White screen after pressing Home Button
Question here:
When my iPod is already turned on, but in sleep mode, I will press the Home button to use it, but when I do so, the screen comes on, but it is just white. Sometimes, after doing so, I see some black bars, like it's trying to show the lock screen, but then it goes into sleep mode again.
This has just started this week, which is, of course, the first week that it's been really cold here. Is my iPod just reacting to the cold air? I mainly use it inside at work and home, and it's not like either one of those places are igloos. I have noticed that if I keep in my pants pocket for a while, it will display correctly when coming out of sleep mode.
Any other ideas or suggestions appreciated. I don't really want to have keep it in my pocket all winter.
-Nathan
Try restoring it. If that does not work, you could have a battery or logic board acting up.
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