Wallpaper disappears

It's been happening on my 14 pro max & at every upgrade released I think that Apple will finally fix this & at every upgrade I do I'm disappointed & super frustrated. 16.3.1 has been the best yet in terms of length of time the wallpaper has stayed on the phone, but that's only been a few days!!! It disappeared again today. Restart does very little for my phone. Weirdly, the wallpaper usually comes back in the evening - almost like it's on a timer 🤷‍♀️

I just upgraded to 16.3.1 yesterday and my wallpaper (pic of me and my wife when we married 33 years ago) has started to disappear. I was on 15.something before yesterday and never had this happen. It is disconcerting for sure. In wallpaper settings, my actual wallpaper pic is displayed properly … but my iPhone background is just black. When I do a hard restart, my wallpaper pic comes back, but only temporarily. My phone is a iPhone 11 Pro Max. This seems to have been an issue for a while now, but I’ve just started to experience it when I upgraded to 16.3.1 yesterday.

Why is the wallpaper disappearing again??? I thought with the upgrade to 16.whatever it was fixed?? Happening now after exiting any app I’m using and doesn’t take long for it to disappear again…using an iPhone 14s anyone else having this problem AGAIN?

I’m having the same issue. It’s very frustrating. Restarting usually fixes it, but then the wallpaper goes black after 15-20 minutes. But it’s not consistent. Sometimes, the wallpaper works fine for multiple days in a row.

Currently we are on a three day streak without it disappearing! Crossing my fingers we are good? Everything is up to date!! It seems to happen more if I’m on wifi and need to charge the battery..like it can’t handle the multiple things at the same time! So frustrating

How long has this worked for now for you? I’m tempted to try it but does it matter when I customize the wallpaper setting? If I say customize current setting when my wallpaper is currently black will it customize that or do I need to have the disappearing wallpaper on there currently to customize it? Soooo frustrating! I feel like I should just find a new wallpaper that stays but I have dug in so far at this point but want it fixed to work correctly! Lol!

Hello I moved up from an IphoneXS to 14 plus last week, and this problem which was not there earlier surfaced -- 3 days after I upgraded.

Switch off and restart solved the problem -- for 10 minutes.

And my phone is on 16.4.1

Hello Apple...anybody out there?

I wonder if I should get my phone replaced...this is a software issue

Thank you. Let me try this workaround.

The strange thing is a week ago I had iOS 16.4 on my iPhone XS and I did not have this problem; I change to iphone iOS 14 plus, and with iOS 16.4.1, and all I did was trasnfer the old data, and this problem starts 3 days later...

since the last update mine has been AMAZING!! Never got the black backdrop again until THIS morning when I downloaded the ‘new security update’ and now I’m screwed again! Took one picture and immediately got the black screen!!!! Wtf Apple!??? It’s like ever OTHER update screws it up!??!

Help!

Today day I lost my wallpaper. It shows for a second and then disappears. I went to Photos and tried to change it and do a hard reset but still the same thing. I updated the security last night and still the same thing. How do you fix it?

ALSO for some reason dictation takes forever. I this one came out fast but totally wrong and needed three manual changes

We had a good month run without the wallpaper disappearing and it WAS fantastic! Yesterday it happened once and now today three different times…why apple?? Why?? I thought it was done but nope! Back to turning it on and off again :(

Just bought iPhone 14 pro for a couple of weeks. Wallpaper begins disappearing. Every time restarting can help it stay for two minutes. I didn’t have this problem with iPhone X. It was good for the first two weeks. Why?

Bring back original wallpaper! I can’t even use the me too button because it it never resolves. The circle spins trying to load as yet another person upset with losing the original wallpaper that we can adjust the way we like it. Apple what are you doing with this controlling action?

Hello Everyone, I have had a wallpaper on my phone since Nov 30, 2023 It has been on my phone and never disappeared. I wake up this morning and my picture is gone and my background is to the old green wallpaper my phone had before I ever added a wallpaper because this was my first time adding one. Why is this happening and what has worked for anyone else? I have never posted about this issue or anything else on here. I will try turning my phone on and off and see if that works. God bless everyone on here.

I have the same issue on my X. I guess I am glad it is an iOS issue and not that I was hacked. I assume a patch fix will be coming soon.