iPhone wallpaper keeps going black iOS 16.1

I tried your method. But the photo I use for my wallpaper is not in the Photos app any longer.

I suppose It is just another "glitch" the user, who pays much for the phone, has to deal with. Quality is a dinosaur now. Crap service is the norm, like it or not. I will not be replacing my phone when it totally fails me. That's my option to give me peace & stop corporations from shoving their agenda on me! Plus their rotten service. I bet if I placed the pride flag as my wallpaper it wld remain for eternity. See what I mean? Not very happy!

I've found a workaround using iOS 17.0

- lock your phone

- tap the screen

- Press and hold until your wallpaper(s) appear

- select customize on the wallpaper you prefer

- while in customize settings, select Add to your top right corner, then hit Done to your top left corner.

Hi, the posted resolution does work. At first I thought it was odd that selecting the regular wallpaper was NOT part of the steps, but it is not needed. Just "re-select" the existing locked screen wallpaper and go through the posted steps.

The only difference you might see is that the images (locked screen and unlocked screen) may shift a little. For example, I never had the bottom part shown in the unlocked screen wallpaper image - I didn't want it to because it shows the edge of a picture frame etc. It now shows the entire image. Not a big deal. Oddly, I did not experience this problem until 16.5 instead of 16.1. It was definitely an odd problem to see.

I hope this is not a sign of things to come. From MacOS Snow Leopard to MacOS Monterey - not one single install or upgrade problem ever......then came Ventura! Same for iOS, not one single problem until 16.5 I hope Apple's overall QA can return to what it has always been which was outstanding A+, instead of what it has become only recently: B- I wonder if Steve Jobs kept the QA so high (instead of prematurely pushing out new versions).

Hi! Thank you for your response! Yes, this is disappointing for Apple to go below their usual high standards. It isnt the end of the world but I find it a nuisance. I just assume avoid having the Focus on my device. It is unnecessary and interference. So I pray the next update provides the option to eliminate Focus. I truly despise it.

The 16.6 update caused my colors to change everywhere: background, wallpaper, text messages, Facebook, …, and my ❤️ emoji has changed from red to blue!!

This is ridiculous!! Apple needs to fix this now!

I recently received and downloaded a new update on my iPhone mini and ever since the Lock Screen wallpaper is just going to a faded blackish tint. My phone won’t allow me to change it even when I try to change photos.

The problem appears on iOS 16.7.8 too, iPhone 8. It seems it doesn’t matter the iPhone.

Restarting doesn’t help us it go black again and again.

Now I changed the wallpaper to see if the issue would appear again.

It is very strange so many people have the same issue and no proper resolution 😕

I have exactly the same problem on my 1Phone 11 IOS 16.1. I believe it started after the recent 16.1 upgrade.

Any support or advice would be helpful.

Same with me and i can't find the original photo in my library anymore. when i restart it comes back but randomly goes black again!

i have a brand new iPhone 14 and since the last update it has been happening almost daily. The only work I’ve found is to reboot it but that getting old.

Hello belcantoCali,

Thanks for asking the Apple Support Communities about your iPhone background changing to black.

Please reach out to Apple Support to get help with this.

Apple Support

Thanks.

It's been happening to me too.

same thing happens to me, and I also cannot find the original photos on my phone

I powered off my phone and powered it back on about a week ago. My original screensaver and wallpaper photos returned and (fingers crossed) have remained. Hope this helps others.

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