Black Screen Wallpaper

[Harald Atta]

pushingwallpaper via gpo for Windows 7 machines results in some computers showing only black wallpaper. but checking the desktop wallpaper configuration shows that it is configured correct. even the registry settings! only for some Windows 7 machines.

I just updated my iPhone 11 to iOS 16.2 and now my lock screen is displaying just a black screen with the time, flashlight, and camera icons. I restarted the phone and verified that Settings/Wallpaper is set to select the wallpaper image that I have been using for years. After restarting the iPhone, the correct wallpaper was displayed but the next time the display went to sleep, it was again just showing the black background image.

I am experiencing all the same things already mentioned, but in my case, it may (or may not) be related to Do Not Disturb. I do not use Bedtime to schedule DND, but rather simply have it scheduled as DND: On from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., off from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Has worked for years until upgrading from 15.7 to 16.1 on Friday. I had also created wallpaper for lock screen/home screen, and edited from chunky font for time display to thinner, obviously selecting the latter for use. (Kept the orginal unwanted set just in case, as it would be easier to simply modify than going back to wallpaper and starting over in the event it disappeared.

DND malfunctioned immediately following upgrade. It goes on (and, although doesn't always give you the quick notification at the bottom of the home screen, the crescent is displayed above) but often does NOT go off! While on, apparently it chooses to black out the wallpaper selection, which I hate, but this morning, for the first time, it disabled itself on schedule. However - it also immediately switched from my selected wallpaper set in focus to the original chunky font set! It has swapped sets at other times while working on this issue, but unfortunately, I can't be specific - particularly since I didn't realize that was what was occuring. I thought initially that it was simply changing the font.

I believe there is an interplay between DND, wallpaper (as seen in Focus), etc., and am pursuing, although now that it's reaching the engineering level, that usually ends anything productive. I'm glad to have found this discussion, and hope others will continue to post so we might be able to figure it out without the assistance we know won't be forthcoming.

Thank you, ProustGiulio, for your input. I have already created a customized lock screen photo (that I have been using for years) and have selected it in SettingsWallpaper. However, when I wake the phone from sleep, it is not showing that photo. Instead, it shows a black background with the time, flashlight, and camera icons.

Returning to the problem this thread is about - - I've posted on Product Feedback - Apple several times, so apple should be aware of the wallpaper changing to a black problem. Fixing it may take some time unless the community can discover a reliable way of duplicating the problem.

There have been suggestions (speculation?) that perhaps the problem happens after a OS update - like the update from 16 to 16.1 or 16.1.1 and that a complete reset would resolve the issue. Of course, a complete reset would involve a reinstall of the OS and loss of all settings and data on phone so unless you have a good, reliable backup it might be quite difficult with no guarantee of satisfactory result.

I have the iPhone11Pro and the same thing happened I believe with the update to iOS16.0.2, as of iOS 16.1 the issue remains. Everyday my 7+ year old wallpaper disappears and both the home screen background and the lock screen become completely black.

First I decided to recover the original wallpaper image by following a series of complicated steps. The image is store as a .cpbitmap file, which I believe is an Apple proprietary image format used in iOS and iPadOS. This is what I did in case anyone is curious. Without ever deleting my current wallpaper (even if not showing in the main screen, it still appeared on the Settings app). Instructions using Windows 11 2H22:

Initially I thought it would break something, so I made sure to do an iCloud backup to my computer as well as iCloud, and because I've always found these 3rd party iTunes replacement apps a bit sketchy, I prefer to use the Windows sandbox mode, just in case.

I am constantly getting just a black Lock Screen when I setup some focuses and turn them on. Even though I choose a picture from photos. To set picture I turn on focus. I click-hold the screen to get options and I choose one of my pictures already there. It flashes then back to black!

I've restarted my iPhone several times and am still experiencing this! I've set up specific lock screen wallpapers for different focus modes, yet as soon as any focus mode (DND, work, sleep) is turned on the lock screen is black with white font for time, date, etc. rather than the wallpaper I set.

I have the same issue. Strangely, it recognizes the image on the lock screen well enough to blur it and use it as the blurred image as the background on the home screen, but it won't use the image as the lock screen the same way that it does with "personal."

We want to help make sure Focus is working as expected. To start, restart your device. A restart is a simple step that can resolve a wide range of issues. See how here: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

This sameness gong is happening on my phone as well. Whenever the scheduled sleep focus turns on it blanks out my wallpaper on my Lock Screen. Or is it supposed to do that to reduce distractions. I hope this can be figured out.

Under System/Desktop Icons you'll find a toggle to enable icons on the desktop. Switch this on, and suddenly -- wallpaper! This stays there if you turn off desktop icons but disappears again on login.

Right click the desktop and untick "show desktop icons" or "show icons" does that fix the wallpaper display issue? If so, go through Gconf editor to the gnome desktop settings, set draw desktop to off, reboot, set it to on, reboot, and it should work. I had the same issue

I had this problem when I installed Ubuntu-Gnome 13.10. For me, in order to use a background, I can not use the settings as they just leave me a white screen. Instead, I choose any screen I want to use with Firefox. I right click on the image and choose to use as background. This actually works with the options for stretch, fit, tile, etc.

Same thing happened to me. To resolve I removed the Nautilus (with purge to remove the configuration files), and then installed again. Problems arose broken packages, but it was enough to remove them all and install again also. I ended the session and everything was normal.

Hello,

I am trying to render a background image with my objects using the wallpaper command.

Here is what I am doing: I set a wallpaper in perspective properties and it shows up in the perspective portal. Then I change render settings to export wallpaper only. Every time I export using wallpaper toggled on in Render Settings the screen is black where the image would be, same size as the image but completely blacked out. Why is this? I have tried changing all the settings around with no luck.

It seems to function with Windows as per the post below.

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I've owned my HP Stream 13 for more than a year now, but since I've opened it from the box and and attempted to change my desktop wallpaper from the defaults, it has only been just plain, solid black. All I want to do is put a wallpaper on that I might enjoy that isn't just this dull plain background or one of the ones that came prepackaged with the netbook.

Any help would be appreciated since any potential solutions I've tried have not helped. I do keep my OS updated and I'm careful with what I do online, in addition to regularly cleaning and checking for viruses and malware.

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