Display remains black

Iphone 5 . The screen remainds black and do not respond after trying to hard reset nor through restore.
iphone receives calls but can not go trough the screen since is black and do not respond

One thing you might try, and that has proven helpful in similar situations before, is to disconnect the display and then switch the system on, and let it boot up. Once the drive has stopped and sufficient time elapsed to suggest it's running, then reconnect the display.
This should cause the display resolution set in MacOS to revert to default.

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Safe Mode uses a very simple way of talking to the screen -- it does not even load the screen driver, and it uses a very common low resolution.
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After pres star, my macbook pro 15inc, making beep sound sevral times, but display remain black, and led light blink, inside fan is runing sounds starup come, but display not working :( any one please help me

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Hi Aparana.rahul,
The beeps during the startup of your MacBook Pro indicate that it may need to be serviced. See this article for further information -
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14206
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Hello there! (my first question of the community. I'm new to the Mac)
I'm trying to connect my rMBP13 (OS X 10.9.3) received a couple of weeks ago to my desk display (LG Flatron W2486L) through apple's DVI-mini display port adapter.
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the MBP freezes a couple of seconds (I guess normal) after plugging in the mini display connector in one of the thunderbolt ports, but nothing happen on the external display (no signal). The MBP sees the display: from "system preferences>displays" I see the MBP sees the external display and recognises the model "W2486"; but it seems to me that the display doesn't see the MBP...
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Problem solved.
I'd to set properly the the settings on the display (source).

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Hi, this isn't a question but a maybe solution in case anyone else is experiencing this issue I just experienced.
The iPad worked but the display showed nothing. The backlight came on and if I took a screenshot it would momentarily show what was onscreen. Tried to fix it with the usual methods - Reset. Restore. DFU mode. Restore again. No luck. Eventually I just slapped it hard on the back and it worked

Basics from the manual are restart, reset, restore from backup, restore as NEW. If you try ALL these steps and your phone still doesn't function properly, you'll need to bring it to Apple for evaluation and possible replacement.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
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Mini dvi to hdmi, tv not displaying imac screen it remains black

just brought brand new mini dvi to hdmi adapter.... when i plug in the accessories the imac recognises the hdtv but the tv screen remains black?
HELP
Chipset Model:          ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
Type:          GPU
Bus:          PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:          x16
VRAM (Total):          256 MB
Vendor:          ATI (0x1002)
Device ID:          0x9583
Revision ID:          0x0000
ROM Revision:          113-B2250L-259
EFI Driver Version:          01.00.259
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Resolution:          1680 x 1050
Pixel Depth:          32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
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Online:          Yes
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Main Display:          Yes
Mirror:          On
Mirror Status:          Master Mirror
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Difficut to say why it won't work, but my guess is your vintage iMac (about 2007) was never designed to output via HDMI. Your adapter appears correct (thanks for the Amazon link) so if you want to persist, you can contact Amazon and request and exchange to check it. But I suspect you will need to use VGA or if your TV has it DVI which would mean using a mini-DVI to DVI adapter.
One last thought is you could invest in an Apple TV and then do it wirlessly. That would work too but requires and AppleTV to accomplish it, of course you can use the AppleTV for streaming other data too including video, photos, music etc....

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