Pinch to Crop Wallpaper... still not working

This looks like it has been a problem for a while. My wallpaper had changed on its own, not sure what happened. I dug up the photo I've used for years on my iphones and when I try to 'pinch to crop' it simply doesn't work. It just reverts back to its full size. Any ideas?


I'm using most current software.

iPhone 13

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 6:13 PM

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Sep 18, 2023 3:40 PM in response to Smorticula

I have done about ten of these now on my iPhone 11 Pro Max.  I got about six (6) usable wallpapers.  In your case, this is what I would try: erase the wallpaper that is screwed up.  Make sure it is gone everywhere espec from the cloud. Then go back to the original foto (download it again) and start over.  I am waiting (without much hope) to see if iOS17 does anything to help with this disgraceful situation. 

 

After that just keep trying.  On some of them it will take ten or more attempts to get a usable

wallpaper.  For my best one (yes, just one), the setting to put the picture in front of the text (which really looks good) actually worked (was not greyed out) but I could never get it to work on any other image.

 

Oct 30, 2023 1:54 AM in response to Mikelhunter

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.

Pinch to Crop Wallpaper... still not working

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