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IOS7 Wallpaper Jumping

Hello Everyone,

I'm assuming this is a software bug, but just in case, I thought I would share it. IOS 7 added moving wallpaper that seams to follow your face behind the icons. However, sometimes when I open an app and return to the home screen, I'll see the wallpaper jump a little towards the top of the screen. It's almost as if it sees my face and tries to quickly adjust the wallpaper. It happens on stock wallpapers as well as downloaded. Has anyone else noticed this?

Thanks,

Gabe

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), MId 2012, Bootcamp - Windows 7

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 7:43 PM

40 replies

Sep 25, 2013 5:21 PM in response to GabeZs

I have the iPhone5, and the zooming of the icons back into position was smooth with IOS7. But with the iPhone 5S, the icons seem to shift slightly back into place, seems to jump up slightly. Very distracting. It sometimes does it, sometimes not. I'm going to try another restore.

Good thing I didn't sell the 5, sheesh.

Sep 25, 2013 7:58 PM in response to GabeZs

I disabled parallax and that seems to have worked.

GabeZs Author

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Sep 25, 2013 9:33 PM in response to GabeZs

I agree that this is definitely something that was most likely noticed by Apple, but ignored for the time being. They were pressed to not only release IOS7, but have a brand new phone to go with it by a certain date and time. Unfortunately, we become the testers, and that means recognizing all the little things that Apple purposely ignored. On the positive side, they get public feedback that helps them justify what gets fixed and at what cost.

In all honestly, I think the world would have been willing to wait another month or so while they corrected the jumping wallpaper issue and fine tuned all the little bugs. At times like this, I wonder if Steve would have felt the same way. I'm certain he would have removed parallax all together unit it worked to his satisfaction.

On another unrelated note, Infinity Blade 3 is crashing consistently on my iphone 5s. It is very unfortunately that this game was demoed as a flagship. Ironically, it runs better on the iphone 5.

Sep 26, 2013 10:26 AM in response to GabeZs

I don't seem to have the problem on iOS 7.0.2 anymore! Can I get a confirmation with the others on this forum?

Sep 26, 2013 10:47 AM in response to GabeZs

No, it is not fixed. I just updated - same issue.

Sep 26, 2013 5:42 PM in response to griffd2004

I updated to 7.0.2 and the icons still get the jitter, unless I turn off parallax.

MG?

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Sep 28, 2013 12:35 AM in response to ArtMacPro

I have updated and still have the same problem.

Are the good people at Apple watching this or how do we make sure they know we would prefer no jumps please.

WalrusC

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Sep 28, 2013 5:51 AM in response to MG?

My suspicion is this may be a bug in the 64-bit code. That would explain the fact only the 5S is the only phone having this issue. So I've turned on "reduce motion" for now and will hope the next update will correct this pretty obvious visual bug.

Sep 28, 2013 5:19 PM in response to GabeZs

Same issue here. Switching between apps is not smooth. The icons jump slightly when the screen maximizes. Also, the wallpaper jumps around when switching apps. This isn't the case in the same version of ios on my 4S. Disabling parallax does not fix it for me. My wife's 5S exhibits the same behavior. I wonder if it's worth contacting Apple.

WalrusC

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Sep 28, 2013 6:23 PM in response to GabeZs

I've filed a bug report with Apple. I encourage others to do so at bugreport.apple.com.

Please feel to reference this thread and my report (#15106830) when you file. The more details the better.

MG?

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Sep 29, 2013 5:19 AM in response to WalrusC

Ok, will file report too as you suggest.

MG?

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Sep 29, 2013 5:26 AM in response to MG?

Can't submit without registering and, as I am not a developer, is there a "consumer" alternative?

WalrusC

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Sep 29, 2013 9:12 AM in response to MG?

Yes, there is. I'm not a developer either. I think you can just sign up and agree to the terms. You don't have to have a developer account.

Sep 29, 2013 11:19 AM in response to WalrusC

My 5s does the jumping non-smooth shuffle as all the other posts above reduce motion worked for me. My iphone 5 is silky smooth as a side note. Its definately a bug in the 64 bit operating software. Hopefully we get a patch quickly.

Oct 1, 2013 11:21 AM in response to GabeZs

I have the same problem I just got iPhone 5s after 3 hrs use it I start having this problem I don't understand why apple hasn't do anything yet it's really annoying and frustrated . So I did for now turn it on the reduce motion ( parallax).

Do I have to return it ?

IOS7 Wallpaper Jumping