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Originally Posted by HarryT
The screen was "fried"? How did you diagnose that a power surge had caused the problem? The overwhelming majority of screen issues are caused by a simple mechanical breakage of the glass substrate of the screen.
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Sorry, the 'fried' term was a euphemism (like 'toast'). Both times I had the dreaded broken substrate. That's what I meant with the reference to a 'fragile' screen. Never dropped either, always was in a cover (Sony folding cover), would carry it against a book or folio if in a bookbag, sometimes in a cargo pants pocket, but 2 of them bit the dust.
As a short follow-up, have been using a T1 that was laying around because I like the touchscreen aspect. But, I really don't like the android os, don't need wifi, miss the PRS+ features (couldn't figure out how to display a clock on the status bar while reading, apart from installing a 3rd-party reader app!), got freezes when (accidentally) tapping a word, or just random freezes, etc. (Yes, even did a hard reset back to stock and reloaded books, to no avail.) I really prefer the single-function book-reading configuration of the 650/350 and earlier models.
So, I went ahead and got *another* nice used 350 on ebay, with Sony cover, for $30. It's my favorite form factor, and doesn't have the glitches of the T1. Gonna treat this one nice too, and hope it lasts!