Then in the top lift corner, mirror the image horizontally.ģ. Edit the photo in the Photos app and hit “crop” in bottom right cornerĢ. Nonetheless, if you are one of the users affected by this bothersome bug, then you might want to try out the following possible workaround that was given out by a user:ġ. Photos taken in the 4:3 aspect ratio can play correctly on the lock screen, while others including the 16:9 aspect ratio suffer from the same black screen effect. One user also observed that not all images are affected. The issue seems to be affecting older iPhone models as well as the latest ones with bezelless displays including the iPhone 12 series. I noticed that setting live photo lock screens on our iPhone 12 and 12 Pro Max results in a black banding effect, where after pressing to view the Live wallpaper, the animation to begin a Live photo is played, but the screen zooms to the left of the Live wallpaper, almost like it was dragging the photo off the screen.Īs clear from the above, the iPhone live photo lock screen wallpaper appears to sort of shift to the side, outside of the viewable area upon a 3D touch, leaving a big chunk of a black screen. But when I’ve set the photo and do the tap, the clip that plays is cropped entirely wrong and shows only on part of the screen, a large chunk of the screen remains turns black. So I am attempting to set a photo I’ve taken as my lock screen wallpaper and having the live photo available for tap. When using a Live Photo as a wallpaper, 3D touching it plays with a half black screen (iOS 14.7 (18G5023c)) from iOSBeta

Live photo as wallpaper