iOS 16.1 Lock Screen Wallpaper Display

go on this link and it should work

Change the wallpaper on your iPhone – Apple Support (AU)

You need to add new to your wallpaper. I gad an old photo screenshot I could use from photos and so far works.

It’s because sleep mode is activated on Apple Watch. Just had same issue.

I am experiencing all the same things already mentioned, but in my case, it may (or may not) be related to Do Not Disturb. I do not use Bedtime to schedule DND, but rather simply have it scheduled as DND: On from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., off from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Has worked for years until upgrading from 15.7 to 16.1 on Friday. I had also created wallpaper for lock screen/home screen, and edited from chunky font for time display to thinner, obviously selecting the latter for use. (Kept the orginal unwanted set just in case, as it would be easier to simply modify than going back to wallpaper and starting over in the event it disappeared.

DND malfunctioned immediately following upgrade. It goes on (and, although doesn't always give you the quick notification at the bottom of the home screen, the crescent is displayed above) but often does NOT go off! While on, apparently it chooses to black out the wallpaper selection, which I hate, but this morning, for the first time, it disabled itself on schedule. However - it also immediately switched from my selected wallpaper set in focus to the original chunky font set! It has swapped sets at other times while working on this issue, but unfortunately, I can't be specific - particularly since I didn't realize that was what was occuring. I thought initially that it was simply changing the font.

I believe there is an interplay between DND, wallpaper (as seen in Focus), etc., and am pursuing, although now that it's reaching the engineering level, that usually ends anything productive. I'm glad to have found this discussion, and hope others will continue to post so we might be able to figure it out without the assistance we know won't be forthcoming.

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.

Apparently, we are not alone - there are several articles about this problem.

iPhone wallpaper turns black or disappears after iOS 16.1.1 update (piunikaweb.com) among others.

I seems that the cause may be a failed background settings transfer between iOS versions. So perhaps a iOS update will usher in a fix?

The December point update makes a couple of changes in how the AOD works with wallpaper and should (so far) fix the problem at least for those phones with AOD capabilities. A fresh install of the existing iOS might also fix the problem if indeed it is a failed background settings transfer between iOS versions - not a sure thing by any means, but possible.

Hey, it is possible to recover you image if you haven't replaced it with another one in the meantime (I think).

Try to follow the steps I outline in my post. I had the same problem as you, and I recovered my 7-ish year old background --> iOS 16.1 Lock Screen Wallpaper Display - Apple Community

Initially I thought it would break something, so I made sure to do an iCloud backup to my computer as well as iCloud, and because I've always found these 3rd party iTunes replacement apps a bit sketchy, I prefer to use the Windows sandbox mode, just in case.

Good luck!

Contacting Product Feedback can't hurt. I don't think they will ever give you any feedback, but the site claims to have received your comment. I've done so twice now.

Try here Lock Screen and Home Screen. - Apple Community

The update that fixed it for my 14 Pro Max is expected to be publicly available next week - its only a RC now. Are you using iOS 16.2?

This is how you fix it go into your focus settings and I click everything boom 🤯 wallpaper problem fix

I also thought I’d sorted this issue as suggested, but overnight it returns. I keep juggling between one wallpaper and the next on a daily basis. As denine48 points out, we shouldn’t have to work around sorting these issues, it’s Apple fault, they need to fix it.

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?