iphone 13 pro max screen dimming

OK People this is how I fixed my black background iPhone 13 Pro Max;

1. Go to Gear Box
2. Accessibility

Go To Display & Tex Size… turn everything off except for Auto Brightness. Keep Auto Brightness on.

Good Luck, This worked for me.

Even I have the same issue, from day 1.

Display gets dimmer very often and there is no option to bring it back. The brightness bar will be full, but the actual display level will be less than 40%. I switched off all the auto-brightness controls which are suggested by apple and even did a complete re-set of the phone, still no change.

This happens very often and even when the phone is not even warm and when the battery level is more than 90%. It becomes very irritating especially when using the phone in an outside environment, when watching a movie or playing some games.

Please help in fixing this.

When I contacted apple I was told that this issue was one of a kind, but after going through this thread, I'm seeing that there are others also impacted. Hope Apple will take it up quickly and help with a resolution.

did u guys try this? Turn the attention aware features off. It seems to be working for me. Let me know if it works for u guys as well!

Good luck to all of us😳

Hi guys,

I solved my screen being dim!

The zoom in function ( 3 taps on home screen with 3 fingers) when the menu opens select “filter - none” i managed to put mine out n low light.

Now back to its full brightness!!

I have the exact same issue and i was told the exact same stuff. I even went to the store. I did all the fixes but to no avail. I am also regretting upgrading. Hope Apple fixes this soon and realizes that its an issue. Such an expensive device to have these kind of glitches

Tried this. Not helping much. Now a days the heating problem has gone up, especially while playing games. Within less than 5 mins, the display falls to below 30% of brightness and its killing the fun of everything.

Apple is not yet ready to accept it and has been telling me that this is a device specific issue. I've anyways shared this thread with the Apple team stating that its not device specific and many other users are also facing this.

Ugh. I’m having the same issue. Tried everything but nothing seems to work. I wish I could go back to my 11 pro max.

my phone dims when I use the Maps and it is on the car holder. I live in SF, it’s 55° here, but the phone gets warm with a simple app and then dims the screen..

So to sum up everything in these comments, the iPhone pro max 12 and 13 both have batteries that can explode when overheated. Apple underestimated just how hot their devices could get, or some hardware component inside is causing more heat than it should and it’s probably the battery itself.

That said, they are trying to keep this issue as low key as possible to avoid a massive recall. I guess it’s nice they don’t allow the batteries to get too hot and injure people, but it sucks that for one, they’re pretending like the problem doesn’t exist, and for two, we are essentially paying for defective products.

That’s where we are at and from the looks of things, you’re on your own to figure out how to keep your iPhone working with the least amount of processes in order to keep the temp down.

I have 3 phones I use daily all day - 12 pro max, 11 pro max, and an xs max. I cannot tell the difference between any of them except for the fact that the 12 pro max sometimes dims and gets hot. You read that right - there’s no difference in speed, surfing, camera, resolution, how long they last on battery - it’s all the same. Oh except for the 12 pro max does get much brighter and does have better speakers, but that’s it.

I recommend going with the older models until they get this straightened out. Maybe 14 will be good?

One more thing; the screen will dim a few seconds before it locks, as a warning that it is about to lock. Tapping the screen will override the auto-lock.

If that isn’t what’s happening, then click Get Support at the top of this screen to arrange to get your phone repaired.

Same issue. Nothing else running. Screen dim when reading a single article. warm but not hot, I think its triggering to easily.

I am seeing same behavior on my 13 Pro Max. I have lightly used it in my 70 degree house and it quickly dims to about half brightness. I have auto brightness off. Back of phone I'd say was warm but not "hot". I wonder if the temp sensors are dimming prematurely. this is a brighter phone in NITS then the other displays so wonder if it is generating heat too quickly.

I do have mine in a case so heat dissipation is slower but my 11 Pro Max in same Speck style case never had the issue.

Add this to the list of problems I'm seeing including Airdrop not working with wife's 13 max. I already regret upgrading. Should have kept my 11 Pro Max was working fine.

raabz80 wrote:

did u guys try this? Turn the attention aware features off. It seems to be working for me. Let me know if it works for u guys as well!

Good luck to all of us😳

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/c9eccdec-304a-4d81-acfe-7eace116a479

I just changed the setting now. I won't know if it works probably until summer when the phone cooks up some heat again or if I travel to a warm area.

Auto brightness, Face attention ID, Attention aware and reduce white point are all turned off. I am not outside. I am in an air conditioned office.

I hope they fix this before next summer or before I travel anywhere warm. Phone was unusable when it dims. They need to fix where the software dials down the screen (the trigger temperature). Hopefully it isn't a hardware only issue or there will be a recall and I hate setting up new phones.

Same issue here. My phone heats up and the display actually has two levels of dimness it hits. It will go really dim, about 40%ish then over time it will get brighter about 60% then it will return to full brightness. I’m just hoping my phone doesn’t explode 🤯