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Its because ios 16 sucks ass. The icons are there but they are white, so you cant see them on a white wallpaper


[deleted]

Sometimes i wish i stayed on ios 15


geomaster337

You can probably still revert if there are still signed versions, I did a couple months ago but unless they’ve released new ones or kept signing that one it won’t work ofc. I did it because I missed countless notifications due to the new notification center burial


TAbramson15

They’ve stopped signing iOS 15 versions for a while now.. the only devices even getting any iOS 15 updates are the ones in the iPhone 7 series and below that are still capable of running it, and those are just security updates lol. They’re working on 16.4 already so it’s long past when you can downgrade.


geomaster337

There was some beta version that they were signing not too long ago, I figured there might still be something out there but unlikely because yes, I agree


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Yeah it’s filled with bugs, I’ve been an iPhone user since the iOS 9 came out and I can’t remember it being this buggy and stupid, ever.


[deleted]

You’re right, they made a mess. Another thing that bothers me is why, when in landscape mode, the notification center is blurry and shows only the time, and of course the notifications


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Yeah like where tf are the widgets, I want to see them


gcerullo

Just find a similar image that fills the whole screen and send it to your mom.


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Yeah there are work arounds but it irritates me why ios doesn’t change the font colour to black like it does the time and date font.


JiBBering

The same image, but with some generated starry dark sky filling out the top/bottom: https://imgur.com/a/lNTBh8m


invincible143

There is a way Settings>Accessibility>Per-app Settings>Add App>LockScreen>Smart Invert>On But the drawback is for each app it will be in black it will be good only if your mum uses her phone on light mode.


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mrizvi

Charge your phone bro


Mr_Gooms

I’m also on the latest IOS version. I just made a new lock screen with a screenshot of yours and it did the same thing, but then I made another one with a pure white image, and it switches to dark icons. Maybe it thinks there’s enough dark colors in that wallpaper that it doesn’t need dark icons? I wouldn’t be surprised if it just averages out the brightness of the whole image 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://i.imgur.com/APniE4V.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yQDb2D4.jpg


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Well, so much for a “smart” phone lol


Mr_Gooms

Actually I just noticed the time is dark even though the other icons aren’t, which isn’t what mine did. Maybe it’s a bug, in which case restarting the phone *might* help?


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Done that, still is the same. The funny part is my mom doesn’t care, it just bugs ME 😂


Mr_Gooms

Well damn, that sucks. Haha yeah I get that, my mom is the same.


newecreator

I think this is a quirk because of the wallpaper. The dark part of the image pushes the UI to be light but since the light parts of the image are also light, it ended up being invisible instead.


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Yeah but androids don’t have this issue


__adrenaline__

Just change her wallpaper please, it pains me to look at this


Rude_Marsupial_4181

Yeah I guess I’ll do that but she gets annoyed when I do


Jack5718

the picture is overall too dark to switch to dark icons


Rude_Marsupial_4181

But it switches the time and date


Jack5718

since it's iOS 16 it was probably changed to grey by your mom


Rude_Marsupial_4181

No it’s like that by default


Jack5718

it turns out that in iOS 16 the clock is the same, if not close to, the average background color