- Go to Settings → General → Accessibility → Zoom.
- Enable Zoom.
- Tap 3 fingers on the screen to bring up zoom options.
- Choose filter: low light.
- Go back to Settings → General → Accessibility → Zoom and change the zoom region to full screen.
- Turn Zoom off.
- Go to Settings → General → Accessibility → Accessibility Shortcut and set it to Zoom.
Now, whenever you want darker than dark triple click the home button and voila!
Thank you stackexchange!
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