IPhone 3G black screen

My daughter has an iPhone 3G. The screen has gone so dark it is almost black. We have tried removing the SIM card, going into the settings to reset the brightness and shutting the phone down and restarting. None of these things have worked. Can anyone tell us what to do to fix it? The water has not gotten wet either so we know that is not the problem. Thanks for any help you can offer.

You could try restoring it, but it sounds more like a hardware issue to me. If you want to restore it, connect it to your computer, when it appears in iTunes on the left sidebar click on it, go to the Summary tab and click Restore. Restoring the phone wipes it and puts a fresh copy of the iOS on it. At the end of the process you will be given the option of restoring from backup. Choose this to restore the data and settings to your phone. You will then need to sync the phone in iTunes to transfer all your iTunes media (music, apps, etc.) back to the phone.

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