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Background and Wallpaper constantly changing to BLACK automatically

I have an iPhone 12 updated to iOS 16. The background and wallpaper constantly changes itself to Black, automatically. I have to power down my phone in order to recover my Lock Screen Photo as well as the home screen background (or wallpaper). Is this a setting I have set incorrectly or is there a fix to stop this?


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iPhone 12

Posted on Nov 8, 2022 6:45 AM

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Posted on Dec 19, 2022 9:55 AM

The only way I was able to stop this from happening was by switching to only a single background. I originally had one background photo for my locked screen and a separate background photo for my regular wallpaper as seen on the background of my home screen. When I changed these to the same photo, the blackouts stopped. I never had this problem before updating to ISO 16. I grew weary of fighting it, even with upgrades, so I just use the single photo.

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Background and Wallpaper constantly changing to BLACK automatically

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