Ipod touch black screen, but plays music

My iPod touch, 4th geneneration, won't turn on. It has a black screen. I've read countless discussions on here. I tried the 30 second pressing down both home and power, recovery mode, plugging ipod into itunes and holding down the buttons. I've tried charging it, but everytime i do, I can hear the ding it does when it starts charging. Music even played once! It's just a black screen though. Any other suggestions?

Chpwnd, it is not the digitizer, that senses touch. The problem is with either the LCD screen, the backlight or thedriving circuits and connections
Chpwnd wrote:
Not sure if a factory respring would work with this. I think his digitizer is dead.
Sammyleem,
If you restored to factory settings/new iPod via iTunes (Not via Settings>General>Reset>Erase all Content and Setting) and still have the problem that indicates a hardware problem.
Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store..
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