iOS 16.1 Lock Screen Wallpaper Display

That doesn’t help me, my wallpaper changes daily and sometimes (I haven’t figure out what triggers it - perhaps just random) turns black. Restart or just rerunning the wallpaper change automation shortcut brings it back.

You're way ahead of me. I can't get it to turn off manually no matter what I try - toggling, turning off phone w/toggle off, hard reset (toggle off), deleted 'defective' half of schedule, deleted full schedule, again hard reset - nothing. DND still on!

Yes, and I'm sure it will continue to work right up to the point where it doesn't. That's the definition of random. Unless there has been a silent update the problem still exists, it just hasn't occurred recently.

That said, it also seems to be working for me, and, I'm sure, will continue to do so until it doesn't.

I have the same problem since I installed ios 16.1: no lock screen wallpaper visible anymore after a while. After reboot the picture is there again for a while until it dissapear.

I didn't have this issue with iOS 16.0.3 (iPhone 14 Pro)

Well, I'm afraid I spoke too soon. I used the workaround proposed by @gestler and it worked for me.......for two whole days. It has now reverted to the black wallpaper again.

Does anyone know if Apple support staff read these forums?

This is an Apple forum, so perhaps someone is tracking these comments. I would guess that there is some critical point at which complaints here receive attention and begin to be worked on. Just a guess of course, but might I suggest other readers chime in if they have a similar problem?

OK, my latest update.

I connected support via chat on my PC and very basically, the support operator thought that my original update had a corrupted file.

He put my phone into recovery mode and then I downloaded 16.1, this time using iTunes. I have reinstalled the update and for the time being, it appears to be working correctly.

I will let you know if it is any different.

This is happening to me too. Like others have said, it comes back for awhile, then disappears again. Apple needs to be made aware of this. Has anyone reached out to Apple. Praying it will be rectified in a future software update?? Thoughts?

My ticket was escalated to a senior adviser. He basically told me to restore a backup from iCloud, which was made before the update to 16.1.

I do my backups on my PC using iTunes, so my only backup is from yesterday :(

Apparently, because there are millions of iPhone users, some will be expected to have a glitch of some kind.

Getting pretty fed up with the whole thing.

I just got off the phone with support at Apple with this same problem, my custom images I've had set for my Home and Lock screens are suddenly missing and I'm seeing a black background for both since the iOS 16.1 update. The first support person had me heading down a path backing up then wiping my phone completely, and restoring it to factory settings and reinstalling iOS 16.1. Luckily, they sent me to a senior support person, who diagnosed the problem -- and it's now solved. The issue had to do with my Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb and Sleep settings. If you have those Focus times set, you MUST select a Customized Screen for Lock and Home screens, or else when those Focus times kick on, the screen settings will default to black (nothing). Once we figured this out, I reset my non-focus Home and Lock screens to my original photos and the issue has not reoccurred.

I think I agree that the problem exists between the interaction of DND and 'normal daytime' screens. In my case, I use DND and daily wallpaper changes which are automatically changed using Shortcuts automations. When I made sure the automatic changes were not done at the same time the problem seemed to be solved. However, randomly (i.e. for seemingly no reason) I got black wallpaper after the change from DND is made, but confusingly, also at times other than when DND was involved. The last time it happened - three days ago now - I rebooted the phone (iPhone 14 Pro Max) and have had no problems. Note (1) that the only change was the reboot. I'm expecting this to go on until the next time I get black wallpaper and reboot to correct it. Note (2) that when I do a reboot the expected wallpaper appears without making any additional changes.

Quite right, each one of us reports what has happened to ourselves. Individually we are an example of one, as is any 'fix' or 'explanation' we think we have discovered (or uncovered, etc.). That's why it is important to let Apple know the specifics of each problem; it allows them to figure out the best way of correcting the actual problem for all of us.

This doesn’t work for me bc the wallpaper and lockscreen image i have been using for years is not provided as an option. I could find the original odor and recreate it, but what a hassle.

For me, it comes and goes. Restarting phone does not bring it back, but it does reappear on its own, stays a while, then goes again. Hmm.

So far, nothing has actually worked for more than - - - some amount of time. For me, the latest was 4 days. It failed after I had an app (Instagram?) open while doing something else on my Mac Mini. Upon returning to the phone the wallpaper was black. Rebooting failed to bring my selected wallpaper back. I had to run my wallpaper automation the restore it. Note: I use an automation to change my wallpaper every day, so I don't have a fixed wallpaper. DND turns off at 6 am every morning and the wallpaper changes at 6:30 am. I have a fixed DND wallpaper that comes on at 10: pm every day and changes my phone's wallpaper and watch's clock face. Based on today's wallpaper failure (turning black), I would guess that there may be some interaction with leaving an app open and having the phone enter the always-on display and then maybe timing out and being reopened. Again a sample of one, so definitely not definitive, but maybe a clue for any Apple tech?

Apple doing something about is the assumption behind posting specifics about a problem. Apple can use the specifics to try to duplicate a problem and then fix it with software updates, user interface changes, or whatever else is necessary.