I'm experiencing the same issue. This seems like a bug. I'm using .01
which seems to turn off the back light,  but not the LCD itself.
Basically, I need my app to be able to turn off the screen to conserve
power, but I don't want the locked screen coming back when the user
reactivates the phone.

>
>  WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = getWindow().getAttributes();
>  lp.screenBrightness = 0.0f;
>  getWindow().setAttributes(lp);
>
> But this seem to put the phone into an odd state whereby touch events
> are no longer received and when I later try to restore the screen
> brightness, either by setting it to 1.0 or -1.0 - nothing happens!
> The only way I can get the screen back is to hit the end button and
> menu out of the screen lock.
>
> Is this the correct behavior?  Is there any way to work around it and
> A) receive touch events while the screen is dimmed and B)
> programatically restore the brightness?
>
> NOTE: things work as expected with non zero brighness values such as
> 0.1

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