Help X Bricked or Broke? Black Screen

[MX26]

So I've got this old Droid X that I had before the company I work with switched to the Ipos. It's not activated, so.. I can't "call VZW." It had quite a few pretty cool aps that I use, and would like to continue using on my wifi. From the research I've done, I downloaded the Gingerbread OS a couple days ago, and got the black screen yesterday. Just like everyone else, my keypad lights up, but not the screen. From what I've read and searched, most can do the Home+Power and do a factory reset, but... If I get the phone in JUST the right light, I can see that there's something going on in the screen, but it's so faint I can't tell what's what. The phone boots, and I can unlock it when it's done booting, but can't see anything. Does it sound like it's bricked?

If not, my 1 year old found it on the table yesterday, and by the time I realized he was in there, it was laying on the carpet floor. I don't think he hit it on anything, but I'm wondering if he might've gotten into it and turned the screen brightness down by accident?? Any pointers on where to go from here? If you could, answer in laymen terms... Please? Total newbie here.

Thanks!

 

[MX26]

Update.... I can BARELY make out the screen now. I didn't do anything to it... Just left it turned on for the past few hours and it's faintly visible.... Good enough to get some actual use from the phone, but not good enough to be happy about it.

 

[colchiro]

Go into a dark room and turn out the light so you can see it.

Then go into settings... display and mess with the brightness to see if it's a setting or a broken display. While you're at it, you might want to reboot it and plug it in the charger too. I don't think you can go that dark with just a normal setting tho.

 

[dirkbonn]

Sounds like your display may have given up the fight!

 

[colchiro]

... and when we don't hear from them again, that means they've crossed over to the VW store.