Pinch to Crop Wallpaper... still not working

Pinch to crop does not work on wallpaper. I just updated my iPhone 14 pro max. When I pinch to crop and release my two fingers, the photo goes right back to full screen.

Not at all. This is incredible simple and basic. The fact that we have to ask for that is mind blowing. Why even have a feature that automatically zooms in when it’s not asked for. I want the ENTIRE picture on my wallpaper not a section. Why not put the option to turn the zoom OFF or actually make it customizable so I’m not forced to zoom in on a portion of a picture?? Unreal

Thank you for bringing up this issue and would like to add to this thread - when my photo opens in the Photo app, it fits in the phone's screen nicely. When chosen as a wallpaper on lock screen or otherwise, it enlarges and the pinch to crop may bring it back to normal size (after many attempts) or keeps it too large to use. Ultimately I would like to 'pinch to crop' to make the image(as seen in the photo app) a bit smaller so it fits in line with or under the clock or other lock screen widgets.

Thanks - look forward to a solution if its out there!

I found out it can be done if you use two hands, one to hold the cropped image and the other to set it. This actually (finally) worked with my iphone11. It might be even easier if two people did it! Apple should be deeply ashamed that they have allowed this situation go on this long.

Pinch to crop isn’t working on my 14pro. Just like everyone else here is saying. Everyone here knows how to use their phone to change wallpaper!

Apple clearly can’t fix it. easier to ignore everyone’s complaints than to fix it.

Well then you are one of maybe two people in the USA that this works for. It does NOT work for anyone else. It did many years ago (IOS 6 perhaps) but hasn't since and apple just doesn't seem to care so in the mean time pinching and holding the pinch while pushing done works 75% of the time, even then the picture turns out to be stretched.

Hey there Smorticula,

We'd like to help answer your two questions about the wallpaper as best we can. Let's start with ruling out some possible causes to what's happening, along with confirming more details to better understand what you're asking:

1. What exactly did you mean by the wallpaper 'changed on its own'? The more details you provide, the better we'll understand what you meant.
2. Reading the Pinch to Crop feature when customizing your wallpaper, you mentioned it's 'not working', but what exactly occurs when you try pinching both ways(inwards and outwards)? We're trying to determine what exactly doesn't work when you try this, or does it not respond whatsoever when you pinch it either way?
3. Sometimes unexpected behavior can be resolved with a restart: Restart your iPhone
4. Since you have a compatible iPhone model, the latest version is iOS 16.3. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. In case you needed it, this link shows how to first back up, then Update your iPhone or iPad.

Cheers!

This does work but it is really tricky. Many attempts will be required.

Are we sure this was actually written by Apple? It is very un-Apple like.

Maybe the iTunes people had something to do with it?

With immense difficulty I resized a picture. This shouldn’t be that hard. Unfortunately it stuck the resized photo down in the left hand corner and I cannot move it to the center even though it shows it’s centered before I click “Done. “. I appreciate any help.

It works but you have to use two hands. Lay the phono on a table, Pinch the photo and hold the press done while holding the pinched photo.

Yes, it does work for me. I just set up a new one this month.  It is difficult though and there is another problem: If you want it to overlay the date etc you just have to be lucky because it almost never will do this. One poster said that if the original was a .JPG it would work (overlay the date etc and really look good) but that doesn't actually help.  There seems to be something to his suggestion though because it has worked in a couple of cases for me. I just can't tell what characteristics of the original are needed.

Someone else said this is 'fixed' in iOS17 but it's much too early for me to update to this version of the OS.

Nup,

Recrop current wallpaper doesn’t work even if you are an octopus.

When you press done it doesn’t hold and save.

$1700 phone- ridiculous.

I probably wouldn’t have to change anything if all the battery, wifi and carrier data wasn’t in WHITE!!

Why can’t I change the colour of the data at the top of an iPhone 13 display to a darker colour?

Please no responses for YouTube links from Indian people telling me how to use the display and brightness feature on my phone.

It isn’t a thing with this issue.

Apple needs to fix this.

Sincerely,

$1700 Phone (:

As someone else posted, doing this positions the crop in the lower left of the screen, and can’t find a way to drag the cropped image to the center. The goal for me is to keep the upper and lower margins of the screen empty to make it easier to see/read the app icons. I’ve had slightly better luck after lots of time and multiple tries on the Lock Screen wallpaper, but the “desktop” screen crop functionality is just not working. The function says pinch to crop, so you’d think releasing after pinching would hold the resize *and* the screen position until you click Done (without needing to use two hands).

Wallpaper pinch top crop from photos DOES NOT work....small picture on my photos ends up being too big when I want to use it as wallpaper.....IS APPLE LISTENING

No they are not