I can sell it to you for £100 - with a free Phone throne in... one off you understand...


Only joking... because... I've found the problem! Many thanks to _vi who sent me his spare screen - I isolated the problem to the screen cable - so to ebay... and now I've got the phone fully working again. Shame one of the tiny screen screws sheared when I was trying to remove it. MIght try and drill it out and fit another - but I think it's ok as it is.

Thanks to all who piped in with suggestions. And to those who've had, or have similar... might be worth just replacing that cable - It's pretty cheap on ebay (I paid about £20) considering it's quite complex and includes the camera, light sensor (which does not appear to do anything on this one (which is a good thing... but could just be my bodgeing the cover back on) led, and whatever else.