Display control method and device and terminal equipment

A display method (1800, 1900), an apparatus (2000, 2100) and a terminal device (100), the method (1800, 1900) being applicable to a display screen (110, 304), the display screen (110, 304) comprising a backlight unit (501), a panel (502) and a first control unit (504, TCON, 2020), characterized in that the display screen (110, 304) has a first display mode in which image information is displayed through the backlight unit (501) and a second display mode in which image information is displayed through the panel (502) through the first control unit (504, TCON, 2020). The second display mode is to display image information through the backlight unit (501) and the panel (502). The method (1800) comprises: a first control unit (504, TCON, 2020) receiving a first status message for indicating that the panel (502) is inoperative (1801); receiving a first image signal, the first image signal being used to display first image information (1802); and displaying the first image information in a first display mode accord