Wallpaper disappears

It was fixed by turning off focus

I had the same issue, I deleted the wallpaper, a photo of my family and edited the same photo in my photo album and then set it as my current wallpaper. It's been a few months since I did this. So far so good.

Was having the same issue. Just installed 16.3 this morning and so far it seems to be working fine.

This has been an issue for months. 16.1.1 was supposed to correct it. And it did for several weeks, then the problem resurfaced. That Apple has not corrected something so "in your face" - and irritating - is not reflecting well on Apple. Interestingly, 16.2 launched Dec 13, 2022, yet my iPhone did not prompt me to download, nor even inform me there was a new update to download. I only discovered 16.2 was available today (Jan 7, 2023) because my wallpaper is disappearing again. Downloading 16.2 it as I type this. Let's hope 16.2 actually puts the issue to bed, unlike 16.1.1.

Try going to wallpaper settings and select customize your current wallpaper. Then don’t change anything and save it. That just worked but I don’t know how long it will stay.

This is definitely an iPhone iOS update bug. Turning the iPhone off and back on again and also updates work, but both only temporarily. The best thing to do, is to report it to Apple, (I’m not entirely sure if there’s a report for iOS issue easy option). I’m surprised Apple haven’t fixed this issue already, it seems they’re defaulting to assuming it a user issue. But from all of our experiences, following iOS update, it’s clearly a bug and none of us can fix this. Apple, please get on board.

I’m using 16.4.1. Wallpaper issue is fixed!…for now😂

This is an ongoing problem with the IOS 16 updates. I am hoping Apple will fix this problem. I tried restarting as well. The wallpaper will come back but only for a few minutes. I also chatted with Apple support. But they were not able to fix the problem. I wish whoever wrote these updates would test it out before launching it. It is making a lot of customers very unhappy.

This happened on my iphone 13 today. Same issues as all are reporting. Frustrating

Yes, a new update seems to have corrected the problem

This is why I haven’t upgraded my phone in three years with Apple. They charge a fortune for these cheap pieces of junk made in China and they can’t even get the software right let alone the BI. I have the same issue right now.

It’s doing this now for last three months. It stopped for awhile but started again. I’ve done all the updates. Makes you wonder if there are other malfunctions that aren’t so visible but more damaging.

I didn’t have this problem until upgrading to iOS 16.3, but I DEFINITELY have it now!

The black background is ugly, and the only way to get my wallpaper back is to restart my phone. Then my wallpaper disappears again, and again, and again. It’s a huge PITA!

I can’t believe Apple is not fixing this issue, which I just learned has been around for a while.