Mobile terminal and screen highlight adjusting method thereof

The invention discloses a mobile terminal screen highlight adjusting method which comprises the following steps of: detecting operation on a mobile terminal by a user; judging whether the operation of the user is a preset action; if the operation of the user is the preset action, setting brightness value of the mobile terminal to be a first preset brightness value so as to enable the mobile terminal to be at a screen highlight state; and restoring the brightness value of the mobile terminal to be a second preset brightness value if detecting that the screen is set to be in the highlight state in the former bright time when the screen is bright again after the screen of the mobile terminal is dark. The invention also discloses a mobile terminal. According to the invention, the highlight of the screen of the mobile terminal can be temporally adjusted, thus being fast, practical and efficient.