How do I rotate an iPad image

>> The issue is resolved. <<

Not quite... at least not in the last version of iOS5

The "rotation" option when in the camera album edit mode only changes the exif orientation flag... the oriientation of the jpeg image itself is not corrected.

If you have a GMail account, the best way to see this is to take a picture of something in portrait mode, and send it to your gmail account and open the email in the gmail web interface.

The thumbnail showing the attached image shows the image according to the exit orientation tag.

Then select "View" which opens the jpeg image in a new window or tab... since the web does not look at the exif tags in any image, the jpeg displays in landscape mode.

Then edit the image and rotate the image 90 degrees to the left and send that to your gmail account.

The thumbnail in the image will show the result of the rotation edit. "View" the image and it will display the same as the original image.

fwiw, IrfanView can correct this, or even correct an entire folder of iOS images, IF you don't use the "edit" option on the iOS device.

On a single image open in IrfanView, select options/jpeg lossless rotation/AutoRotate...

You can do the same on an entire folder using the thumnails view, selecting all and doing the same.

Hope that this information is of value.

Beverly Howard

Old thread, but I found it after being puzzled by the very same problem today, in 2014.

In iOS 8's built in "Photos" app, you can indeed rotate images whose orientation are wrong.

1. Tap the image.

2. Tap Edit.

3. Tap the Crop icon.

4. Now you can rotate the picture in two ways: either in small angles with the "chronometer" or whatever it is called, which is added right next to picture, or in 90 degree increments by clicking the box with the bent arrow over it.

Why they have decided to put the rotate function within the crop function beats me, but that's where it is!