Can’t see the clock on the Lock Screen after I was locked out. It happened when I took my iPhone 12 from my purse and it says to wait one minute then 3 mins then 5 mins. I tried reboot several times. Took an hour to finally access. Clock is now hard to see. Tried different ways but no improvement. Can’t figure it out!
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 18
I would try to do a restart first, but if you've done that before, I would check if the dim clock might be tied to a display setting.
A. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness and check if Auto-Brightness is on.
B. If Auto-Brightness is on, toggle it to OFF. Manually slide the brightness slider up to see if the clock becomes more visible.
Another possibility is that Low Power mode is affecting the Lock Screen.
A. Check Settings > Battery
B. Turn off Low Power Mode
If the clock is still faint, you could try to customize the Lock Screen to reset it's appearance.
A. Press and hold on the Lock Screen, tap "Customize", and then select "Lock Screen".
B. Tap the clock to adjust its font, color, or style. Pick something bright and see if this stands out more.
Hope this helps!
I would try to do a restart first, but if you've done that before, I would check if the dim clock might be tied to a display setting.
A. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness and check if Auto-Brightness is on.
B. If Auto-Brightness is on, toggle it to OFF. Manually slide the brightness slider up to see if the clock becomes more visible.
Another possibility is that Low Power mode is affecting the Lock Screen.
A. Check Settings > Battery
B. Turn off Low Power Mode
If the clock is still faint, you could try to customize the Lock Screen to reset it's appearance.
A. Press and hold on the Lock Screen, tap "Customize", and then select "Lock Screen".
B. Tap the clock to adjust its font, color, or style. Pick something bright and see if this stands out more.
Hope this helps!
“press volume up button once and volume down button once then hold the power button until your phone shuts off and you see the apple logo once it powers on again it should fix”
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Excellent job troubleshooting this!
The Fix:
Then that would represent a Force Restart is what fixed this: Force Restart iPhone - Apple Support
It is me again! Here is the solution that I wanted to share. I'm so happppy!
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press volume up button once and volume down button once then hold
the power button until your phone shuts off and you see the apple logo
once it powers on again it should fix
https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/xjfs1p/lock_screen_clock_suddenly_transparent_ios16/
You can see the image of what transparent clock looks like. And how to fix it.
“I did Force Restart a number of times. Did not work. But this -- turning volume up and down then force retart worked like magic.”
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Report this Bug Fix to Apple:
Do your Part: These are just user-to-user forms. Apple barely reads the forums as it is on their own time and will. Apple will know nothing of this concern, if you do not spread the word to them. So, report it to Apple. They wont get back to you directly, but the more they hear about this, the more likely they will look into, knowing what is going on. They will know knowing of this fix, if you don't report it to them.
I did Force Restart a number of times. Did not work. But this -- turning volume up and down then force retart worked like magic.
Date and time extremely transparent. The rest of the lock screen image is bright. This is the first time it has ever happened to me in all my years of using the Apple phone. I'll have to take it to the technician to have a look. Thank you for asking.
“Can’t see the Clock on Lock Screen iPhone: I'll have to take it to the technician to have a look. Thank you for asking.”
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You are welcome.
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“Can’t see the Clock on Lock Screen iPhone: Clock is now hard to see.”
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Clarify “Hard to See”:
How so? Is it dulled out? Is is not in your preferred language?
Nothing worked. I will have to take it to the Apple technician. Thanks!
Thank you! I reported as per instruction. Really appreciate your advise! You all have a great week!
Can’t see the Clock on Lock Screen iPhone
