[Q] Screen discoloring and flickering after installing custom ROM

[pulsorock]

I've had this Galaxy Tap 10.1 for over a year now and this weekend I decided to install a custom ROM, first I tried CM10.1/SGT7, then tried CM10.1 nightlies, then went back to CM10.1/SGT7.

During this third install I noticed some screen discoloring and flickering. I thought it had something to do with the ROM (both are based on CM10.1 nightlies), so decided to try an rooted/deodexed ICS Stock ROM, but the same problem persisted.

So decided to go back to Stock Honeycomb by doing a factory reset via ODIN, hoping that everything could be fixed by going full original stock.

But it didn't, the screen discoloring and flickering continues even after the full factory reset.

Have anyone seen anything like this? Is there a way to fix this?

Below some photos

(more photos here: http://imgur.com/a/muGHU)

Thanks!

 

[pershoot]

your cable (what connects board to digitizer/display) most likely went bad (ocurred to someone else I know a few months back). surprised you still have a display.

send it back to samsung for replacement (or you can attempt to replace it yourself).

 

[pulsorock]

your cable (what connects board to digitizer/display) most likely went bad (ocurred to someone else I know a few months back). surprised you still have a display.

send it back to samsung for replacement (or you can attempt to replace it yourself).

Thanks!
Being out of warranty (is over a year), this is something they can repair? I'm assuming I would have to pay for the parts and service.

Anyone else had this problem and how it was fixed?