iOS 16 Screen Flickering

I updated my iPhone 12 mini to iOS 16.1 recently and I still have this problem. When brightness is set below ~40% black parts of screen turns grey when anything is moving on the screen. It is annoying while watching YouTube.

To be more precisely: the screen changes hue when the brightness slider is lower than about 45 percent. in the place of 45% you can see a sudden change in the colors of the screen. And under this level, screen flickering on black parts of display is happening.

I’m facing the same issue on my off iPhone 13, I noticed the issue when I’m trying to type anything on message or WhatsApp messenger.

When I made the brightness higher the issue has gone.

It stayed even though the mobile was updated to iOS 16.0.2.

priyabratac wrote:

If there is a problem that happens on iOS 16.0.x and gets resolved on downgrading to 15.7 (troubleshooting as possible by the end user), it definitely warrants a fix from Apple, there are no two ways about this!!

And what are you doing to let Apple know about your concern? Posting to other users in this forum won’t accomplish anything. Use the Get Support link, make a genius bar appointment, or use this link→https://apple.com/feedback

eceçetin wrote:

Please get Apple aware about this problem! It’s getting more frustrating and I feel like nobody cares about this situation in Apple community

Who are you addressing this to. YOU are the only one who can make Apple aware of your issue. Just asking other users is a waste of time, yours and ours. Product Feedback - Apple

I’m having what seems to be a similar problem to yours; since updating to iOS 16 (iPhone 11 Pro) mine has been faintly flickering/pulsing, only, it seems when the screen brightness is auto-adjusting for my surroundings.

Same here on Iphone 11 Pro u can see the flickering in about half or less than half brightness and it can be clearly seen when trying to set an alarm on the clock app if ur not sure if the screen is flickering or not go to the clock app and try to set an alarm when changing the time u can see the flickering(try it on a dark place with low brightness)plz help with this issue.(ios 16.0.2 didn't fix this)

with ios 16.0.2 my iphone 11 pro make the same. on low brightness and grey fundal screen is having fluctuation keeping same light.

Is very annoying and furthermore you cannot make a downgrade via iTunes to ios 15.6 that was stable.

I’m also facing the same issue after updating to the latest version of ios 16. It usually happens while typing something. I see that the whole display is flickering for some reason. I saw many people noticing it primarily on grey background. To my surprise, it’s happening on light background also. Apple please fix this issue.

I’m also facing this issue in my new iphone 13 with ios 16.0.2 . when i type anything on lower brightness the display lighlty blinking and use linkdin horizontal scroll then display blinking also. apple need to fix it asap.

Yes, I’ve bought new iPhone 13 and without giving second thought updated to ios 16 and since then I’m facing this flickering issue while typing in low brightness. I have habit of using phone in low brightness so this is very annoying for me. Hope would be fixed in next update.

the Genius Bar do some regular inspect on my iPhone, they change a new screen module but the problem still exists, so I require a Factory Repair, it usually take several weeks, I hope the problem can be solved😔

I have the exact same issue and it seems to be well documented on the reddit iOS thread. It’s driving me insane. Apple replaced my screen, asked me to do a factory reset and then replaced the ‘rear system’ which is basically everything except the screen. So basically they’ve replaced the whole phone to no avail. This is clearly an iOS 16 software issue and needs to be resolved. I’m at the point where I’m considering ditching the phone altogether and going back to android…

I am also unable to connect my apple watch series 6 to my new iphone 13, it isn’t just pairing, i have tried a lot and nothing is helping, watched a ton of videos on youtube no hack worked. Can anyone help me here

I bought my iPhone 13 3 months ago and i updated to iOS 16 on the release day. I am facing the same issue as well. Screen flickering especially in darker areas at 40% brightness. The brightness flickers as the screen refreshes, what I mean to say is, when any data gets changed on the screen, it flickers. Very noticible while typing, changing the time while setting an alerm, uploading a file to google drive etc.

I contacted the apple customer support. They couldnt help as the issue was not visible to camera or screen recording. So they suggested me to visit a Apple service centre. I will be going there tomorrow.

BTW I have tried resetting to factory once but the problem is still there. I have also updated to iOS 16.0.2 and that did not solve the issue.

Pretty weird issue TBH. I lot of people I know, have iPhones, but none of them are facing this issue or maybe they havent noticed very closely.

I will keep this thread updated.

I wouldn’t bother going into a store. The staff have no idea it’s and issue and Apple hasn’t officially acknowledged the issue. They may out of goodwill replace your screen or rear system but this is absolutely pointless as it will not resolve anything. I did it weeks ago right after the release of iOS16 and it was just a waste of my time…