iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro, auto-brightness is turning me insane.

[m93_]

Hello guys, I just can't understand if my doubts are legit or if I'm simply just dumb. If i'm in a room with a dim light (not plain dark, but not very bright either), is the the brightness of the screen supposed to be dim as well? I have AB on, and whenever I'm in a room with dim lights, I notice the screen to be far too dim, even if I set the brightness level to let's say 90%, I still find it to be way too dim for my liking. By turning AB off however, the screen gets much more brighter, like a whole new level of bright. Is this suppose to happen, or is my unit defective? I feel like the advice is just unusable with AB turned on!

 

[ericwn]

You should compare to a similar device. It is however expected that the screen gets dimmer in darker environments.

 

[aakshey]

Hello guys, I just can't understand if my doubts are legit or if I'm simply just dumb. If i'm in a room with a dim light (not plain dark, but not very bright either), is the the brightness of the screen supposed to be dim as well? I have AB on, and whenever I'm in a room with dim lights, I notice the screen to be far too dim, even if I set the brightness level to let's say 90%, I still find it to be way too dim for my liking. By turning AB off however, the screen gets much more brighter, like a whole new level of bright. Is this suppose to happen, or is my unit defective? I feel like the advice is just unusable with AB turned on!

It is defective. Swap for a different piece.

 

[aakshey]

You should compare to a similar device. It is however expected that the screen gets dimmer in darker environments.

No. The brightness slider decreases. Correspondingly the brightness decreases. If his slider is at 90% in a dim room, it should be blindingly bright unless the phone is defective.

 

[ericwn]

No. The brightness slider decreases. Correspondingly the brightness decreases. If his slider is at 90% in a dim room, it should be blindingly bright unless the phone is defective.

Or has some software bug.

 

[aakshey]

Or has some software bug.

This isn’t a software bug. I have a lot of experience with this particular issue. It needs a hardware swap.

 

[ericwn]

This isn’t a software bug. I have a lot of experience with this particular issue. It needs a hardware swap.

Same here hence my suggestion. Software is easy to rule out, just in case.

 

[akash.nu]

I think we should ask when the OP says 90%, is it upwards or downwards?

 

[m93_]

This isn’t a software bug. I have a lot of experience with this particular issue. It needs a hardware swap.

Thanks dude! That's what I thought, sadly. Would you advise me to wait or to do it immediately? I wouldn't want to get another device with the damn same problem. Also, I've just compared my 12 Pro with my old X, and they both look annoyingly dim even when AB is almost all the way up, in a low light scenario. I did turn AB off on my old X when I bought it 3 years ago, so I guess I never had a chance to notice it had a defective screen as well. Is it just me having a tremendous bad luck, or are these defective screens common on iPhones?

 

[m93_]

I think we should ask when the OP says 90%, is it upwards or downwards?

I'll let you guess, my friend!

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Try to reset the Auto-Brightness feature.

How to calibrate your iPhone's brightness and motion sensors if they aren't working properly

If your iPhone's sensors aren't working correctly, you may need to calibrate them. Here's how to calibrate an iPhone's brightness and motion sensors.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[m93_]

Try to reset the Auto-Brightness feature.

How to calibrate your iPhone's brightness and motion sensors if they aren't working properly

If your iPhone's sensors aren't working correctly, you may need to calibrate them. Here's how to calibrate an iPhone's brightness and motion sensors.

www.businessinsider.com

Thanks for your help! Unfortunately I went through that process more than once and it doesn't seem to be changing anything. By default "my" AB will make the screen way too dim it's infuriating.

 

[m93_]

You should compare to a similar device. It is however expected that the screen gets dimmer in darker environments.

Thanks mate, that's exactly what I did. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure my old iPhone X had the same problem, so a comparison doesn't really help here.

 

[aakshey]

Thanks dude! That's what I thought, sadly. Would you advise me to wait or to do it immediately? I wouldn't want to get another device with the damn same problem. Also, I've just compared my 12 Pro with my old X, and they both look annoyingly dim even when AB is almost all the way up, in a low light scenario. I did turn AB off on my old X when I bought it 3 years ago, so I guess I never had a chance to notice it had a defective screen as well. Is it just me having a tremendous bad luck, or are these defective screens common on iPhones?

Change asap.

 

[m93_]

Just wanted to give a little update on my situation. I just updated to iOS 14.3 and absolutely nothing has changed. Screen still looks crappy as hell. I'm gonna get this replaced.