1.9.5

Large parts of the lock screen no longer imitate iOS 15: they use iOS 15's own views and settings, which iOS 16 still ships, or the exact sizes read from a real iOS 15 lock screen.

Clock

• iOS 15's own clock font (Thin, grade 2, Soft design).

Notifications

• iOS 15 card sizes: 18.5 pt corners, 10 pt from the edges.
• Pulling down anywhere on the lock screen opens search, like iOS 15. The list and the Focus pill stay where they are.

Music player

• Sizes and positions of iOS 15.8's lock screen player.

Wallpaper

• Dynamic wallpapers are drawn by iOS 15's own bubbles view, and move with the iPhone the way they did on iOS 15.
• Live wallpapers can be downloaded on every iPhone. Until now iPhone SE, 8, 8 Plus and XR found none, because Apple only made the videos for Face ID screen sizes; they now get the closest size, filling the screen.
• Stills and Perspective Zoom come from iOS 15's own wallpaper view.
• While the lock screen slides away, its copy of the wallpaper mirrors the live wallpaper instead of showing a still.
• Settings → Wallpaper opens iOS's own preview with Cancel and Set; the lock screen preview shows 09:41 and January 9 like iOS 15.
• iPhone Plus models (#7): the wallpaper turns with the home screen in landscape, the dock blurs the tweak's wallpaper, and Settings → Wallpaper shows rectangular previews on iPhones with a home button.

Home screen

• The lighter iOS 15 shadow under the app names, drawn the way iOS 15 did it. New switch Icon Label Shadows, on by default.

Known limitations

• On iPhones with a home button, the dock can briefly show iOS's own wallpaper while the home screen rotates; it is right again once the turn is done.
• No Dynamic Island support yet.

Thanks to DasherLV for testing on an iPhone 8 Plus.

1.9.5 beta 7

Home screen

• iOS 15 shadow under the app names. iOS 16 draws it with a new, much darker method. iOS 16 still contains iOS 15's way of drawing it, so the tweak hands the names that shadow instead, with the same strength as iOS 15. New switch Icon Label Shadows in Settings, on by default.

For testers with a home button iPhone (#7)

The rotation report now shows what is really on screen while the home screen turns, every 50 ms, instead of only the end state. To use it: create an empty file named lsr-rotation-report in /var/mobile/Documents (for example with Filza), rotate the iPhone once from portrait to landscape on the home screen and attach LockScreenRestore-rotation.txt from the same folder to the issue. It lists class names, sizes and running animations only. Without that file nothing is written.

Everything else is as in beta 6.

Tested on an iPhone 13 Pro with iOS 16.1.1. Landscape on Plus models is not tested.

To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

1.9.5 beta 6

Beta 6 fixes what beta 5 broke: nothing moved with the iPhone any more.

🖼️ Wallpaper

• Perspective Zoom works again. iOS 16 still has iOS 15's wallpaper view but switched its motion off; it is switched back on for the tweak's wallpaper.
• Dynamic wallpapers move with the iPhone again. iOS 16 removed that part from iOS 15's bubbles view, so the tweak now feeds it the way iOS 15 did: the same sensor values, the same smoothing filter and the same strength (four times stronger on the lock screen than on the home screen).

For testers with a home button iPhone (#7)

The old wallpaper can still show in the dock while the home screen rotates. To help find out why: create an empty file named lsr-rotation-report in /var/mobile/Documents (for example with Filza), rotate the iPhone once on the home screen and attach the five LockScreenRestore-rotation-*.txt files from the same folder to the issue. They list how the wallpaper and the dock's blur are layered at five moments of the rotation, as class names and sizes only. Without that file nothing is written.

Everything else is as in beta 5.

Tested on an iPhone 13 Pro with iOS 16.1.1. Landscape on Plus models is not tested.

To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

1.9.5 beta 5

Beta 5 of 1.9.5. Large parts of the lock screen no longer imitate iOS 15: they now use iOS 15's own views and settings, which iOS 16 still ships under other names, or the exact sizes read from a real iOS 15 lock screen.

Clock

• The clock uses iOS 15's own font (Thin with grade 2 and the Soft design). The strokes are as before; the colon is 3 pt wider and the digits slightly narrower, as on iOS 15.

Notifications

• Cards have iOS 15's 18.5 pt corners (were 13 pt) and sit 10 pt from the edges (were 8 pt).

Wallpaper

• Dynamic wallpapers are drawn by iOS 15's own bubbles view, with its colors and motion. As on iOS 15, Orange and Purple only exist on black and the two Silvers only as a light design, so those four look the same in Light and Dark.
• Stills and Perspective Zoom come from iOS 15's own wallpaper view. With Perspective Zoom the picture is cut the way iOS 15 did it (26 pt overhang at the sides, 64 pt at the top and bottom on a 390 × 844 pt screen); without it, it is exactly screen-sized.
• While the lock screen slides away, its copy of the wallpaper mirrors the live wallpaper instead of showing a still.
• iPhones with a home button, landscape (#7): the copy of the wallpaper that the dock blurs is now put in place as soon as iOS rebuilds its wallpaper while rotating. Not tested on a home button iPhone.
• Live wallpapers still play through the tweak's own player.

Music player

• Sizes and positions are those of iOS 15.8's lock screen player: 10 pt from the edges (was 8), 18 pt corners (were 13), 282 pt tall, artwork corners 4 pt, time labels 11 pt, and the spacing of the buttons and the volume bar follow iOS 15's layout.

Settings → Wallpaper

• Tapping a wallpaper opens iOS's own legacy preview, with Cancel and Set and its Perspective Zoom and Live Photo buttons, for stills, live and dynamic wallpapers.
• The lock screen preview on the overview shows 09:41 and January 9, as on iOS 15, and the picture at the lock screen's zoom.

Other

• The layer report files from the earlier test builds are no longer written to /var/mobile/Documents.

Tested on an iPhone 13 Pro with iOS 16.1.1. Landscape on Plus models is not tested: the direction of Perspective Zoom and of the bubbles' motion may be off there.

To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

1.9.5 beta 4 (landscape test build)

Fourth test build for landscape support (#7).

• Dock on iPhones with a home button: the dock there shows what a separate wallpaper capture inside iOS's own wallpaper sees, which was the old iOS wallpaper. A copy of the LockScreenRestore wallpaper now sits right under that capture, so the dock blurs the right wallpaper. Tested by recreating the capture on an iPhone 13 Pro, not on a home button iPhone yet.
• Still in: rectangular previews in Settings → Wallpaper on Touch ID iPhones, Perspective Zoom direction in landscape, and the layer report files in /var/mobile/Documents

To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

1.9.5 beta 3 (landscape test build)

Third test build for landscape support (#7).

• Settings → Wallpaper: on iPhones with a home button the two previews are rectangular, without the flashlight, camera and home bar (not tested on such an iPhone yet).
• Layer report for the flat dock in landscape on the iPhone 8 Plus: this build writes two small text files to /var/mobile/Documents, LockScreenRestore-layers-portrait.txt after a respring and LockScreenRestore-layers-landscape.txt a few seconds after the home screen turns to landscape. They only list how the wallpaper and the dock's blur are layered (class names and sizes), no app names and no content. The report will be removed again before the release.
• Perspective Zoom direction in landscape (from beta 2).

To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

1.9.5 beta 2 (landscape test build)

Second test build for landscape support (#7).

• Perspective Zoom now moves in the right direction in landscape (checked on an iPhone 13 Pro with Plus-style home screen rotation forced on).
• Otherwise the same as beta 1: the wallpaper turns with the interface on the lock screen and the home screen.

Known: on an iPhone 8 Plus the dock in landscape shows a flat color instead of the blurred wallpaper. Still being looked into.

To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

1.9.5 beta 1 (landscape test build)

Test build for landscape support (#7): the wallpaper now turns with the interface (lock screen and home screen on iPhone Plus models). It follows how iOS itself handles it: the wallpaper window stays portrait-sized and is turned on screen, so the wallpaper content is turned back by the same amount.

Not tested in landscape on an iPhone yet, only the portrait path on iOS 16. If the wallpaper is sideways, stretched, or flashes while rotating, please say so in the issue and include your iPhone model. To go back, reinstall 1.9.4 from the repo.

Perspective Zoom (tilt) while in landscape may move in the wrong direction; that part is not checked.

1.9.4

1.9.4

• Music player: a tap on the artwork opens the playing app, like iOS 15
• Date size follows Text Size like iOS 15
• Date keeps iOS 15's font (was too big on iPhone 8)
• Focus pill sits 19 pt below the date like iOS 15 and can be tapped

Note: iPhones with a Dynamic Island (iPhone 14 Pro and newer) are not optimized yet. You can install it there, but it may look off.

Rootless, iOS 16 only. Easiest way to install and update: add https://aronsz26.github.io/ to Sileo or Zebra.

1.9.4 beta 2 (test build)

Test build: the date's size follows Settings > Display & Brightness > Text Size like on iOS 15 (22pt at the default size, updates right away); the clock stays the same. Not for everyone yet; if something looks off, reinstall 1.9.3 from the repo.