Why is my Samsung S3 screen hard to light up going from sleep to awake?

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Samsung S3 screen hard to light up going from sleep to awake

My touch response when out on the phone a month back, I did a factory reset and the touch still didn't work. I took out the motherboard and put it back in. Then after letting it sit for a while the touch started working again. Since then when i go to awake the screen, the display has a hard time of lighting up. I have to push the power button about 4 times in order to get the screen to display properly. I took the motherboard out again and put it back in to make sure all the connections are good. I'm not sure if its the software that is going haywire or if its the hardware itself. I have the sch-s968-c model which is for straighttalk. It is running 4.1.2 since I can't upgrade due to straighttalk not allowing the system update.

 

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Re: Samsung S3 screen hard to light up going from sleep to awake

Welcome to Android Central! It's almost certainly a hardware issue, probably exacerbated by your opening it up and tinkering. I can't suggest anything else besides sending the phone for a professional repair, or buying a new phone. The former probably would not be worth the cost.