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It may be either a loose connection to the LCD screen, that the LCD screen is faulty and needs to be replaced or worst case that there is a fault on the motherboard.

Try shining a torch at an angle close to the LCD screen to check if you can detect an image at all when using the camera. It will be very faint so try it in a darkened room if possible.

If you can detect an image it means that there is a backlight problem with the screen. Either there is no power being supplied from the motherboard to the backlight circuit in the LCD screen or the backlight circuit in the screen is faulty and the screen will have to be replaced as it cannot be repaired. Hopefully it is not a motherboard problem in supplying backlight power to the screen.

If you cannot detect an image (or even if you can) then unfortunately without a schematic, the only way to determine if it is a problem with the screen or the motherboard is to replace one or the other. Again hopefully it is not a motherboard problem.

Here’s a link to a video that shows how to replace the LCD screen + digitizer in the camera. This will also help you to check if the LCD video flex cable connection is OK.

Here’s a link to the GoPro Hero5 Black Repair guides which may also help if the video isn’t clear enough at some points. Unfortunately there is no ifixit guide showing the LCD screen removal.

​ Make sure that the front screen is not turned off. To verify, swipe down on the rear/touch screen display and look for the square icon, and tap on it. There would be four options for status. Make sure it is not X. Let us know what you find out. Thanks!

Brand new out of the box, got a similar issue! My touch screen is black, the front screen is lit but not showing any info. The reset doesn"t work. I can"t believe after paying so much for this, it just doesn"t work!! After reading other comments, GoPro clearly has a massive issue with quality checking their new products before they leave the factory and then maybe they also send out returned products too.

To remove the LCD panel that does not work, you need very thin screwdrivers (like for watches or mobile phone) and tools for unmounting mobile phone (<10€ on Amazon), but I also used an old credit card and a heat gun (amazon, look for Seekone which can regulate the temperature about 30€).

You need a good glue / silicone to seal it back. In the operation, the gopro looses the 10m waterproof... But an underwater case costs nothing. My total cost was about 25€ and 2 hours work... 8 times less than buying a second hand gopro ....

Naturally, don"t do anything like that if your gopro is under warranty. There are companies doing for you, but I could not see any for less than 130€ in France.

I recently bought a brand new hero 9 and one month later it has a serious issue. After the update(16/03/21) my gopro hero9 has an issue with the rear display.Specifically most of the times it turns on but there is nothing on the rear screen,except for the backlight.Sometimes it turns on and the picture has the negative colors which I can not fix it.

Thank you very much. I spent an infuriating hour and a 1/2 on 2 different chats with GoPro team members. I was assured that if I could do a manual update by deleting reformatting and erasing my SD card then downloading the latest update I would be able to use my camera again and my screen would no longer be black and unresponsive. However the laptop I have on my journey vacation is a Linux Ubuntu laptop. Apparently the capture on your website that makes me register my GoPro with the serial number and email will not let me move forward apparently because I"m using Linux Chrome. I believe there should be a simple repository where I can sign in using my go pro account and download the download the updated manual update file. Many many hardware firmware and software sites use this model in fact you could post things on git hub. Who was super infuriating going through the process and apparently Firefox wont-work Chrome will work only in incognito mode and be and the capture function wouldn"t let me advance to download the manual update is the manual update of the camera. I am on vacation in Mexico and have not had Internet or Wi-Fi access or cell service for over a week I finally was able to connect with our Wi-Fi hotspot and instead of snorkeling this morning spent an hour and a 1/2 with 1 of the key members trying to download the firmware which was a complete fail. It seems that now unfortunately my GoPro is a doorstop at least until I get home 3000 miles from here into the United States and Oregon. Where I have a Mac desktop seemingly seemingly no one can download software unless they"re on windows or a Mac which is absolutely ludicrous in this day and age. There should simply be no reason why Linux would not be able to download a simple update file and put it on the SD card. Thus 1/3 of our vacation will not be recorded by GoPro and is simply infuriating and very frustrating. While I appreciate the efforts of the team it should be a simple direct download for the updated firmware for my camera. The phone app simply lost connection in the middle of the process and now I can no longer connect to my camera and my camera back screen is blank and black and has no touchscreen functions. Now I"m on the road with limited Wi-Fi or cell service and will no longer be able to use my go pro. In this day and age it seems silly that I would have to enter my serial number and re register my camera just to download the updated firmware I should be able to view this simply by logging in to the website and downloading from a repository hosted on a site or server.. I doubt I can completely express my laugh express my lack of confidence or frustration at this failed process in this message. I"m hoping you can reconsider your ability to serve your customers and offer a pleasant customer service and user experience. Ever since the episode this morning I"ve had a major headache after the infuriating experience.

Like the title says, my gopro hero 5 black lcd screen is not working, I´ve read that there´s post with this issue already, plenty of people with the same issue. I bought the gopro brand new and has always worked good until now, no bad drops or misuse, always taken good care of it and out of the sudden the screen stoped working. Everything else in the camera works is just the screen that wont work its blank.

I have the exact same problem. Bought my GoPro 2 weeks ago, used it for 2 weeks... downloaded / updated the firmware this morning using the iPhone app... restarted and now the back / LCD screen doesn"t turn on at all. I chatted with support for 2 hours and they had me manually install the update which I downloaded here:

and then installed by coping the resulting "UPDATE" folder to my SD card, which after a couple tries did take but didn"t fix the problem. I"m left with a 2 week old GoPro that has a non-functioning LCD screen.

I"d put money on the firmware update being the issue as 1) that"s the only thing that"s changed for me since this morning and b) the problem is that the touchscreen isn"t displaying anything at all.

For those wondering what gopro cameras THIS specific kit is for, it"s for the hero 3+/hero 4. It mounts to the back of the 3+/4 as pictured and comes with 3 back doors for the hero 3+/4 housing. 3 doors included; 1 skeleton(open to touch the screen directly), 1 waterproof touch case(has a thin plastic membrane in the back to touch the screen with but is only waterproof to 3m/10"), and the full waterproof back(functions as normal waterproof back. screen not touchable but is view-able). the extra side button is for turning the display on, playback mode, and off. overall it"s very easy to use and go through menus to change settings.

I like that I can now frame my shots better and see what I"ve recorded. it adds some thickness to the camera but i"m not concerned about it. I"d only use to it line up shots and see how they came out. it doesn"t need to be on all the time... to conserve battery life. I don"t know how it effects battery life yet, but i"m not too worried about that. I use a telesin 1300mAh/4.81Wh aftermarket battery with the gopro hero 3+ factory(1180mAh/3.885Wh) battery as backup with my 3+ silver.

"The LCD Touch BacPac backdoor has a thin plastic film across the back that lets you use the BacPac"s touch functionality even while in the housing. The backdoor"s thin plastic film can however be damaged if there is a big difference in air pressure between the inside and outside of the waterproof housing. It"s important that you are aware of the conditions that can cause this, so that you take the necessary precautions to prevent damage to the film.

If you plan to use the camera in any such scenarios, we recommend that you do not use the LCD touch door, but rather the fully sealed waterproof door or skeleton back door.

Kit comes with a short mount extension. Out of the box gopros come with a 90 degree turned extension. This one is straight. Also, double-tapping the screen goes between live view and playback. Holding the side display button for 3 seconds turns it off.

thanks for your reply. The plastic cover isn’t on the GoPro anymore. I took everything off and my GoPro worked for a whole day, but suddenly my touch sceen didn’t work anymore. I tried to manual update the GoPro as well and I also tried holding the power button for 10 seconds and leaving the battery and SD card out of the GoPro for a while. Nothing works. When I inserted the battery after a while and insert the (on computer formatted) SD card the GoPro was factory reseted. And now I can’t even record anymore because I can’t continue in the setup because my touch screen still doesn’t work. I requested a return and I sent my GoPro back this morning. I ordered a new GoPro fromcameranu.nlbecause I need my GoPro on Friday. Hope this won’t happen to me again and if it does, I will reach out again, hoping there is a solution for this issue.

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Well GoPro practically killed off their own product when they introduced HyperSmooth into the HERO7, their own version of digital image stabilization.

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I did try this hard restart and it did not work. The camera is working – ie when I turn it on the light on front blinks and the tone is heard, but the front screen doesn’t work. I have the LCD screen for the back of the camera, so I can see the settings that way, but I can’t use the LCD screen most of the time because it drains the battery and can’t be shut off.

Having the same problems with mine. Battery charged up fine, but the camera is locked on the start screen, can do nothing from there. Hard reset doesn’t appear to have worked. The camera is a couple of years old, but I’ve only shot maybe an hour of video with it in that time. It has been through no hard use, no drops, no weather, nothing. There’s not a chance in Hades I’d buy another one if this one won’t work. Too many cheaper alternatives out there to drop big bucks on something that works for two hours and quits.

My fairly new Gopro 3+ stopped working, I believe water may have leaked into the camera housing. I dried the camera out in rice for five days, cleaned it up and now I am having problems to power the camera up.

Should I keep trying to hard start the camera or do I accept defeat and purchase another one. During my attempts to hard start up the camera, a dim red light was displayed at the rear of the camera, after an attempt to charge via the USB this light changed to blue.

I had this problem with my GoPro original Hero HD camera and this reset fixed the problem first go. My camera had been sitting unused for about 6 months, I am continuing to use the battery that was in it with no issues.

You might try another battery. Sometimes, when the battery is worn out or defective, the camera light will indicate that it is charging, but the battery cannot accept or hold a charge. Also, you may want to consider using a memory card reader to download your content from the camera.

Hello. This kind of happened to my gopro hero 1 and this worked! Can’t take the battery out but I took out the SD, left it for a few mins, held down the shutter button and put in sd card (every time I put sd card in while it was broken it said “busy” so it did that again. Then holding the shutter button I pressed the power button and it worked!! Thanks so much! Was panicking as this was one of the first times we used it! Thank you so much

I am having a similar problem with my Hero 4 Silver… It will not even turn on anymore, with a fully charged battery. I have tried the hard reset directions described. The camera will turn on, but the LCD doesn’t display anything, and I cannot turn it back off (without taking the battery out). The camera is only 3 months old, and has been used sparingly.

I have the HERO brand new, cheapest model. Doesn’t have wifi and i cannot take out the battery. though fully charged, at times it will not turn on which is frustrating when i have my shots set up to go, and nothing. i hate to think that i will have to remove the SIMS card to make it work when in environments outside my home. i am almost over the thrill of a gopro after reading so much negativity. any suggestions before i just ditch it? thanks

Hi I am on holidays and the GoPro was working fine but for some reason it has stopped turning on. I have tried the hard reset I have seen in other forums (take battery out, hold down shutter button, insert battery, hold down power button) but nothing seems to work.

When I insert the USB charging cable the front red light turns on (not flashing but stays on) but it still doesn’t turn on. I have tried by battery in someone else’s GoPro 3+ and it turns on fine so I know it is not a battery issue.

I’ve found that when you are charging the GoPro battery with the USB cable and the red light stays on(not flashing), but the battery does not charge, it means the battery is dead. With normal use, the batteries only last a couple years, at best. Keep in mind that the batteries from the earlier Hero HD and Hero 2 HD are not the same as the batteries in the more recent GoPro models. They are not interchangeable. Just like anything else, GoPro cameras can be defective and will eventually wear out. Out of the two GoPro Hero2 cameras I have, one had to be returned under warranty and I’ve gone through three batteries.

first i dropped my gopro into the water! it was damaged but then i fixed it and it was working normally! after a week it suddenly wont turn on! So i decided to change my battery, i bought anew one and it worked while testing it, going back from the shop i charged my battery tried to turn it on but it didnt, and sometimes whie trying to turn it on i see my screen blinks black for a second then turn off! its very weird i searched for an answer or similar problem but i diidnt find

( hero 4 ; silver) why does my gopro turn brighf white on my screen even if im trying to take a video or picture? Nofhing bug white on the screen. And when i try to charge it, the battery icon and a plug icon blinks >~< pls help!

hi guys, i need your helps. and of course the issue here is my gopro hero 4 wont turn on. im trying to do the hard reset now. been trying two to three other method but it still wont turn on. hope this one working on my gopro. its so depressing since my vacation date is just a week from now. >< pray for my gopro.:)

My 3+ Black froze on a start screen after changing various settings quickly one after the other. Tried everything from the GoPro site with no luck. The hard reset above worked perfectly . Thanks so much