Why is there a Spinning Wheel Most of the Time on my Home Screen After the 7.1 Update?

I'm having the same issue as well, I did a reset but after awhile the spinning clock would appear again. Background refresh is off, location service is off, icloud backup is off, all apps were closed at that specific time. Please rectify this problem asap.

Hi,

try to reset network settings. Settings>reset>Reset network settings.

Worked for my iPad!

This solved my question

I am seeing this too — iOS 7.1 on 5s — but it does not seem to be draining the battery.

Like others, a hard reset clears it temporarily but the spinner does eventually return. I iterated through disabling everything (email, background refresh, location, etc) without change.

I assume this is some sort of bug with iOS 7.1 😕

I am on an iPhone 5 on 7.1.1. I noticed the issue prior to upgrading on 7.1 and assumed 7.1 would fix this issue. It does not fix this issue. Rebooting or resetting network settings is only a temporary fix. It will eventually come back, and it DOES suck battery life. My phone wasn't doing anything in my pocket at work today and it went from about 80% to 50% in a matter of 2-3 hours. That's a huge train. As far as I can tell it's not using a whole lot of data. Does anyone know of any internet connection monitoring apps are in the app store? I'd be interested in seeing what its connecting too to cause the network indicator to go off.

I've tried all of the above resets and nothing is helping! It still keeps running when the phone isn't being used or apps are not open. Any suggestions?

My battery life is absolutely terrible!

Network reset seems to work on my 5s only time will tell, but there are no 4g hotspots near me, may be thats why ?

Thanks ... It worked for me too !!

has solved the problem for me (for now) I did think my battery was draining way faster than usual.
I wasn't sure if the drain was due to the pebble connected over bluetooth, but it wasn't draining that fast before the update.
can at least keep an eye out and do a reset for now though, cheers.

Reboot does solve the issue. However I have figured out what causes the problem to return. Whenever I have multiple apps that need updated and I select one by one to update them instead of update all, when it finishes the last update the spinning wheel should stop, but it doesn't. The only way to fix it is a reboot.

The same happens when I update. But, I have a Soundhound update that wont update. So I keep getting that little annoying wheel. 😟

Thanks mate. The hard reset did the trick.

There's no fix, it's not a glitch. It's just scanning for "app updates" Just update all apps which have an available update" when it's finished and there's no number beside the appstore icon in the home screen, the spinning circle will go away.

Yeah Mark8000, this is clearly not the problem or the solution. You really need to read the thread before replying.

PK1138... what am I not understanding? a spinning wheel on top of the home screen on the left hand side to the right of the wifi or cell signal... only on the home screen... Have you even tried what I suggested? I garuntee you if it's happening to you... you have some available "APP" update which you havn't done... has nothing to do with the IOS software update