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iPhone Live Wallpaper Not Working? How to Fix?

Posted by Brian Davis on Sep 3, 2020 3:30 PM • Category: Fix iPhone Issues
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In the past, the traditional display of iPhone lock screen or home screen was a little unattractive, but with live wallpaper at present, iPhone X, iPhone 8/8 plus, and newer models become more customized and fresher. However, iOS-devices users now complain online that their live wallpaper not working and they really feel bothered by this issue. If you also come across this problem, the following 6 methods can make the live wallpaper work again on your iOS.

Way 1: Change to a different live wallpaper

When the problem occurs, the first thing you need to consider is that if the old live wallpaper goes wrong. To find out the issue, you could use a different one by changing a new wallpaper from the live section. The related procedures are as presented here.

Step 1: Head to Settings on your iPhone and tap on the Wallpaper.

Step 2: Select a new wallpaper that the device has.

Step 3: Choose Live Photo among the sections appeared.

Step 4: Hit the Set button to customize your iPhone with a new live wallpaper.

change a new live wallpaper

Way 2: Set the regular wallpaper

Setting back to a regular wallpaper is also one of the ways to resolve the live wallpaper not working on iPhone. Follow the below steps to set the regular wallpaper.

Step 1: Open Settings on the device and click Wallpaper.

Step 2: Tap choose a new wallpaper under the Still section.

Step 3: Choose the wallpaper you want and tap the Set button.

set regular wallpaper

Way 3: Turn on the 3D touch option

One of other faults besides the wallpaper itself you can spot out is the 3D touch setting. Sometimes, this option can work perfectly on letting the iPhone live wallpaper perform normally. So to turn on the button, click Settings > General on iPhone, then hit the Accessibility and find the 3D touch button, finally toggle this mode on.

turn on 3D touch

Way 4: Disable Low Power mode

Another fault you should notice is checking the state of your iPhone power state. If you enable the Low Power mode, some automatic installation and visual effects including the live wallpaper will be forcibly switched off so as to save the battery. Thus to let your iPhone live wallpaper in motion again, head to Settings > Battery >Turn off Low Power Mode.

disable low power

Way 5: Restart iPhone

Restarting iPhone is a publicly-recognized good way to settle unknown errors by closing all programs running in the background. In this case, you are suggested to reboot your device to solve the live wallpaper not activated.

#iPhone 8 and former# press the Power button until the slider pops up on the screen, then pull the slider to switch off your device. Finally hold the Power button to turn on the iPhone.

#iPhone X and beyond# simultaneously hold the Side and Volume buttons until the slider is shown, then drag on the slider to turn off your iPhone and finally press the Side button to switch on the device.

restart iphone

Way 6: Use iOS system recovery tools

If the above fixes don’t settle your iPhone 8/X live wallpaper not working matter, then you need the TunesKit iOS System Recovery, which is one of the top-rated iOS system repair tools in 2020. This program not only can work out the problem mentioned in this context, but also fix almost all iOS and tvOS system issues like iPhone boot loop, iTunes error and more. Moreover, it supports iPhone, iPad, iPod and other iOS devices, and is fully compatible with the latest iOS 14, 13, 12 and lower versions. Last but not least, the most stunning feature of TunesKit is that it doesn't result in data loss during the process of solving iOS problems with the fastest speed.

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Come and try this user-friendly tool with the following simple steps and make iPhone live wallpaper working again.

Step 1: Download TunesKit iOS System Recovery for Windows and install it on the computer. Then double click or right click to open this software on the computer. Next, connect your iPhone with PC until it is being detected. After that, click the "Start" button.

connect ios device

Step 2: After the first step, you need to check whether your device model, version and other information are correct. If everything is right, tap "Download" button and this program will start to download the firmware package matched with your iPhone. Then wait it verifying the firmware.

download firmware

Step 3: After the message that reads the firmware package has been downloaded successfully appears on the interface of this tool, hit the "Repair" button on the right corner to fix the iOS system. After the iOS system is fixed, your iPhone live wallpaper will become normal, too.

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Bonus Tips

Tip 1: Where to download iPhone live wallpaper?

Many different platforms online are all available in downloading live and simple wallpaper on your iPhone. The mostly searched websites on the internet by people are Apple-App store, Pinterest, Wallpaperaccess, and so on.

Tip 2: How to download iPhone live wallpaper?

About downloading the live wallpaper, take the Apple App store as an example, you just input Live Wallpaper on the search column of the Apple-shopping platform and select any specific wallpaper you want to download.

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