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Chinese characters in lock screen

I recently updated to iOS 10, and shortly after started seeing chinese characters in my lock screen, under the date & time. I checked the language and region settings and only see English and Philippines selected which is correct. Not sure what other settings I need to change? I also tried changing my lock screen and same characters are still there.


Thanks,

Marc

iPhone 6, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Oct 7, 2016 1:25 AM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2016 5:14 AM

Switch off the chinese calender; set "alternative calenders" (translated from german; don't know the original setting term) to "off"

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Aug 23, 2017 5:34 AM in response to ManilaMarc79

My friend had the same problem. The language under the date and time was either Japanese or Chinese. I fixed the problem by resetting all settings in Settings.

Chinese characters in lock screen

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