Clock missing from lock screen after iOS 11 update

After updating to iOS 11, I can no longer see my clock on the lock screen. I have to unlock the phone to see what time it is. Super annoying. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a quick and easy fix?

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 8:38 PM

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Posted on Oct 13, 2017 12:29 PM

That worked for me too....not sure if anyone else noticed this or not but this bug also effects your use of the control center function when your screen is locked. I sometimes swipe up to use my camera quickly when the screen was locked and that function didn't work either. Changing it to zoomed has worked. I haven't change it back to standard yet to just test out how long it lasts before moving back to standard view.

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Oct 26, 2017 6:38 AM in response to Natea58

User uploaded fileSame problem, but as you can see it seems even worse on my phone than I see some; it doesnt even show any slide possibilities on the bottom and it won’t slide at all. I can’t access camera or anything else. Restarted and even resetted (wich worked for 1 day so that was all for nothing).


Anyway seriously I’ve seen this date back since even 2014? And still no fix? No more Apple for me; that’s for sure.

Nov 7, 2017 2:21 PM in response to Natea58

This happened to me on my iPhone 7...now continuing on the X - definitely annoying. Hoping they release another sofware update that addresses it because resetting and not restoring from a backup, as one of the representatives from a local Apple store told me, hardly seems like a viable solution considering the ease of transferring data is one of the main reasons many of us continue to stay loyal.

Dec 11, 2017 9:12 AM in response to J_Cory

Oops. I was mistaken. Only widgets on for me: News, Amazon, Fandango, iShows, Waze, and Yelp....


So are you stating that we need to stop using all widgets to get this bug to go away?


This seems counter productive, in that I use the widgets daily, but this bug only happens occasionally. So I lose daily productivity over this bug? hmm... disappointing.

Jan 2, 2018 4:15 PM in response to Natea58

Did you find any permanent solution? I visited to Apple store for almost 6 times for my iPhone7, even they were clueless, they suggested me to restart, hard reset, DFU reset and later they swapped my phone but still the same issue with the new one. They even blamed me saying my backups or apps are corrupted which was silly.

I also bought iPhone X on 1st January and today again I'm facing the same issue so ANNOYING 😟.

Jan 19, 2018 8:56 AM in response to Dr Rosen

Agreed. There are a couple glitches that appear between iOS and other apps. Not sure what the processes for testing with all the other apps but this one in particular Needs to be fixed at the source Since it seems to affect a lot of people.Right now we have a workaround that is better than what we had before but still not solution.

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