My Nexus 5 screen went black the other day, the backlight is on and the phone works but I just get a black screen. I...

Sorry Chris, I ended up buying a Nexus 6 ( only because the price dropped) and disposing of my little Nexus 5. The problem for worse then the phone stopped responding, my next solution was too replace the motherboard but that was too expensive.

I had the same problem when i replaced the screen, solution i bought another screen replacement and it worked properly once installed.