So I go into the settings on my phone to change my wallpaper, and select a picture or Apple-provided background. It lets me set it as the background or lock screen--even shows it as selected in the preview. But when it doesn't actually change the wallpaper, specifically for the locked screen wallpaper. Instead, is keeps the album cover for whatever song I was last listening to. I've changed it dozens of times but it doesn't do it. Any thoughts?
I had this problem on an old iPad running iOS 9. It was never jailbroken. Tried everything. This is what finally solved the problem:
1) Open Photos
2) Open the photo you want to use as your new wallpaper
3) "Edit" the photo
3) Do anything to the photo - I just tapped the magic wand icon to "Enhance"
4) Save the photo
5) Now try setting your wallpaper again - it should work now
Best I can figure: the photo itself is corrupted somehow, and using the Photos app to edit and save over the old version makes the image usable as a wallpaper again. Hope this works for some of you!
Try a reset. Press & hold the Power and Home buttons together for 10+ seconds, ignoring the red power-off slider, until you see the Apple logo. It is safe to do, there should be no content loss. It is the same as rebooting your computer.
Ah, so you have picked up on a behavior that iPhones do not normally display and surmise that his iPhone has been jailbroken! That was not easy to follow in your ever so brief comment, but with a more explicit explanation is now more readily understandable.
I am not familiar with iPhones that do that, but thought perhaps he had an app for that! 😉
What behavior? That you cannot change the wallpaper? My iPad and iPhone both have wallpapers of my choosing and neither are jailbroken.
Is your iPhone jailbroken? If so, it is bound to perhaps display un explainable, uncontrolable behavior.
We do not assist folks with jailbroken iOS devices as a rule, except to encourage them to return to the fold or to seek help in their own jailbrake community.
Where did you get the iPhone? Did you buy it directly from Apple or did you buy it from an individual? Have you ever loaned it out to someone?
Either way, you would likely be best off to restore the iPhone to the factory settings and set it up as new again.
You can't change this behavior on a non-jailbroken iPhone.
Re-read the OP's post:
Instead, is keeps the album cover for whatever song I was last listening to
But this just started happening--the album cover becoming the wallpaper. And I've had the phone for several months. Why would it just start doing this??
And the phone isn't jailbroken...cuz I have no idea how to do that.
TRied this several times didn't work
tried this several times didn't work
wallpaper won't change
