How to Fix WidgetSmith not working Grey, blank in iOS 14
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In iOS 14 now iPhone users can add widgets to your home screen, which is really cool as Apple never allowed its customers to play with home screen. Widget Smith is a great app to manage all your's Widgets, you can place them in a fix size, time them to appear on the screen. Widget Smith is a really cool app to manage and create widgets for .
But lots of iPhone users after using WidgetSmith are facing issue that Widgets are not loading properly and are showing as grey box or blank widget screen.
Why is my widgetsmith grey ?
Widgetsmith showing gray can be due to multiple reasons, since it a third party app we can not say what exactly can be issue. The Widgets might not be loading due to issue with Widget Smith app or issue with issue with widgets itself, or it can be iOS 14 bug.
Not only widget Smith but lots of iPhone users after updating to iOS 14 are finding that widgets are not working in iOS 14. After adding the Widget from the home screen + icon or WidgetSmith, the Widget starts to appear on the home screen but does not show any content.
If you are facing issue after adding or deleting content from iPhone. For example in case of photo Widget, if you delete some photos from Memories section, it will cause Photo Widget to Show show grey.
How to use WidgetSmith, please read this tutorial about using WidgetSmith.
The article will provide fix For:
My WidgetSmith is now showing anything
Widget Smith showing blank, grey only
Widget not working in Widget Smith
How to fix WidgetSMith
iOS 14 widgetsmith grey
How to fix WidgetSmith not working in iOS 14, showing grey: iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone 8,7 Plus
Solution 1: Make sure you save the customization
Many user who are
facing WidgetSmith not working are doing actually not saving the widget properly.
Please note after all the adjustments done to the widget you need to back out
of the edit screen in WidgetSmith app and there’s a save button on the top
right that actually saves the customization and automatically adjusts it on
your Home Screen.
Solution 2: Fix Permission issue
Many widget requires
to access your iPhone data to show/load widget properly for example photo
widget will require access to your Photo album or Fitness widget will require
access to iPhone user health data. In case you did not give permission for the
first time when app asked for it, to fix this you will have to manually grant
permission WidgetSmith app.
Go to -> Setting->General ->Permission->
Photo or health app (relevant for app) - > Make sure you have given
necessary permission.
Solution 3: Tap on the widget to refresh it
First you should check if the Widget added to Widget Smith works as stand alone. add the widget directly from home screen and check it it loads fine, if not then its an issue with iOS or Widget not with WidgetSmith.
If Stand alone widget is also not loading, please note that in iOS 14 many of the iOS widgets are reported with issues like widgets not refreshing. No issue is reported with clock widget and weather widget. Same is for News widget where news widget it is blank. Widgets not loading or the refreshing can we issue with iOS 14 or something selective with the widget. If you want to refresh the Widget you will have to tap on it, so if your Widget is grey and not showing any content on it and check if it updates.
Solution 4: Data not ready for the widget
A common case when widget Smith does not work is when the widget selected in widgetsmith does not have data to show. for example if you have selected a photo widget and source album has no photo, Widget smith will not show any data and grey box will appear on home screen.
Solution 5: Remove and re-add the widgetSmith Widget
If WidgetSmith is not showing anything , then you should consider removing the Widget and re-adding it. Usually if have done editing to a widget in the app, sometime the existing widget on home screen does not load well. Please try re-adding widget 2-3 times. Check again if Widget is loading fine.
Solution 6 : Try different size Widget
If the widget is not working in WidgetSmith, try loading the widget in different size and pattern. Check if the widget loads fine in other sizes.
Solution 7: Check with other WidgetSmith Widget
If now Widget Smith Widget is not working or loading, you should double check by adding some different type of Widget and see if that is also giving error like grey box. If all the Widgets are not loading in your iPhone then most likely it is an issue with iOS 14 in this case you should consider resetting your phone or doing a full restore.
Hopefully this article helps you to fix issued related to Widget Smith not working.
Solution 8 :Update WidgetSmith app
As widget Smith is an app and just like other this app may also have lots of bugs in it. For better and stable version please consider updating it.
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