iPhone 12 Pro displays lighter grey/ washed out grey colors

Yes. I think I finally found a thread/article in relation to what I’ve been seeing for 7 months. Apps, keyboard, all screens home and lock are “raised gray/black. I’ve been trouble shooting this since my 11 pro. I can’t make it actually happen but a quick fix for me, is go to settings accessibility then toggle on and off auto brightness 5-10 times really quick. Should fix for a few days. What I’ve come to think is the issue is the proximity sensor in the front facing camera. If you notice this issue, go to a pitch dark area or room and it will return to normal. Light makes it bump up the black and gray levels. I seen it on 5 12 pros and now both my 13’s. Obviously it’s software, and no, apple has no idea. They keep swapping out the phone and wind up with the same issue.

I’m really really going deep with this one. Nobody would spend 4 months on figuring it out lol. But. I’ve seen it happening on all phones. No, apple doesn’t have any clue they just swap it out but that’s not a fix….for the 12 series, going in a pitch dark room and flipping a light switch on and off with cause the screen to increase the grays. The 13 series, light does not cause it to change. The only way it’ll fix on a 13 is to open any pic from the camera roll (in hdr) and swipe home. I cannot find anything or anyone that knows what we’re talking about but I wish I could post the video, hopefully it’s the same thing you’re seeing. Be safe man.

Also apple support will always tell you it’s never been reported. It’s their job to keep stuff like this secret. I’m buying another 13 pro max today and I bet it also does it. Funny thing is, I recorded it happening with another phone and engineering said it’s a hardware problem and can’t be fixed. (They also know it’s happening on like 7 phones)

Yeah it’s definitely a tricky one. Your issue sounds exactly to what I’ve been experiencing on a lot of phones from 11 pro-13pro. Unfortunately, there’s very little info about it probably because not everyone notices this. Any settings, any customization doesn’t change. A reset is just a reset but will return after hours to days. Next time you see it act up, try opening photos, choosing any pic in your photos, zoom in on the pic and swipe home. You’ll sometimes see a quick flicker then blacks are normal again

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Nah it’s all good. Yeah, 7 12’s and 3 13 pros……. Id say it’s software obviously. Umm…. I am able to reproduce it by simply going outside, take a picture, any picture, hang out a few seconds, swipe home and boom, blacks are now washed gray. If you view content in HDR, YouTube or a self made vid, it’ll do it depending on the surrounding light. By opening a pic, (takes a few attempts) it temporarily fixes it. The brighter you have the screen, the more it’ll happen. I wish I could upload the video here. The video I captured explains it all….

It’s even worse on the 13 pro. Happens a good 20 times a day. It’s something to do with video recording in HDR 10 and opening pictures in the camera roll. I have a really good video of it captured