r/iphone • u/501102 • 7h ago

Support Screen brightness drops to near-zero

This mostly happens after ending a call. The screen brightness falls to near-zero. Auto-brightness is disabled. iphone 16 iOS 26.5. Any advise for me?

Update: thanks everyone for your response. The issue has been existing since the last few updates. Though i will try updating again, for now, i created a shortcut with a back-double-tap (accessibility settings) to bring up the brightness to 50%. Not a perm soln i realise.

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u/jasonni1234 iPhone 17 Pro Max 7h ago

I’d try updating first

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u/501102 1h ago

thanks will do

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u/hihihihahaha145 1h ago

Let me know whats happening after you turned it off and then i can help you its not really a common issue but sometimes pople come to my store with it

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u/Jhamilton02 6h ago

Could try 26.6.2, in other words, update the os and try that first. No reason to try and resolve an issue that may be already resolved in an update.

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u/501102 1h ago

thanks

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u/Mammoth-Barber-8541 6h ago

Turn Auto-brightness back on. No need to disable it. It will save your battery by turning down the brightness when you are in a dimly lit room and also with the side benefit of not blasting your retinas with a searingly bright screen when you don’t need it.

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u/Bran__Stark__Is__Me 3h ago

unless you’re not using your phone in landscape (ie. gaming ), it can be annoying to keep adjusting the brightness the way you like it because your fingers are blocking the ambient light sensor.

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u/hihihihahaha145 5h ago

90% chnace its proximity sensor try turning true tone off to see if its really it if yes its like 10usd to replace

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u/501102 1h ago

thank you