Help me put my iPhone back together again

Calling all the king's horses and all the king's men. Yes, I dropped my 3G, and yes, I tried to replace the glass/digitizer myself. And yes, I have apparently failed. Specifically, I destroyed the little piano key latch on connector number 3.
I'm now the happy, albeit poor owner of a new iPhone 4, but would still like to get my old phone working in some manner so I can sell it. The problem I'm having is that the screen simply won't light up. At first, I thought this was my LCD screen, so I ordered a cheap replacement off Amazon. When I tested that screen, it worked, but then once it was all assembled, it did not. Now the screen seems completely dead. I know the phone is still functional at some level, because it turns on and vibrates.
Did I somehow fry the circuitry for the screen/digitizer? Is it related to the number 3 connector (I thought this controlled the ear piece). Any advice on how to get this working a bit would be greatly appreciated. (Look at eBay listings and you'll find that even trashed iPhones sell for good money, but not completely dead ones.)
Message was edited by: dav305z

Long story short, you put it together wrong.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-3G-Teardown/600/1

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