iPhone screen switching to square and back

Randomly, I go to my home screen and all the apps are very square and any app I'm in the display is very very square. It fixed itself at some point, but it went right back next time I looked. It's driving me crazy!

EDIT: I took a screenshot when it was square, but when I go back to look at it, it's normal again in the photo!

Posted on Jul 21, 2017 10:53 PM

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Jul 22, 2017 11:13 AM in response to Faith.Waffles

Hey, Faith.Waffles.

After reviewing your post, it appears that the application icons on your iPhone are specifically square without rounded corners. I'm happy to help.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch -- Restart your iPhone. Once it's returned to the Home screen, see how the icons appear.

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch -- If restarting your phone didn't resolve the issue, please be sure to have a fresh backup to keep your personal information safe. In order to back up your Health data, the backup needs to be encrypted. iCloud does this automatically, but iTunes doesn't. If you'd like to use iTunes to back up your phone, refer to this article: About encrypted backups in iTunes

If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch -- Even though the title of the article isn't specific to your issue, the section titled "Put your device in recovery mode and set it up again" will walk you through all the steps to reinstall the iOS software on your device.


Let me know how that goes and take care!

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