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Mysterious, moving icon with "8" on it on top right of an iPhone 7 Plus

My girlfriend has an iPhone 7 Plus, and the recent months a mysterious moving icon with what seems to be an 8 on it shows up on the top right corner of the home screen and moves steadily towards the corner and out of view. It looks to exist between the top layer app icons + battery + time info and the background wallpaper. She has tried changing the wallpaper and it still appears.


What's happening? To my knowledge, apps on iOS can't access the home screen in this way.


She bought the phone from well known store in Norway, brand new.


Here are two screenshots that we've been able take, because it moves fast!


http://sn.kevin.am/mysterious8/1.jpg

http://sn.kevin.am/mysterious8/2.jpg

Posted on Jul 12, 2018 3:18 AM

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Posted on Jul 12, 2018 7:10 AM

Nevermind, solved. The wallpapers she uses is usually screenshots from Snapchat and those have a countdown counter on the top right. That + screen motion / parallax effect on walpapers in iOS hid it from normal view and it appeared only in certain, weird angles.

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Jul 12, 2018 7:10 AM in response to kevinoe

Nevermind, solved. The wallpapers she uses is usually screenshots from Snapchat and those have a countdown counter on the top right. That + screen motion / parallax effect on walpapers in iOS hid it from normal view and it appeared only in certain, weird angles.

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Mysterious, moving icon with "8" on it on top right of an iPhone 7 Plus

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