Home Screen wallpaper dimming after I unlock my iPhone running iOS 26

My Home Screen wallpaper dims once I unlock my phone. I’ve followed every direction possible to get it to stop but nothing is working. Takes away all the vibrancy from my photo. Is this a bug with the iOS26 update? What can I do??

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Original Title: Home Screen dimming

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 15, 2025 4:25 PM

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1 reply

tajmw

Level 1

8 points

Oct 16, 2025 3:31 AM in response to Livbutler

Hold down the screen, click edit in the top left corner, then click customise, then on that pop up menu click the sun icon in the top left and that should fix it

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