iPhone Weather Wallpaper Displays "Location Services is Off" - Solved

This followed iOS update (26.3). Solution was to reselect the wallpaper and do customize. This then prompted a permissions pop-up, on which I chose the required option.

I think the issue was because Weather Wallpaper did not previously have its own entry in the Location Services in Settings, so I did not see that it did not have the required permission. But now it does.

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Jan 8, 2026 3:31 AM

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