screen is very dim

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screen is very dim

my alarm went off this morning on my 3GS and the screen was black. i later noticed that it wasnt a completely black screen but that the screen is extremely dim and i have to hold the phone at a certian angle the see it. i went into the settings and the brightness is turned all the way to 100%.

any help would be great!

iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted on Mar 10, 2010 7:40 PM

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Answer 1

roaminggnome

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Mar 10, 2010 7:43 PM in response to EricWhite

Have you tried basics from the manual?

Restart, reset, restore:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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kinglyam

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Mar 15, 2010 7:19 AM in response to roaminggnome

I have the same problem as of this morning. Even when I turn auto-brightness off, the screen does not change up or down with moving the slider. In bright light, I can't see the screen at all. It happened without an alarm, just when I checked the phone after getting up this morning. I have done everything short of wiping everything on the phone and starting over.

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Answer 3

Mar 16, 2010 4:25 PM in response to EricWhite

Having a screen very dim could either be two cases either the phone was in contact with water or turn auto brightness off. Settings>Brightness = slide it up.
But you say that it is very black usually even if the iPhone brightness is very low you could still see it. Check in your headphone jack and there should be a piece of cloth or paper that is normally white.
If it ever comes in contact with moisture it turns pink.

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