iOS 11 - Clock on lock screen disappears

After upgrading my iPhone SE to iOS 11, the clock on lock screen disappearred.

When I restart, the clock reappears, but again it disappears.

Is there any other solution other than restarting the iPhone?

iPhone SE, iOS 11

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 10:36 PM

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Posted on Oct 2, 2017 8:07 PM

Looks like this is (maybe) a perm fix. I have had this issue since 11 and re-boot no luck, reset and reinstall from backup no luck, reinstall totally clean no luck. But this easy fix / workaround seems to have worked:


Settings -> Display -> View -> Zoomed and then Settings -> Display -> View -> Standard.


So far almost a full day and no disappearing clock.

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Jan 8, 2018 4:26 PM in response to sampaul_d

I am running iOS 11.0.3 on iPhone 6. The time on the clock icon on the home screen gets “frozen” to whatever time it was before that screen was last displayed. Anyone had this issue? Example: if I’m currently on home screen, the time on the clock icon appears correct, say 7:15 Then I open an app for 20 minutes. It is now 7:35, but when I close the app and go back to the home screen, clock icon still says 7:15. If I swipe left to the second screen of icons, then swipe back to the screen with the clock icon, the time on the icon becomes current (fixes itself). This also happens when phone not in use. When I open it from rest/dark screen, the clock icon is showing whatever time it was when I last used the phone (for any purpose, not just a call). Then I swipe left and back, and time on the icon is then correct. Annoying. I do need to update to 11.2.2, but could have the same issue then. Any ideas??

Jan 31, 2018 10:29 AM in response to sampaul_d

Sooooo Theres no official fix for this. has APPLE visited this thread to see if they can implement a fix or are we just left here sitting and waiting for a fix. This is extremely frustrating when Apple can't provide a **** fix for this. I don't want be turning off my widgets just to fix a small issue. This very problem happened to me as I was trying to pull up my ticket for the airline, causing me having to restart my phone and wasting time at the airport. Shame on Apple for not recognizing their mistakes of the trash that is IOS11 they put out, instead of relying on workarounds. Apple fix this issue!

Feb 24, 2018 4:01 AM in response to lordsly

I had this same problem as well with my iPhone 6s. Got to the point where my phone would only get to the start up white screen with the apple logo when restarting it. so I upgraded to the iPhone 8 Plus, 24 hours later and I’m back at the apple store because the same thing is happening to my very expensive phone I paid out of pocket for . They “fixed” it by reinstall My software and it’s still happening. I’m seriously considering a Sony Experia. All this apple trouble is really ticking me off. I think I’ll pay the 50$ reboxing fee and suck it up.

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