Black Screen / Flickering / No Picture on TCL Roku TV? 3 Easy Fixes! 

Still a black screen with only sound. 😔

The startup splash screen is visible for a split second twice during the code reboot sequence, but still ends up at black screen (w/audio) when done booting up :(

All these new streaming TV's are JUNK!!! Had an older Plasma tv.. the thing weighed a million pounds, but was great! great picture! these new tv's are just cheap junk

None of them worked but you do a great job! I may have a different problem. My front light lights up, after the code it shows another flicker(progress) then just shuts down. I waited a bit, 5 min or so and nada. The front light does flash looking for some input. It's not always solid. Any other suggestions since the video. Great video love it thank you man I subscribed - Alex

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CLICKBAIT VIDEO OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH MY MOM WAS ABOUT TO HIT ME

Didn't work .None of the three fixes.

Mines still not working and I unplug reset but when it comes on it does flash the TCL red back screen but it goes back black it’s like a second

Hard Reset unplugging while the TV was on and waiting a minute fixed it for me. The button combo didnt do anything for me. I have this weird flicker that would happen every 5 seconds, very annoying.

I unplugged mines for 2 weeks and the back light still doesn’t work

I just rebooted my tv with the steps and it’s working like a charm, super thank you man!!!❤

If you are one of those folks, like me, and nothing on the internet, including these three methods works, then it's time for a new TV. My TCL is two years old and the back light problem it has is and has been a known issue by TCL for quite some time. If this did work for you, it won't down the road, but you are receiving a warning sign. The best way to avoid this problem is to not buy this brand!

Key combo doesn't work with totally black screen. Want the screen to come back on to see what I am doing

None of this works

I SAW MASTER RESET WORKED AND TURNED OFF BUT STILL CAME BACK DARK 😭

What if all 3 don't work

Turning down the brightness from “Brightness” to “Normal” fixed it for me!

None of this works ...your showing how to fix the problem with your tv already working..its easy to reboot a already working TV ...

None of these worked for me

I try it I can see the TCL sign for second thin black screen again

Saved the day! Was about to go to a local Walmart in seconds then I found this video. First method worked perfectly. Thank you!

My husband said...call customer service to see what we can do to fix the pixelated screen. When he left for work, I decided to try RU-vid first. Lo and behold....your first step did the trick! Thanks for your help!

The third method worked for about a minute. I was so excited and then started up again. I waited a little while and tried it again. It worked on the 4th try!!! So people, if it doesn't work the first time, try it again, don't give up. Thank you so much!!!!

First method worked. Thanks very much much. I thought I had to buy a new tv.😳😎

I've done these several times & nothing.

I had non-flickering dim areas, and option #1 fixed it. Thank you so much!

I tried all three fixes on my TCL 65" Series 5 (2020) (65S535): unfortunately none worked.

Nothing, happened. 😢 this is the second time this has happened. I had to UPS my TV to the shop in Buffalo New York to be fixed(thank goodness I paid for 3 year insurance coverage)because a TV repairman does not come out unless you have a 65in. television, this is for all TVs. I have only had this television for 4 years and now again the same problem I am just too through.😢

I have a TCL Roku 65-in TV while watching a program today it went black and had sound I've done all the tricks I found on RU-vid and nothing has worked I got it new 5 months ago.

Tried all 3, still flickering, but some improvement. Before that, i tried unplugging all attachments and restarting tv, reset router, rescan channels, etc.

My tv is still black screen but has sound

All of my app movies where playing with a dark inverted filter on them, doing the this fix the problem

The problem I was having involved abrupt sudden loss of picture. The audio continued without interruption. It was as if someone just flipped a switch and turned off the screen illumination. Turning the TV off (with the remote) and back on (sometimes more than once) was the only way I could get the picture back. There was no real rhyme or reason to the frequency or onset of the problem, but it usually only waited about 10 - 15 minutes before happening again. I was baffled, and had begun to resolve myself to purchasing a new TV. Then I came across this fix. Not knowing if the remote "code" would result in having to re-enter credentials and network settings, I opted to use the third "fix" first. In fact, I was watching a program when the screen went dark again, and I pulled the plug without getting the picture back. We counted off 60 seconds and plugged the TV back in. It has been running for almost 2 hours since then, and the mysterious black screen has not revisited so far. Thanks for the simple fix! If it starts happening again, I know how to solve it. I sure would like to know WHY this works... ie: WHAT is going on INSIDE the TV, to make it black out, and WHY does this fix it? For now, however, I will take the win :D UPDATE: The TV ran well all day and evening... It was fine for 12 hours and I shut it off and retired to bed. The next morning it displayed the home screen for about 1 second, and went black. I cycled the power a couple of times, no joy... :( unplugged for a few minutes, and powered it up to a picture, which lasted for about five minutes and then black screen, just sound. Now cycling the power button accomplishes nothing. No sound, no picture, just the remote indicator on the TV flashes each time I push a button. Time for a new TV after all. :(

Unfortunetly it didn't work for me.

Bruh one day I wanted to play video games and when I turned it on BOOM it was like a worn out color on the screen and little flicks on it and I literally did NOTHING to it😭

Bought a tcl because of sales offers and my old tv was very old. I followed all the instructions and the picture still won't come on. I will never buy TCL ever again !

My TV while watching fades out to black it sux sometimes I turn on & keep hitting home button when goes into rest mode for about an hour warm up I guess sometimes it works some time it dont. Tryed a factory reset nothing tryed these 3 things stll fades out im so bummed 65 inch tv not even 6mo old to me ugg

Mines not even making the clicking sound when you press rewind or fast forward. It seems like it’s doing something though cause after a few seconds the bottom light starts flashing.

Button combo worked great !!!!! Thank you so much - started right at end of game during March Madness

Thanks, mine was black. I used the combination and work.😂

Thank you so much!!! I thought I bought a 400 dollar lemon lol

I love you I was trying to play some Fortnite and it wasn’t working but now it is absolutely a W

None of these worked for me.😭😔

None worked for me. TV comes on and the ROKU logo flashes for a nano second and disappears. Screen black. Sux TV is only 2 yrs old. Called TCL and they said there was nothing they could do for me after trying the factory reset button on the side.

The TCL TV is an inexpensive design and performs very basically. The flickering is because it can't latch onto the video signal. It will affect some worse than others because of variations in quality and parts used. All these fixes are smoke and mirrors.

Thank you so much pro worked for my Roku tcl

The button combo actually made our problem worse. Our screen started with the top half being much darker then the bottom half, once we tried the button hack the screen became almost completely black. Tried unplugging and waiting and nothings working.

Step 1 work for me thank you man you the one

I got a TCL smart tv 2.5 years ago and the flickering started a few days ago. It starts about an hour after the tv is on. I've tried all of your fixes and also the ones from a longer video. I tried them all multiple times, except I haven't tried the factory reset. Any other suggestions?

Thanks it worked after reboot

This did the trick - when I was watching a DVD, half the screen started flickering. Tried a different DVD, different HDMI port, updating the TCL firmware, nothing. The Home 5x + Upward arrow 1x + RW 2x + FF 2x combo worked on the first try. Thanks - this earned you a subscribe!

HEADS UP - if this doesn't work to stop your picture from blinking on and off every few seconds ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS! I read in another video to put it to "Normal" and that STOPPED the blinking for me! I'd tried EVERYTHING including a factory reset and NOTHING worked. It's been an hour now with no blinking! Just go to Settings/TV picture settings/TV brightness. I found out about adjusting the Brightness from a comment on another video and lots of comments on that saying it worked. Just realized I had recently increased the Brightness as I always watch lots of scary movies during October!

I switched my color bit from 8 to 10 and that stopped the blinking out. I seen it from a different post and thought to try it and it worked. Hope it helps

Mine starts to boot up and flashes the logo then goes back to black. Any ideas on this?

This worked great. Thank you for putting this video out there.

It makes the black flickering worst

Thank you so much! Your recommendation No. 1 got it totally fixed. My TV is very new, less than 6 months with me, so this was upsetting. The screen went 90% dark where I could barely see images when in motion, yet the pictures were fine and the sound was working well. Anyhow, you got 5 starts from me!

THUMBS UP ALL THE WAY MAN! Unplugging baby!!! Idk what the **** happened to be honest. Was working fine one day, screen started getting a little darker, finally went black, turned it on to play some games today, and it was completely static and than went back... tried to resetting. Didn’t work, finally unplugged it and restarted it completely. Removed all hdmis plugged them back in and now it seems to be running fine...

Yay!! My issue was somewhat different (still pics were ok but any video/movies etc were dark and pixelated), but I tried step 1 and it worked great. Thanks - this saved me from a tedious customer service experience. ❤

Vid was 2 years ago and u just saved me from buying another tv 😭😭🙏🏾

Dude you are a god. Seriously. My 2-year-old TV started showing dark right screen a couple weeks ago. I did a Google search and saw where that was a known problem, and some said it only gets worse until screen is totally dark. I did a live chat with TCL and nothing they suggested worked. They finally said I was out of warranty so they could not replace my TV. Then today, I could hear sound perfectly but no picture on any channel. I tried your first hack (home 5 x, up 1x etc) and my picture is back.

Good tip tks. Its real

I guess a new tv is in order!

Tried option 1 didn't work. Tried unplugging 2x for a minute each time. After 1x didn't work. After 2nd time Unplugged for 1 min. Plugged back in and Waited another minute before switching on. Still black, so I did the option 1 code reset again with remote. IT WORKED!!!

The key sequence is one that intentionally crashes the Roku operating system, causing the TV to reboot. It should act exactly the same as pulling the power. It's used by Roku developers to force the device to send a crash report back to Roku's server so they can examine the system state at the time of the crash.

Thanks it worked!

After unplugging it. try holding in the power button while unplugged for 30 seconds while. This method should purge all the reserve power in the system as well. After say 30 seconds. Or try a 60 second hold if the 30 sec didn't work, just in case. But this might also help someone as well. Especially with Roku TCL tvs. I LIKED THE REMOTE COMBO NEVER SEEN THAT ONE. Mine was a backlight sadly. but the purge helped it turn back on a few more times longer before completely having to replace strips. Plus the strips are made in batches!😩so if one goes the rest will follow sadly🤷🏻‍♂️. Found that out the hard way as well . Thanks for the video man

I hate tcl, never again. My picture flicks on for one second but that's it and I did ALL OF THIS. JUST SOUND

I had a black screen with no images and the power removal worked for me. Thanks!

Unfortunately these didnt help me 😭😭😭 i was playing warzone, and the very first "jump scare" case i opened, my entire screen glitched out and ever since, my TV picture has a delay, where you can see previous images as they leave. I'm guessing i probably don't have any legal standpoint considering they probably had me agree to something ingame?

I gave it a thumbs down because when powered up, I can see the picture but it clearly goes back to a black screen. I only had this tv for about seven months now and it's acting like this. This tv doesn't be touch often and I just can't get it to come back on. Is there any other option avaliable?

Step 1 worked for me. I had sound and menu and closed captions, but no video. Step 1 fixed the missing video. Thanks! Too bad for Asurion, which had the extended warranty coverage. Instead of sending me a link to your video, they sent me a gift card for the full purchase price of the TV!

Your a Genius bro!! Thanks!!

Any other fixes?

Thanks so much! I’m subbing and liking. I was having an issue where I could hear everything on my tv but not see. Even on games such as my PlayStation. Key combo worked! Thanks 🙏🏻 👍🏻

I have the issue with the TCL TV. I did the suggested resets. Screen still flashes on and off. My solution was to press the * key while streaming and change the picture mode to ‘low power*. Now the screen is stable for now

Thanks so much I unplugged it for ten seconds 😂 and it work!!! Good stuff !!

It didn't work 😕 👎

My guy! Thank you so much! I've been dealing with this for so long so annoying. But it's fixed, you the man!

It booted up and it wasn't like glitching or flickering.. then it turned off and turned back on doing the same shit I unplugged it for. I wouldn't be surprised that some kind update broke it trying to encourage me to buy a new one...

1st tried the remote reset trick, didnt work, became skeptical about this video, then tried the unplug for 30 secs trick and that actually worked! Was genuinely shocked that it worked. Thanks!!

My tv turns on and doesn’t even have a screen it’s black I disconnected it and connected still turned on black screen just tried your code and it worked

Fixed after step 1. Thanks!

Method 1 worked for me

I know this video is a year old but u said give a thumbs down if nothing worked so 👎🏽.. I do thank u for the video tho. This tv is less than a year old and I’ve tried everything and the most I get is two flashes after plugging it bk in and nothing else from the other methods. Hope you’re having a great day!

Just did the first step. Immediately fixed after it restarted. I guess we will see how long that works. Thank you so much!

The key method worked fine last night but now it won’t🤦🏻‍♂️ first try on the unplug didn’t work either gonna try again in a few minutes

Picture did a freeze and a slow fade out one day, button combo worked, thank you!

LOL What in the hell is the point of fix #2... Just leave it unplugged for about 10 minutes like some other sites suggest. This video was really only 2 methods. It'd be nice to know what actually causes this problem in the first place. Some "fixes" mention going into hidden developer menus and turning off the DBC (Dynamic Backlight Control), but my little 32 inch roku tcl doesn't seem to have this setting in any of the hidden menus. And there are a few of them with different key combinations to access them. Maybe tcl should make fixing this a priority since it seems to affect so many of their tv's.

Fixed my TCL Roku 50" tv!!! Thanks a million!!!!

Thank you! The program indicator - as in the white border you move around to select Netflix, cable, RU-vid etc. wasn't showing. I tried unplugging the tv, but that didn't work. The reboot did! Thanks again.

Thanks man! My PS4’s display just didn’t look very good so I reset the TV, it looked pretty shotty and choppy. Needless to say, we’re all good now! From one techie to another, appreciate you man!

Thanks bro

The first method worked for me! My screen started randomly showing two of everything as if it had been dropped or something, but I did the button combo and it reset and came back to normal. Thank you so much!

PLEASE HELP!!! TCL55S405 last night my tv was FINE turned it off after watching Netflix, now when I turn it on the screen brightness is flickering like crazy!! Super annoying and need to know how to fix!

Thank you, Sir! I don't know how you found that first remote trick, but it seems to have worked for us. At least 2 hours in after doing it and not a single flicker where it had been doing it increasingly for 4 days. Tried all of the unplugging first and resetting through the remote/settings screen but didn't do the trick before this.

This doesn't work. TCL designed their TVs to only last for the duration of their warranty, which is 1 year. They're designed like this on purpose.

At first the button sequence seemed to have fixed it, but it came back. The hard restart/unplug thing seems to work better. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much… That’s exactly what I needed to do… You are a true blessing

Thank you, my flickering issue is resolved. 🙌🏼

Method 1 the buttons worked here. My screen was flickering on my 55" 4K TCL Roku TV. Before the flickering I was watching TUBI, before that no flickering at all...