"Still" Wallpaper is not so still

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"Still" Wallpaper is not so still

Hi All,

I just noticed something on iOS 11.1 for the first time.

If I set a home screen wallpaper, select "Still" and then go to my home screen, icons still move ever so slightly when I tilt the phone back and forth (this is very obvious if I video screen shot for a couple of seconds and then watch the video). If I go back to configure my wallpaper, the setting has changed to "Perspective".

Is this just a plain bug or something that Apple has added to help minimise screen burn-in on the iPhone X? If it's the latter, why does it still happen on my iPhone 7 Plus?

Ian

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11.1

Posted on Nov 5, 2017 3:58 AM

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Answer 1

x64uk

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Nov 5, 2017 5:45 AM in response to droid42

'Still' would just refer to the image that the wallpaper is based on (is not deliberately changing the underlying content of the image displayed.

The parallax animation that you are describing can be reduced by enabling "Reduced Motion", a setting found under "General" "Accessibility"

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droid42 Author

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Nov 5, 2017 6:30 AM in response to x64uk

In iOS 10, there was no parallax animation when "Still" was selected and when "Perspective" was selected, there was a pronounced parallax animation. In iOS 11, the "Still" option shows a reduced (but noticeable) level of parallax on the home screen. This was my point. It's either a deliberate change or a bug.

Edited to add the following link from Apple's own support pages...

Change your iPhone wallpaper - Apple Support

I quote "You can choose Perspective, so the wallpaper moves as you tilt the screen. Or you can choose Still, so the wallpaper doesn't move"

Well, the wallpaper DOES move after choosing Still and, when returning to the option screen for the currently-set wallpaper, the setting has changed to Perspective.

Ian.

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