How To Fix iPhone 12 Pro Max Dimmed Screen Issue (Too Dark)
iPhone 12 dimmed screen fix.
You’ve just unboxed your brand new iPhone 12 Pro Max device, powered it on and noticed that the screen is much dimmer than your older iPhone? Don’t worry, the iPhone 12 dark screen problem can be fixed by tweaking some iOS 14 settings.
3 Ways To Fix iPhone 12 Screen Too Dim
This issue has been reported to us for occurring since day 1 on an iPhone 12 Pro Max unit. However, it could also happen on any other new model iPhone 12 mini, 12 or 12 Pro. Here is what you can do to fix it:
1. Adjust Brightness
The natural thing to start with is to manually adjust brightness. Swipe-down from the top-right corner of the screen to bring down the Control Center and use the Brightness toggle.
Tip: Long-press the Brightness controls to open up the expanded view. Use your finger to increase Brightness. Also make sure that Dark Mode and Night Shift aren’t enabled.
Fact: If you set Brightness to maximum and your iPhone 12 isn’t as bright as your previous iPhone, proceed with the next step.
2. Auto Brightness
Your next option is to make sure that Brightness on your iPhone is set to automatic. Even if it is, you can disable and re-enable this setting to make sure that a minor glitch is preventing it from working properly:
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll for Display & Brightness.
- Check the status of the Automatic setting. If it’s enabled disable it, force restart your device and re-enable it after the iPhone reboots.
3. Reduce White Point
Last but not least, the iPhone 12 dimmed screen could be caused by an Accessibility setting that’s role is to reduce the intensity of bright colors, to help users with visual impairments.
- Open Settings.
- Scroll for Accessibility.
- Tap on Display & Text Size, in the Vision section.
- Scroll for Reduce White Point and disable the option.
Tip: You can also use the control bar to set how strong the intensity of the strong colors is reduced.
Fact: We’re still waiting for confirmations, but apparently and iOS 14 bug, could automatically trigger the Reduce White Point setting, without the user being aware of it. If you’ve also experienced this problem and your brand new iPhone 12 or 12 Pro model don’t hesitate to use the comments section and share your feedback.
If this is actually a bug and Reduce White Point is automatically enabled, we will report it to Apple and ask for a fix in an upcoming software update.
Related: Other day-1 problems reported for the iPhone 12 lineup are:
– iPhone 12 Pro Max not charging wirelessly with MagSafe
– iPhone 12 mini Lock Screen issues
– iPhone 12 No Service and poor cellular coverage
– iPhone 12 yellow screen problem
I’m having this issue. I disable it because sometime my screen gets very low light
Pedro, thanks for confirming.
I have a iPhone 12 Pro. I noticed shortly after I just updated the software the screen seem dimmer. Messed around with brightness settings still didn’t fix it. Then I realized white point was on and set at 80%. I don’t think I accidentally turned it on.
Mike, thanks for reporting. Good that you found the cause and fixed it. Let us know if Reduce White Point is triggered automatically again on your device.
Reduced white point turned out to be the source of my dim-screen (12 mini) issue as well – Thanks for the article!
Erik, you’re welcome. Thanks for confirming.
Hello I recently purchased iphone 12 pro max as well and I also noticed the huge difference with the brightness. When i compared to my old iphone XS max the iphone 12 pro max appears to be more dimmer. The white colour appears to be dirty white. Its nothing compared to my iphone xs max. It seems like im using an old tech phon2z
Howell, thanks for your feedback. I assume that you already checked if Reduce White Point is enabled, to fix it?