iPhone 12 OLED Screen Issue

Hello. I bought two iPhone 12 and both has the same issue. In dark surrounding on any brightness lower than 90-100% screen has this ugly glowing! Black pixels are not turning off in dynamic scenes. In static scene black pixels turning off after few seconds.


My video shows it in video and in clock app.

https://youtu.be/BAWSIf2oVlE


And this is comparison by another one person who have this problem but with iPhone 12 Pro. iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone XS screen.


That’s not normal at all. I post it to support and they said I should wait more. That’s just great...

iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 2:16 PM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2021 4:34 PM

Went to apple store again and was told they have to follow protocol before swapping out my phone. So we did another software reset directly through the computer which did not resolve issue. The next step was to replace the screen and not the entire phone. Took about two and a half hours, but I can confirm that the new screen fixed the problem of the green tint. No more tint or flashing on black screens at any brightness levels, at least so far. I am on ios 14.4. This leads me to believe it is a hardware issue. Hope this helps

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Nov 5, 2020 11:22 AM in response to gravity44

Yep, my girlfriend didn’t even noticed that before I showed it to her, now she sees this glowing everywhere too.) Probably most of people just think it’s normal OLED behavior. I contacted my country support and they take this problem on some force control or something. I’m really hope it can be fixed by software. Right now it’s uncomfortable to watch movies at dark room — my black colors either blinking or shows as dark grey.

Nov 14, 2020 7:59 AM in response to David2762

I recieved my iphone 12 pro max yesterday. It has the same issue, once the brightness < 90% it can not show complete black at all. I asusme it a harware issue due to the new magnet at the back that cause the issue. When i put my phone on my macbook screen it also casue the screen to act abnormally. :/// I am considering returning the phone. It should not be occuring on a such premium phone tbh. Hope your max does not have the issue tho

Nov 14, 2020 8:49 PM in response to Sguy7777788882222

After posting my comment along with the pic today, I read all the posts and noticed that a lot users are facing Auto brightness issue on iphone 12 too. Tried this on my wifey's 12. While the brightness levels looks ok on her phone auto adjustment for brightness doesn't work. The only time it works is when the toggle is switched on. After that it doesn't respond at all..seems like a lot issues on iphone 12. I was hoping that I will upgrade from pro to pro max but looks like we got issues there too..

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