iPhone 15 iOS 27 Lock Screen wallpaper scrolling animation changes abruptly

If I were in your position, I would first remove the current wallpaper, especially if it is a third-party wallpaper, and test the device using one of the built-in iOS wallpapers. This would help determine whether the issue is related to the wallpaper itself or to iOS. I would not conclude that iOS is buggy without first ruling out possible causes.

Next, I would remove the wallpaper and then set it up again to see whether the issue persists. If the problem disappears when using a built-in iOS wallpaper but returns when using the original wallpaper, that would suggest the wallpaper or its compatibility with the current iOS version could be contributing to the problem.

The key is to troubleshoot systematically rather than immediately blaming iOS. Test with a built-in wallpaper first, then reinstate your preferred wallpaper and check whether the issue reappears. This will help narrow down the cause before drawing any conclusions.

Make the testing steps more conciseRemove the repeated wallpaper instruction

To improve my understanding of the phenomenon, it would be highly beneficial if you could share a full screenshot (Do not crop it). Visual representations carry a greater impact than written descriptions.

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Please re-post with detail so that someone else can help.

Seems like the gif is not working.

So I am going to attach three screenshots.

1. The scroll of the notification starts. Notice how the horizontal wave is separating the hour from the notification.
2. The notification goes up correctly, and the hour shrinks. The horizontal wave still lies in between the hour and the notification
3. The hour keeps shrinking, but now the horizontal wave is BEHIND the notification. This happens with a sudden "jump".

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Derbrucke wrote:

iPhone 15

iOS 27.0.1

The new iOS 27 wallpaper animation is buggy.

Not every issue an individual encounters on their device can be attributed to an iOS update. iOS 27 or later may have coincided with what you are experiencing, but that does not mean the issue was triggered by iOS. Coincidence in timing is not, by itself, evidence of causation.

If the update itself were the root cause, then every device running that same version of iOS would exhibit the identical problem. In such a scenario, the forums would be flooded with countless posts reporting the same malfunction, creating an unmistakable wave of complaints that no one could possibly overlook.

The absence of such widespread reports strongly indicates that the issue is not a general, system-wide problem with iOS 27 or later, but rather something specific to the individual device, its configuration, installed apps, settings, hardware, or another interacting factor.

In short: iOS 27 or later may be a coincidence in timing, but there is no basis to conclude that iOS itself triggered the problem simply because the issue appeared after the update.

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Hi, thank you for your answer.

Since the problem regards the animation of the wallpaper, I thought a static screenshot wasn't suited.

I am going to attach a .gif file. I hope it will work. If not, I will try to upload two screenshots to make the animation problem as clear as possible.

I would add that also iOS 26 wallpaper has dynamic, movable objects (the glass circles), but their animation works just fine.

Probably a better way to describe this is by saying that the clock is partially hidden because of the depth effect. When scrolling up the notifications, the depth wallpaper abruptly stops working.