Another Black Screen problem ����

Hi guys,
I got an iPhone 4 like 2 months ago, which was working fine until a few days ago. What happened is, I texted to a friend with WhatsApp then left iPhone for a couple of minutes and the screen never came back. At first I think the handset wasn't working cause i was not reachable when i called myself, then I restarted it, without seeing anything just used my imagination :) but I am not really sure about it, I might also have a coverage problem.
Now I can see the icons barely with the right light angle, handset is fully operational as I understand. I can make and receive calls. I have reinstalled the iOS in iTunes, which was another headache, but I'd didn't help. Another interesting thing is it just doesn't hard reset itself. I have tried to do it several times, pushed the buttons until I see the apple logo but it just started with everything in place.
I also tried to increase and decrease the backlight thing in the settings, of course it didn't help.
Now I am going to Spill the beans out: I dropped the iPhone like a week before all this happened. But it worked completely fine until a few days ago!!!
Since there is no Apple Store in my country and I don't have AppleCare :( what do you suggest me to do?
Thank you very much in advance

If it goes out a fourth time, I would recommend calling and asking for Customer Relations and ask them to replace the iBook instead of doing another repair. It has been known to happen.
Meanwhile, you can minimize the chance of the logic board failing again by never picking it up by the left front corner alone. If you are picking it up with your left hand only (as I often do), be sure to pick it up in the center, under the track pad. The case flexing on the left side from picking it up by the left front corner can cause the graphics chip to come unsoldered from the logic board. This is what causes the familiar logic board failure.
Good luck. Let's hope you don't have any more trouble with it.

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