Unknown/Not-mine image on iOS lock-screen

Had my iPhone 12 Pro for years and lock-screen image has been same for a year or so.


Few hours ago I grabbed my phone and an unknown image with 3D letters saying YELLE appeared on my lock-screen; iOS 17.1.2.


I held the lock-screen to customize and the lock-screens customisation mode showed my normal image in the selected position plus a few others I used earlier to the right.


When I tapped my normal image to exit the customisation mode, the foreign YELLE image appeared again.


I tried choosing another lock-screen I used earlier (swipe and tap), but this too resulted in showing YELLE.


Rebooted the phone and things went back to normal.


WTF could this be???

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on Feb 26, 2024 5:15 AM

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May 4, 2024 1:28 PM in response to Fab182

Actually, the "two shirtless men hugging" image seems to be the album cover art of band U2 "Songs of Innocense" album. This album is included for free with Apple's Music App on the iPhone.


The Music App shows album art on the iPhone lock screen, when the app is in use and playing music. It seems there is a bug somewhere, which makes this "disturbing to some" album art image show on the lock screen of the iPhone sometimes even if the Music app is not in use.


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