I've noticed my backlight dims sometimes, I chose that in settings but I found out it got brighter itself, out of nowhere.
Then I found out that when I put pressure on one side of the storm (Around the lock button) it would dim or get brigther, depending on how it was before...
Now I ask, is this something that every storm has or is it that mine's screwed up?
The storm has a light sensor behind the LED window. It designed to dim the screen in a dim environment as a bright screen is unnecessary. You're probably just covering it when you 'put pressure on one side'. You can turn it off in screen options.
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