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Astronomy (Earth) Wallpaper Day Night Transition

Good morning,


When using the astronomy wallpaper, the day/night transitions on the locked screen and background do not

match. I believe this started happening after upgrading, to iOS 16.4, but not certain.


Anybody else noticed this? Any ideas on how to fix this?


Thanks,


D





Top (locked screen) shows morning, bottom (background) shows evening, for 8:10 AM. The background screen doesn't update.


iPhone 13 mini

Posted on Apr 3, 2023 6:06 AM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2023 6:22 AM

For me it is the fact that lockscreen will update, and In that sense darken the globe and show city lights but then as I unlock it will go back to lighter image, like going back in time… realy annoying.


I noticed that both wallpapers with earth have the same issue and same simptoms.


Also, as dragoscscc said, if any one knows a good place to report this please be kind and leave a link…


if I am not mistaken it might take Apple month or two for a 16.4.1/16.5 update and that’s a long time to wait with such a annoying issue.

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Apr 5, 2023 6:22 AM in response to dragoscscc

For me it is the fact that lockscreen will update, and In that sense darken the globe and show city lights but then as I unlock it will go back to lighter image, like going back in time… realy annoying.


I noticed that both wallpapers with earth have the same issue and same simptoms.


Also, as dragoscscc said, if any one knows a good place to report this please be kind and leave a link…


if I am not mistaken it might take Apple month or two for a 16.4.1/16.5 update and that’s a long time to wait with such a annoying issue.

Apr 5, 2023 1:18 AM in response to DioS-

My home screen gets stuck at any given last image when it had updated last time, so if it had updated at 10:00 it will remain at that image. Lock screen will update normaly troughout the day.


To update I change the wallpaper and then return to Earth image.


All settings for Location are on and everything is allowed.


This is really annoying as it worked perfectly on 16.3.1 (on iPhone 14 pro),


any advice is helpfull.

Apr 4, 2023 7:02 PM in response to dragoscscc

This started happening to me on 16.4 as well. I don’t use location so it seems the Lock Screen has the correct terminator line but the Home Screen is just stuck on day. See gif below.


Temporary fix:

I have fixed it by changing the Home Screen to a different picture, applying that change and then edit again to pair the correct Earth Home Screen.


Apr 5, 2023 5:35 AM in response to Crvenobradi

The weird thing is how intermittent it is. Stops working. Enabled location, refreshes but doesn’t update. Yesterday disabled and enabled location, went back and forth with a different background, worked for a day. This morning it’s back not not updating again.


Does Apple read these forums or do I need to report this as a bug somewhere else?

May 10, 2023 8:12 AM in response to Alivia139

Turning on Precise Location does not work. A few hours later, you'll find the issue is still present. It has nothing to do with location. Right now it's day time, and when I unlock the screen, the globe behind my apps initially has the right daylight, but then quickly reverts to night. It's not a location bug. The only quick fix is changing wallpapers and changing back, but of course you need to do this every few hours.

Astronomy (Earth) Wallpaper Day Night Transition

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