/triple checked that everything was good. I’ve done multiple screen replacements on my family’s iphones, first time I’ve had an issue. Tried the old screen without the metal backing and it worked fine before re-installing the old cracked screen for the time being. Connections are good, blew the connectors out with compressed argon (nothing but the best) but no love from the new screen.

Any ideas? Can I get an RMA?

Walter, how did your second attempt work?