Apple - Auto Brightness Is Not Right - 32GB 3G S

Not sure if anyone else is having issues, but my phone brightness is left at the default middle level and auto brightness is left on. However, with auto brightness on - it's making the phone too dim and harder to see. I have to turn auto brightness off to make it better.
Anyone else have this problem? I never had this issue with my 3G.

Set your brightness to medium - middle. Turn on auto brightness.
Then...
Go in to a bathroom, keep the lights off and close the door. Put the phone to sleep (press the power button real quick) then when it clicks off, press the home button then slide to unlock. It should adjust and be dimmer. This is how I know to "force it" to do that.
You can also take a flashlight and shine it directly on the phone to the left of the earpiece (that is where the sensor is). Your screen should go full brightness pretty quickly.
If this does not happen - your auto brightness is not on or your phone is defective (bad sensor).

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First of all the slider has to be the minimum brightness this is the amount of brightness you start with when you unsleep/powerup your device. This is easy to test and verify because if you push the slider to the outer left and you put your device into sleep and wake it again (in a dark room) then you'll have a very dim screen; with the lowest possible brightness setting. I then turned on my strong desk light and after approximately 1 second an amount of brightness kicked in to compensate for the extra light shining directly at my ipod.
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