Ipod touch 3rd generation screen very dim.

Question

I will admit that the ipod was submerged in a puddle briefly (2-3 seconds).  It was turned on directly after event and screen was very dim.  It was not charged.  It was put in a bag of rice for 24 hours.  Ipod came on after rice bath but screen was very dim (with brief moments of brightness when first turned on) and displayed only sync message.  Sync was done and restore was required.  Ipod continues to have brief moments of brightness when first turned on.  Restore was successful for everything except screen.  Screen can only be seen in very bright direct lighting.  I have attempted to sleep/wake the ipod with different brightness settings in dark room and different settings of auto-brightness to no avail.  Cost to send to Apple is substantial and may be as cost effective as purchasing new product.  Seems like it is a setting that I cannot find.  Current version is 4.3.2.  I have read and this seems to be a fairly common occurance than dates back many years and would think a correction would have been created or a patch.  A hardware problem due to water damage does not seem likely because of moments of previous integrity.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

If you can't reach settings, do this:
Zoom in or out: Double-tap the screen with three fingers. By default, the screen is magnified 200 percent. If you manually change the magnification (by using the tap-and-drag gesture, described below), iPod touch automatically returns to that magnification when you zoom in by double-tapping with three fingers.
copied from [user guide|http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf], page 208
Message was edited by: Ingo2711