cracked lcd screen prank factory

This is a simple, though effective joke for any user of a tower PC. This will work ONLY ON TOWER PCs, NOT LAPTOPS! I found this prank somewhere in my travels, and feel it my duty to pass it to to the other devious and nefarious users of the world.

Go to your preferred search engine, and type in something like "Cracked LCD Screen" in image search. Find an image that fits the resolution of the monitor, and download it. Put it in it"s on folder, free of ANY other files. Yes, that"s right, a folder with just one image in it! Shocking, I know.

ALSO---- Make sure the time before the screen saver turns on is set to the absolute lowest, say 30 seconds. If your PC will go into it"s screen-saving state before then , make it do so!

All the preparations are now done, and you have no challenge left but to keep a straight face as you enjoy the torment of your victim as he/she struggles to discover the cause of this tragic incident. If you want, feel free to augment the joke with a believable story about how you "Accidentally" "Broke" their Screen.

PS, I want to hear your stories! Let me know who you targeted, why you pranked them , and how long you went before you decided to be a merciful over lord and let them in on this insidious prank.

You could paste the picture on word and make it full over the page if the paper is as large as the screen. Very funny but my father isn"t good with jokes. :(0

Great Idea, this is so deliciously evil. You could get this to work with a laptop it would just be a bit more involved. Their is a way to to turn the touch pad and I believe the keyboard off. But I would suggest that you have an external mouse that you can use to restore the persons computer after the prank.Post Comment

Many people drop their phone, resulting in the dreaded cracked screen. Luckily for you, a few of those people end up replacing the screen themselves, and sometimes they even leave behind detailed instructions on how to do it. How to Replace Your Samsung Galaxy S3"s Cracked LC...more

Just about everyone I know has broken a phone at least once in their life. It"s almost inevitable considering we carry them everywhere we go, but that doesn"t make it any less irritating. A cracked screen is difficult to read and can actually be a little dangerous if there are...more

It"s time for another mobile prank. The classic pranks and practical jokes are always great, but let"s hit your friends where it really hurts—their precious (and expensive) smartphones. And what better way to scare the shit out of them than making them believe their phone"s be...more

You don"t need to buy a whole new iPhone if your screen has accidentally cracked. You can effect this repair with a cheap repair kit you can buy online. Then follow the tutorial to replace your screen (be careful!). Much cheaper than getting a new phone!

Perhaps the two oldest and most-used computer pranks in the book are presented is clear, easy-to-understand language in this video: the printscreen frozen desktop trick and the fake shutdown virus icon trick. If you don"t know how to do either of these easy and devestatingly e...more

The perfect way to avoid boredom at work or in the classroom is with a good old-fashioned prank, and this one is for tech-minded. In the video below, you"ll see how to change your coworker"s (or classmate"s) computer screen to be display upside-down, which will totally freak t...more

If you"re all out of prank ideas for April Fool"s Day, we"ve got a few that your Apple-loving friends will enjoy (or hate?). You can have a little bit of fun if you don"t have access to their iOS device or Mac, but for the best pranks, you will need access to their devices, ev...more

For many young people, their computer is the most expensive and cherished thing that they own. If you want to pull a prank of them, why not hit them where it hurts? This video presents a novel idea for a computer prank: loading an image of a cracked LCD screen full-screen on t...more

April Fool"s Day, aka National Screw with Your Friends Day, is finally here. You can always pull a conventional prank, like strategically placing a whoopee cushion on your mom"s chair, but that joke has been exhausted generations before smartphones were around. We live in a d...more

If you have cracked or smashed your iPad screen, don"t worry! This tutorial will show you how to take it all apart and start over with a brand new touchscreen. Don"t waste money on a repair man or bother having the "Genius Bar" tell you it"s all your fault - take matters into ...more

The iPhone 4 is brand new, but accidents still happen - even right after you get it, right? So, if you have cracked or scratched up your screen and can no longer use it, check out this tutorial. Apple won"t fix the damage if they think you did it, and a repair shop will charge...more

To make an annoying batch file to prank your friends you need to first right click on your screen and go to New and then Folder. In this New folder make a Text file and type in "for /l %%n in (1,1,10) DO md %%n" and that is it. Now this will loop from 1 - 10 and make a new fol...more

You can learn how to prank your co-workers. From your computer, on the desktop, hit print screen, start, r, and then type ms paint. You save your background to your desktop and your victim will be confused for hours because there will be no items on the desktop.

You might have read the headline for this video and thought: why would I ever want to do that? To switch out a good iPod with a bad screen for a bad one with a good screen, that"s why. If you need to do that, or play a really elaborate prank, watch this video for a guide to tr...more

The mouse is the primary tool most people use for accessing their computer and the vast stores of information on the Internet. Wouldn"t it be funny if instead of allowing you to click icons on the computer screen, your mouse just lit up and made noises when you pressed it butt...more

Do you own the first generation iPod Touch and have a broken screen? You just might be able to fix this, with help from this vieo. Here, Donald Bell repairs a cracked screen on a first-generation Apple iPod Touch.

Did you ever, as a know-nothing kid, push against your closed eyelids for the pleasure of the resultant light show? LCD bending takes the low-tech fun of physical retinal stimulation and updates it for the 21st century. And, as the title suggests, the end result looks very muc...more

Changing the text that appears on your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad is fairly easy once you"ve jailbroken it. With the help of the "Springtomize Cracked" app, you"ll be able to alter the words that show up on the unlock screen for your iOS device.

the ultimate: prank all audiences and theater employees: the lights dim, "please put on your 3d glasses now" flashes across the screen. jackass 3d begins with a ridiculously expensive and inspired opening setpiece. the audience is immediately confused, because despite wearing...more

If you"d like to play a nice little prank on someone, this next tutorial will show you a quick and easy one. This involves messing around with someone"s computer and in no way will it harm or crash the computer. But, if the person you are playing the prank on gets mad easily, ...more

Desktop shortcuts are a great way of making the programs you use a lot more accessible, but today many PC users overuse their desktop space and have icons covering over half the screen, including the one for a picture of a dog they looked at six months ago once. This prank is ...more

This is one of the easiest and best computer pranks ever invented. It"s simple to do, and works great. This prank causes all of the icons on the desktop to be unclickable, as well as the start bar. 1. At your desktop, close all windows if any are open, and press Print Screen/...more

Welcome to the Official Jackass 3D Prank Contest Submission Page Think you"ve got the wit and imagination to be a Jackass? Well, here"s your chance. Johnny Knoxville and Jackass 3D crew are hosting the first ever Jackass 3D Prank Contest to celebrate the upcoming release of t...more

If your LCD screen in your Sony PSP is acting up, maybe it"s time you had it replaced. Don"t waste money taking it to a repair shop though, learn how to do it yourself. This video tutorial will show you how to dismantle your Sony PSP. This portable gaming device is a great as...more

Invert the colors in your Windows screen by pressing Shift+Alt+Print Screen. This makes a great PC prank. Invert the screen colors in Windows. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com

Ok, I have to admit, I drop my phone around 2–4 times a week. I"m horrible at protecting it and I"ve gone through my fair share of cracked phones. Most of the time, once the phone is cracked it"s just easier to get an entirely new phone, rather than have to fight your phone pr...more

So you dropped your smartphone and the screen cracked. Again. Just the thought of sending it out for repair or buying a new phone is driving you mad. But if it"s only the glass that is cracked, and you"re a DIY-type with experience disassembling and reassembling gadgets, you ...more

Clumsiness is the great equalizer when it comes to smartphones — it makes no distinction between the most expensive flagship handset and cheaper mid-range models. A hard drop onto pavement will usually result in a shattered screen, regardless of how pricey your device is. And ...more

You can"t hand over your iPhone to a kid and expect everything to be OK. Not only will they drop your iPhone (and they will), they could also do something much worse than a cracked screen — in-app purchases. If your child knows your Apple ID password, has their face or finger...more

I drop my smartphone a lot. Like an absurd amount of times. Practically multiple times a day. So it"s surprising that my iPhone 12 Pro has lasted nine months without a cracked screen yet. Part of that has to do with the late-2020 model"s durability, and the other part is thank...more

Let"s say that the screen on your iPhone is showing signs of discoloration, which makes the display annoying to use. You"ll need a replacement display or a new iPhone as soon as possible. If you have one of the newer iPhone models, the cost to fix it might be more than your wa...more

It can be extremely frustrating when you"ve forgotten the pattern you use to lock your smartphone, and even more so if someone has managed to prank you by changing it. Luckily, there"s an easy fix if you know the username and password for the Gmail account you used to set up t...more

We’ve all been there before. Relentlessly refreshing Ticketmaster and filling in those CAPTCHA codes only to receive the miserable “No tickets are available at this time” message. That’s because ticket brokers with a dozen screens and God knows how many browsers snatch up anyt...more

Hey guys. Here"s a guide to making the best green screen studio without paying too much cash! Not cheap like our first one, Today we"re balancing price AND quality. Can"t use green poster board forever. Where we got our studio setup: http://www.tubetape.com Household Hacker ...more

Want to crack Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3? Let a hot chick help you! In the regular version of this game, you can unlock the five additional missions that come on the collector"s edition. After you"ve solved the game, go to the mission mode screen and enter: Up, Down, Left,...more

Stuff you need You"re gonna need some Dry Ice, a geek/nerd friend or anyone in general who"s a complete and utter idiot when it comes to computers, a laptop (prefferably a brand new one), several accomplices and a high-resolution screen shot of this: (It can be any of the di...more

(a jeff dahlin came to wonderhowto offices... hand delivered 26 written prank ideas.... and a motorized File cabinet from hell.) pj/jeff. this thing goes 20mph and the pic was taken in my office. too heavy to easily transport. toyota starter motor and big drycell battery. Du...more

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to repair a plaster ceiling. Steps: 1. Screw plaster washers to ceiling along and around cracked area; be sure to drive screws into wood lath above. 2. Use trowel to spread joint compound onto ceiling, covering the repaired ar...more

Broken Screen Prank 2019, is an upgrade version of cracked screen pranks app. It has more stunning and realistic broken screen wallpaper effects. You can touch, shake and set time to trigger the cracking effects.

Your friends and parents will absolutely be freaked out when they see the cracked screen; it"s so realistic that they all think the phone is really broken. LOL.

Beside Screen Crack Glass Breaker Pranks, we provide two funnier prank apps, Snake on Screen & Electric Hair Clipper. Both of them can also make people scared and scream.

Crack Screen is just a prank/simulated app used for entertainment. It will not really harm your phone screen; it just shows the realistic cracked screen image and breaking sound.

Broken Screen is just a prank/simulated app used for fun, it simulates the broken screen effect to play with your friends. It will not harm your phone.

Broken Screen Prank is a classic funny app used to prank your friends. When you touch your phone screen, the app simulates the cracked screen and loud cracking sounds on your phone. It looks like you use your finger to break and crack your phone. The broken effect is so realistic that all your friends will believe that your phone was broken and they will be scared.

The methods described above are very effective in allowing access to a device with a broken screen, but to be honest: the second option is a more complicated one, and if you are not familiar with programming commands, you might find yourself completely lost.

Whichever method you choose to use, we hope you can get all of your files back – a smashed screen can be extremely stressful, and it’s nice to have this weight off your shoulders!

You may get one or two lines appear without external influence, but no more than that. This is damaged caused by pressure or impact to the screen from an external source.

I"ve seen screens like this in the past. It can be either the VGA (but I guess you tried it on another computer and tried another screen on this computer).

Sorry to be the extreme minority here, but- I have had screens develop stripes and streaks all on there own.  If you do not see evidence of something physical, I have to go with the user!

Based on my experience that"s clearly physical damage. I"ve seen it a few times on laptop screens, and once on an external monitor which was dropped.  In the situations where I have seen this happen, there wasn"t damage to the surface layer of the LCD panel, but rather the internal layers were cracked and causing the rainbow stripe effect we"re seeing in the picture you posted.

I"ve had that "just happen" before.  That was the end of my Lenovo X41...  It was sitting in tablet mode, nothing touching it, just there by itself when it the screen blew up like that.  No visible damage anywhere and was working just fine until all of a sudden it wasn"t anymore.

Bryce Katz wrote:That"s very clearly physical damage to the LCD.I think you"re right, BUT if one"s available, I would try a different cable, just for the heck of it.

That broken spot on the screen lines up with where I have seen thumbs on flat displays where the corner of the frame is in your palm.  Most of the time people are grabbing the displays there to physically move the displays around in cubes like if you want somebody else to get a clear view of your monitor. Trying to prove that it was intentional will not be fun.

Lines can show up on their own.  That black spot?  That can only happen from physical damage.  The diagonal split down the right is also clear evidence of a physically cracked LCD.  This did not happen on it"s own.  Last time I saw a monitor that looked like this a student had thrown it on the floor, and then stomped on it.

We inspected all of them before sending out to customers (SOP), and of the 12, we ended up RMA"ing 4 or 5 of them for various manufacturing defects...some had scratches on the screens, at least 2 had dead pixels. These were brand new, out of the box. Clearly was not a good run from the factory.

Hitting the edge of the screen will do it, but it could be something from a shelf above that fell on it, accidentally running into the edge of a desk causing it to fall to the floor, or it could intentional damage with a hard object wielded by an emotional person.  That black area at the top looks like it might be close to the point of impact.  Any bezel damage?  Obviously if the bezel is damaged/cracked, its more cut and dried that something hit the screen or the screen hit something.

Replace it and don"t speculate on how it happened. If there were witnesses, they can testify as to what they saw/heard to the person"s manager and HR.  If it was intentional, the manager and HR need to determine the liability of having someone who has shown they can have violent outbursts plus the screen replacement versus the costs hiring and training a new employee.

It is possible (barely) for a screen to break on it"s own or after very light pressure, like someone gently poking it. But, I"ve only heard of this happening with glass screens.

When manufactured, glass can store an incredible amount of pressure and force - look up Prince Rupert"s Drop for a great example. So, it is possible in extremely rare occassions that a glass panel gets through QA after a major production problem, and ends up in a screen. That glass would usually break during assembly or shipping, but not always. So, it"s possible for a screen to be delivered on the verge of cracking; a light poke in just the right place, a change in temperature/humidity causing pressure from the case, or even just time could result in a large crack. But as I said, it is extremely rare, and the glass is teetering on a razor edge the entire time.

But that screen does not look like it has a glass panel, and I don"t see any cracks. I"m 99.99% sure that was caused by an impact. You can get lines of miscolored pixels from degradation or manufacturing errors, but you don"t get regions that are completely white (like the bottom) or spots that are completely black (like the top) unless there is real damage.

Edit: and an extra thought: you have tried to move some of the desktop icons into that solid white or solid black area, right? There"s a chance that this is an elaborate prank on the new guy, and we are seeing an excellent desktop wallpaper. After the recent thread about reminding users to lock their screens, it is a possibility.

I"m gonna say it MIGHT just happen depending on any extreme thermal changes to the screen/ the environment the screen is in, but more likely it was a frustrated end user.

RayLab wrote:Sorry to be the extreme minority here, but- I have had screens develop stripes and streaks all on there own.  If you do not see evidence of something physical, I have to go with the user!Sounds like something a user would say....   GET HIM!!!!!