LG Octane External Screen is blank

The external screen on my LG Octane went blank all of a sudden. The phone was on, but not being used at the time. Now I can't see anything on the front screen and have to use the inside screen. I do about 90% of my texting on the front screen, view texts and contacts, and also like to screen my calls, so this is a real hardship. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there any way to fix it? I have taken the battery out and reinstalled it, but that didn't help. Phone is fully charged.

Sounds like the screen is dead. How long have you had the phone? Is it still under the manufacturer's one year warranty? Warranty replacement would be the best route if it is still available. If not, if you have insurance it would replace the phone for the cost of the deductible.
Without insurance, and if the warranty period is over, your next most cost effective solution is to borrow a basic phone from a friend until you are upgrade eligible, or purchase a replacement on eBay, swappa, or from a friend.

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Recently i also got this flashing question mark error. The apple told me that its an Internal HD error.
Well how common is that with the macbook ?
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However pretty the full screenshot looks like (... I just mean that even if it looks like the second monitor is working), the monitor remains blank.
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Thank you for your response!
# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3040 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-0 connected 1440x900+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 256mm
1440x900 59.9*+
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
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640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
LVDS connected 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 382mm x 214mm
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1280x854 59.9
1280x800 59.8
1280x720 59.9
1152x768 59.8
1024x768 59.9
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720x480 59.7
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