Photo Shuffle wallpaper restarts if you change wallpaper

I have set up a Photo Shuffle wallpaper with 50 photos. I want to set it to change the photo daily.


However, I have also set up a wallpaper for when the phone goes into “Sleep” Focus every night.


what i am finding is that when it switches back to the photo shuffle wallpaper when it comes out of sleep focus, it always restarts with the first photo. Therefore, it only ever shows the first photo.


i guess this is “functioning as designed” but it would be better if it could continue to the next photo, even if the wallpaper has been switched. Or choose a random photo to start with each tune.

iPhone 14

Posted on Dec 4, 2022 09:16 AM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2022 02:10 PM

Hello MaxPower_,


We'd recommend creating a new Lock Screen with the Photo Shuffle wallpaper to test this out further. Here's how you could accomplish that: Personalize your iPhone Lock Screen - Apple Support


Create a custom Lock Screen

1. Touch and hold the Lock Screen until the Customize button appears at the bottom of the screen.

If the Customize button doesn’t appear, touch and hold the Lock Screen again, then enter your passcode.

2. Tap the Add New button at the bottom of the screen.

The Lock Screen wallpaper gallery appears.

The Add New Wallpaper screen showing a gallery of wallpaper choices for customizing the iPhone Lock Screen, in categories such as Featured, Suggested Photos, and Photo Shuffle. At the top are buttons for adding photos, people, a photo shuffle, emoji, and a weather screen background to the Lock Screen.
3. Tap one of the wallpaper options to select it as your Lock Screen.

For some wallpaper choices, you can swipe left or right to try different color filters, patterns, and fonts that complement each other.

4. Tap Add, then do one of the following:

- Choose whether to use the wallpaper on both the Lock Screen and Home Screen: Tap Set as Wallpaper Pair.
- Make further changes to the Home Screen: Tap Customize Home Screen. Tap a color to change the wallpaper color, tap the Photo On Rectangle button to use a custom photo, or select Blur to blur the wallpaper so the apps stand out.


Does this only happen with a specific Photo Shuffle Lock Screen or both of them? If it only happens with the previous one set up, then you'd want to customize the new one to continue using that moving forward. Otherwise, we'd recommend contacting Apple directly: Apple Support


They'll need to take it from here.


Wishing you well, take care.

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Dec 6, 2022 02:10 PM in response to MaxPower_

Hello MaxPower_,


We'd recommend creating a new Lock Screen with the Photo Shuffle wallpaper to test this out further. Here's how you could accomplish that: Personalize your iPhone Lock Screen - Apple Support


Create a custom Lock Screen

1. Touch and hold the Lock Screen until the Customize button appears at the bottom of the screen.

If the Customize button doesn’t appear, touch and hold the Lock Screen again, then enter your passcode.

2. Tap the Add New button at the bottom of the screen.

The Lock Screen wallpaper gallery appears.

The Add New Wallpaper screen showing a gallery of wallpaper choices for customizing the iPhone Lock Screen, in categories such as Featured, Suggested Photos, and Photo Shuffle. At the top are buttons for adding photos, people, a photo shuffle, emoji, and a weather screen background to the Lock Screen.
3. Tap one of the wallpaper options to select it as your Lock Screen.

For some wallpaper choices, you can swipe left or right to try different color filters, patterns, and fonts that complement each other.

4. Tap Add, then do one of the following:

- Choose whether to use the wallpaper on both the Lock Screen and Home Screen: Tap Set as Wallpaper Pair.
- Make further changes to the Home Screen: Tap Customize Home Screen. Tap a color to change the wallpaper color, tap the Photo On Rectangle button to use a custom photo, or select Blur to blur the wallpaper so the apps stand out.


Does this only happen with a specific Photo Shuffle Lock Screen or both of them? If it only happens with the previous one set up, then you'd want to customize the new one to continue using that moving forward. Otherwise, we'd recommend contacting Apple directly: Apple Support


They'll need to take it from here.


Wishing you well, take care.

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