NOTE! Always remember, this is for reference only. If you are to perform this, make sure that you understand that you are doing this "at your own risk". I am not liable for any damages, injuries and other bad things that may arise from following this. ==================================================================== || IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR UNWILLING TO UNDERSTAND || || THE TERMS AFOREMENTIONED, YOU SHOULD NOT || || PERFORM THIS. RATHER, HAVE THE UNIT SENT TO || || APPLE FOR REPAIR.|| ==================================================================== Putting the digitizer back on is a lot easier than removing it. All you have to do is reconnect the digitizer ribbon end back to the it's socket on the green board. Be careful not to pull on the ribbon too much, as you may and up with a broken digitizer again. The proper position of the cable can be seen in the disassembly guide. After finishing the connection, it's time to snap the plastic bezzel of your digitizer back into the iPod touch frame....

This happened to me too. My iPod touch 2nd Gen had a broken digitizer but still had an intact screen. The backlight was unaffected and was still very bright. But after replacing the broken digitizer, the backlight didn't come on. I tried shaking the unit, hitting it on my palm, until eventually I gave up. I left the unit ontop my desk, it went into standby with a clear screen, then I woke it up from stanby and the backlight just magically turned on. The iPod touch from versions 1g to 3g, as of what I have read, have ccfl lamps (a.k.a. a tiny florescent tube light) as a backlight, unlike LED's these things aren't that rugged and can easily be broken by a shock from a sudden jolt, like a really bad fall from your table to a concrete floor. After reading notes on different forums, I stumbled upon bad news. They said that if your backlight went dead, you'd have to replace the whole LCD, the backlight is fixed on the LCD assmbly and is non replaceable....