LCD screen has gone blank

[RLaCount]

I received the Rebel t4i for Christmas. It's been working great until today. The lcd screen no longer shows any information. If I press any of the setting buttons (ISO, etc), nothing shows up. It worked fine this past weekend.

[nicoledeniseart]

Thank you for describing exactly where to look for the unmarked square! Your description stood out to me just as I was about to give up, and then I took a second look where you described, and sure enough there was the little square (to my surprise!), and there was a piece of dust stuck to it that was causing the screen to go black. I was about to assume it was broken before reading your words; You saved the day- Thank you very very much!!

[adebisad]

Hi Scott,

Your second solution actually did the magic for me. i have been struggling with blank scree on my EOS Rebel 4Ti and looking for a solution until i read your post. Immediately i removed the eyecup, i could see my settings on the display. Thanks for the valuable contribution.

[LinMoore]

Thanks for your suggestion of cycling through the Info button. That fixed my problem with the LCD being black while trying to use the camera for taking pictures (it worked fine when using the Menu and when viewing pictures on the SD card). I had heard that the display going black was an expensive problem owners of the 70D (which is the camera I have that had the problem) have been experiencing, and I wasn't looking forward to that! Luckily, I tried this one last possibility, and it worked! Thank you again!