I’ve searched the forums as looks like this could have been a previous glitch, but can’t find the right fix. I’ve restarted the phone which hasn’t resolved but when I lock the screen my iPhone, it just goes black rather than show my Lock Screen picture. Any ideas on how to fix?
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Original Title: Lock screen dims and looks black upon locking post update
iPhone 16, iOS 18
It almost looks like the wallpaper is paired with a Focus, which would give you the ability to dim the wallpaper. Do me a favor. Long hold the wallpaper on the Lock Screen and see there’s the name of a Focus at the bottom of the page. It would look like this:
It almost looks like the wallpaper is paired with a Focus, which would give you the ability to dim the wallpaper. Do me a favor. Long hold the wallpaper on the Lock Screen and see there’s the name of a Focus at the bottom of the page. It would look like this:
Thanks for the tips and reason for dimming! I restarted and no luck but I flicked through the different focuses and after I clicked on and off the sleep one, it stopped the dimming. Thanks for your help, it’s much appreciated!
Ok, so I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what’s causing this right now. This usually happens when you set a specific wallpaper to a focus, and turn on the option to dim it, except for the Sleep Focus, they dim by default.
Try a Forced Restart: Force restart iPhone - Apple Support. Also see if this happens when you use one of the default Wallpapers. You’re updated to iOS 18.5, right?
Keep us posted.
Ok, do you have any Focuses enabled right now? Can you send a screenshot of the dim lock screen? Don’t include personal info.
Hello!
Your Lock Screen is supposed to turn black after pressing the Lock button. And then if you press it again, your Lock Screen wallpaper should show. Does this not happen?
Sorry - I didn’t explain it well. When it locks it goes black but then when I press the screen it uses to come up with my lock screen love image. Now it just remains black with a dimmed screen showing the time. If I unlock, it goes back to the screen with the apps. It’s only happened since Friday, post update! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I turned off the focus's as thought it could be that, but no luck! See below picture:
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Thanks for your help! See below - it just says ‘focus’ as I’ve tried to remove any settings. This happens for all backgrounds, even new ones I created.
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Nice you got it working! 😊 You’re welcome.
Lock Screen dims and turns black after updating my iPhone 16
