Isshan

Have a look at this. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207104 These newer models are supposed to turn the machine on when someone opens the lid. ??? I'm not using dark theme if that's what you mean. I never changed the NVRAM. Value "03" should be set by default.

It's not like I'm trying to wake it up from sleep. The laptop was completely shut down.

This laptop is about a month old. According to Apple the laptop can be turned on by opening the lid. The problem is I often find the laptop doesn't turn on when I open the lid. I encountered this 4/5 times. So, it's not that frequent. Each time this happened, I plugged in the charger and immediately opened the lid, the laptop didn't turn on. To turn it on, either I had to press the touch ID/power button or close the lid and open it again. I was just wondering if others have encountered it. Googled it, couldn't find anything on it.