Which ZTE is it?
Any way you could upload a photo of it? Its hard to diagnose these sorts of issues without seeing them.


But here is my guess: On LCD displays and AMOLED displays there is a thin, fragile area of glass that connects the flex cables to the display matrix. When this area of glass has cracks/chips/breaks the display will still produce an image just a messed up one and sometimes(mainly on AMOLED displays) it will completely go out but the digitizer will still work.
Not only that it usually it wont show any signs of physical damage.
To fix it, assuming my guess is correct, you'd need to replace the display.

Or, assuming there is no visible physical damage to your phone, you can take it back to your carrier and tell them this just started happening, its broken, and you'd like a replacement if possible.
Doing this is pretty hit and miss though. T-Mobile seems to be better about that sort of thing than Verizon/AT&T/Sprint.

Haug wrote Which ZTE is it?
Any way you could upload a photo of it? Its hard to diagnose these sorts of issues without seeing them.


But here is my guess: On LCD displays and AMOLED displays there is a thin, fragile area of glass that connects the flex cables to the display matrix. When this area of glass has cracks/chips/breaks the display will still produce an image just a messed up one and sometimes(mainly on AMOLED displays) it will completely go out but the digitizer will still work.
Not only that it usually it wont show any signs of physical damage.
To fix it, assuming my guess is correct, you'd need to replace the display.

Or, assuming there is no visible physical damage to your phone, you can take it back to your carrier and tell them this just started happening, its broken, and you'd like a replacement if possible.
Doing this is pretty hit and miss though. T-Mobile seems to be better about that sort of thing than Verizon/AT&T/Sprint.

I'm on my dads plan, it's crickets' ZTE default comes with Muve Music or whatever. I took it to the store and I wound up buying a new one with over-night since I need my phone for school-work and to just pass-time instead of waiting for them to replace whatever is wrong with it. Thanks for the help though, hopefully this one lasts more than a month.