If your iPhone or iPad widgets reset to their default settings after restoring your device from a backup, feel free to chalk that up to an iOS bug that Apple is aware of.
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Home screen widgets reset after restoring iPhone from backup?
Apple is aware of a bug where home screen widgets might revert to their default settings after an iPhone or iPad is restored from a backup. The company writes in a support document published on theApple websitethat the issue affects only “a limited number” of devices.
Concretely, the following iPhone and iPad models could reset the user’s home screen widgets after the device is restored from a previously created backup.
If you’re seeing this issue, you must manually customize your widgets as you normally would. As a quick refresher, touch and hold a widget on the home screen to reveal the shortcuts menu, then chooseEdit [widget name]. Don’t forget to tap outside of the widget to exit after making your changes! Read:How to manage home screen widgets on iPhone
Some of the early iPhone 13 adopters have reported encountering various other problems as well. For example, restoring your new iPhone 13 from aniCloud backup can lead to problems with Apple Musicon the device. Apple has acknowledged this particular bug as well, writing in yetanother support documentthat a day-one security update will fix that.
And as iDB also reported, an unknown percentage of iPhone 13 buyers are seeing anerror message when trying to unlock the phone while wearing a maskand their watch.
