iOS 16.1 Lock Screen Wallpaper Display

It’s getting more and more interesting. When I finally solved the wallpaper problem with your help, has been very excited for a half of a day. And now… it is back to black again. Somehow the Seetings feature on Dark mode sets automatically and everything starts all over again + all other appses, messages, mail backgrounds are black now🤦‍♀️ doesn’t come back to ‘normal’ after turning the black mode off.

This is really frustrating. My wallpaper is a precious picture I no longer have anywhere else since losing a phone. I can see it but it won’t stay as my background. As I’m not able to replace it I’m hoping Apple will FIX THIS GLITCH SOON so we don’t have to waste time here. Good job we don’t all pay a lot of money for these products! Anyone heard of Samsung?!!

I have a similar problem after the recent update. I can access the change wallpaper screen but cannot change the clock font or size on the Lock Screen. There used to be a menu in settings Wallpaper and Lock Screen but I only have Wallpaper so that does not help.

Just updated to 16.0.2 after trying every suggestion in this thread. DND will not turn off and black lock and home screens remain. Submitted feedback using the link provided. I have been And I was just about to pull the trigger on the 14pro!

shelly283, thanks for your reply. The solution I was referring to will not be publicly available until mid-December - today it is not publically available and will not be until sometime later in mid-December (next week, perhaps?). Until then I expect the problem will remain unfixed

With my 14 Pro Max, I'm holding out for the fix to be included in the iOS 16.2 update scheduled to be publicly released next week. It's working for me so far and is the only thing I've found that has helped

I had the black screen a few weeks ago, and updated to 16.1.2 and it fixed for a few days, and now only black screen. I get my wallpaper back by shutting phone off, then starting up-- great for 2 minutes, then black! I have 2 friends with new I Phone 14's and they have same problem. Seems to me Apple has been lax for a while...

Same problem! My Lock Screen goes black when I get a notification. I have to power off the phone to get my original Lock Screen photo back. I get notifications all the time! So my screen is always black.

Apple, why hasn’t this been fixed yet 😡?

Apparently, the update to iOS 16.2 will make the necessary fixes - at least that has been the case on my 14 Pro Max. The public update is due the week of 12/12 probably on Monday or Tuesday (maybe later, but soon).

My phone updated to 16.1.2 and is now having the same issue everything I try to do does not fix it. I agree with the commentary above saying that we pay way too much money for these phones for this to even be an issue to try to “workaround”. When is an update to fix this issue coming out. For me personally, my lock screen was standard from the phone. My home screen was a picture of my dog who literally just passed away a month ago and going through photos to find that one and apply repeatedly is just not ideal right now. Fix the issue!

iOS 16.2 is now publicly available for downloading and installation. It has fixed the problem on my iPhone 14 Pro Max for the several weeks I've had it installed - long enough for me to conclude the problem has been solved.

ive noticed that sometimes the lockscreen combos I have created just disappear from my list of custom lock screens. This seems to happen only with photo shuffle lockscreens. Is this an issue for anyone else?

I've had this issue for several weeks, since 16.x, forget when it started. None of the suggested solutions has worked for me, I don't have any focus things turned on, and have repeatedly reconfirmed this following everyone's suggestions.

Good news, in my case: the 16.2 update has resolved this, at least for the past 2 days since I upgraded. It used to be off-again-on-again, so I'm still not sure it won't recur. But at the moment, I'm back to my correct lock screen. Hope that may work for others.

Hello, I have experienced black screen since updating to 16:02. This is frustrating as the phone was functioning well prior to being encouraged to update.

I am constantly having to upload my wallpaper as it disappears to a black screen.

How do I permanently resolve this matter, without for I g to complete reset and risk loosing data?

This problem started for me with installation of iOS 16.1, was solved with an update to iOS 16.1, and now has started again with iOS 16.2. My Lock Screen is fine but my Home Screen starts out almost fine on restart (almost, because I get a red notification dot with no number on the phone icon) but after the first time the phone goes to sleep the Home Screen goes to a black background and stays that way. Same problem both times. Super annoying because it was fixed until 16.2 made it start again, and I don’t have the photo I use stored elsewhere that I can find. I’m on an iPhone X.