Ios5 upgrade causes black/blank screen on my iPhone 4

I upgraded my iPhone 4 with ios5. Everything seemed to go fine. I clicked on the weather and Safari opened up. Suddenly my screen faded away and now it's just a black (very dimly backlit) screen. iTunes sees my iPhone. Restore didn't help. Is there any way to save my phone? I live in Taiwan, so there is no Genius Bar option.

The Restore in iTunes will delete all the data and return it to factory settings. Then when you get a new iPhone, you can Restore from the Back Up you made with iTunes. So your plan is OK.

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> I've only come across one other post on this forum concerning this
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>
> Might Zen 11sp1 fix this?
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