iPhone 15 Pro screen brightness issue after iOS 26 update

After ios 26 update when waking up the phone (iphone 15 pro), the screen brightness is very low. After unlocking the phone, screen remains dimm regardless of the light intensity. I have to lock and unlock phone again to make automatic brightness start working (and brighten the screen to level that allows me to use the phone). This doesn't happen every time but often enough to be annoying.

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Original Title: IOS 26 brightness bug

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Sep 19, 2025 1:35 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2025 4:40 PM

So whoever mentioned to delete the widgets from the home lock screen, thank you. This eradicated the problem completely. I have not played with adding them back again to the lock screen because it was a pain fixing the issue. I’d rather forgo having them for now.

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Nov 7, 2025 9:49 PM in response to Ranettius

I didn’t remove the widget next to my clock, so as others have said, it looks like just the bottom ones are the problem.

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Nov 8, 2025 3:49 AM in response to patchy5

I only have the clock and it still does it.

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Nov 8, 2025 9:51 AM in response to BaltazarGabka

iPhone 15 pro max iOS 26.2 display is dim. Reboot did not work. Is there a fix yet? November 8th 2025

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Nov 8, 2025 12:29 PM in response to BaltazarGabka

Still happening on latest iOS 26.1 on my 15pro max. Very annoying bug

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Nov 11, 2025 10:16 AM in response to BaltazarGabka

Seriously Apple !?!

Is someone from the DEV Team reading this forum?

This annoying issue is still present in iOS 26.1 RC and 26.1 (23B85) on my iPhone 15 Pro !!!

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Nov 12, 2025 9:19 PM in response to BaltazarGabka

Can someone put this issues to Reddit to explode to more ppl be aware this annoying problem

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Nov 19, 2025 5:04 PM in response to BaltazarGabka

Same here, can’t believe Apple made this kind of mistake…

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Nov 19, 2025 5:25 PM in response to DomVitoBoss

Worked for me. 15 pro max

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Nov 19, 2025 5:52 PM in response to GJFreitas

What did you do to fix the issue bro?

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Dec 3, 2025 4:13 AM in response to BaltazarGabka

I have the same problem, 15 pro.

This annoying bug is not fixed for more than two months. Apple, is it normal?

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Dec 3, 2025 11:36 AM in response to ATRedline

Can someone test if this issue still occur in iOS 26.2 RC?

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Dec 3, 2025 3:41 PM in response to K77_Germany

Sadly ,this issue remains unfixed even on26.2RC ….. 15 pro max

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Dec 4, 2025 6:47 AM in response to Jeff Donald

Been there. Done that.

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iPhone 15 Pro screen brightness issue after iOS 26 update

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