In the upper left corner where the charge is shown, the screen icon and an exclamation mark are lit. I can't change the brightness
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iPad Pro (5th generation)
Cropped and rotated, with a display icon with a yellow warning ⚠️ triangle being shown in the upper right of the iPad Pro 12.9“ 5th or 6th gen display:
The Liquid Retina XDR display is limiting its brightness, or may have a hardware issue:
Yeah, that article doesn’t list iPad Pro, but it’s the same warning ⚠️ icon for the same display type, with the sme can’t adjust symptom, so very likely the same cause.
A Reference Mode adjustment (back to default settings) (if not already there) might help:
Use Reference Mode on your iPad Pro - Apple Support
(I’m being a little wordy here to make this posting easier to find for future folks.)
The battery charge is usually shown in the upper right on an iPad home page, so I’m unsure about the context.
Here is the usual iconography: Learn the meaning of the iPad status icons - Apple Support
In the upper left, I’d guess it’s a Focus: Turn on or schedule a Focus on iPad - Apple Support
If that doesn’t address this, try a forced restart: Force restart iPad - Apple Support
If that doesn’t work, post a screenshot: Take a screenshot on iPad - Apple Support
That screen dimming is not working is concerning, and that might indicate a hardware problem.
Can you take a screen shot? I don's see that particular set it icons in the following document.
click here ➜ Status icons and symbols on your iPhone - Apple Support
A screen icon with an exclamation mark appears on upper right corner of my iPad's screen
