Why does my screen display automatically brighten when I have completely dimmed it, when I am about to go to bed in a dark room with no ambient light?

This is an issue that has been driving me crazy! When I get ready to go to bed I have iTunes running and I manually dim the screen all the way so it is black. For some reason in the last couple of months the screen has automatically brightened for no apparent reason. I have read lots of forums about the screen going dim at unwanted times, but never anything about a dim screen that automatically brightens. I have played around with different positions of the screen to see if ambient light was causing the problem, but it still happens regardless of where it is. I am not touching the computer so it isn't affected by a function or program it is trying to run. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I hate when I feel like my computer is smarter than me
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lynnyfrombloom wrote:
I have an I phone 4s and purchased it originally through a Verizon prepaid plan. It has not been locked by them and never was.
Um... yes. It was, and is.
Verizon says my phone is free and clear and has been taken completely out of their system.
Whoever told you that doesn't know what they are talking about.
A Verizon iPhone 4S can not be unlocked for use on any US carrier. It can only be used on Verizon in the US. If you want to use a carrier other than Verizon, you will have to buy a new phone.

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Panics Since Last Report:          1
Thu Feb 6 15:29:32 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f81d89ff3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff7acd4a2a7c, CR3: 0x0000000085d3b000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffffff4bffff56, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff807867b7c0, RBP: 0xffffff807867b800, RSI: 0xffffff7acd4a2a7c, RDI: 0xffffff8065292000
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff7f81d44200, R11: 0xffffff800f8b45e8
R12: 0xffffff8065292000, R13: 0xffffff807867b860, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xffffff7acd4a2a7c
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff7f81d89ff3, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
CR2: 0xffffff7acd4a2a7c, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff807867b470 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff807867b4f0 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff807867b6a0 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff807867b6c0 : 0xffffff7f81d89ff3
0xffffff807867b800 : 0xffffff7f81d8a694
0xffffff807867b890 : 0xffffff7f81d8b4ed
0xffffff807867b8d0 : 0xffffff7f81d472a1
0xffffff807867ba40 : 0xffffff7f81d8bd6d
0xffffff807867bb00 : 0xffffff7f81d44346
0xffffff807867bb60 : 0xffffff8000655f3e
0xffffff807867bb80 : 0xffffff800065681a
0xffffff807867bbe0 : 0xffffff8000656fbb
0xffffff807867bd20 : 0xffffff80002a3f08
0xffffff807867be20 : 0xffffff8000223096
0xffffff807867be50 : 0xffffff80002148a9
0xffffff807867beb0 : 0xffffff800021bbd8
0xffffff807867bf10 : 0xffffff80002af140
0xffffff807867bfb0 : 0xffffff80002dab5e
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