Resize screen

[aelb771]

Hello,

I have a jailbroken Iphone 2g with 3.1.2 firmware. There is a problem with the touchscreen; there are 2 dead strips that are unresponsive to touch (at the very top and bottom of the screen). This makes the phone pretty much unusable. I've tried all the software fixes I can think of, including increasing the sensitivity and restoring. Unfortunately, I do not have one of the serial numbers that qualify for free replacement.

So here is my question: Is it possible to somehow hack the phone and make the usable screen smaller? That way I can just avoid the dead spots on the touchscreen.

Thanks for any help.

 

[flyingember]

Are you sure the jailbreak didn't do this?

 

[aelb771]

Yes, because I tried restoring the phone with official firmware.

I've been looking around in the filesystem for something that has to do with screen dimensions, but I can't find anything. anyone know if it exists somewhere?

 

[sargd66]

When you restored did you restore as NEW? Not from backup.

 

[aelb771]

Yes, I restored it as new with the latest official firmware 3.1.2. Previously it had 3.0.1 and it had the same touchscreen problem.

 

[flyingember]

Time to contact apple then