IOS 13.1.2 Update: Screen rotation not functioning properly after iOS update

On my friend's phone where this was happening in the News app, toggling display zoom on and then off fixed it… in the News app. However, when he opens this story in the News app https://apple.news/ADT57fOPkQe6ZdbsfjRwDwg and follows the "PeanutButterGamer" link (https://youtu.be/5cxwo2eRs-I) to YouTube (in an in-app browser) from there, the videos on the YouTube site won't rotate.

More detail: rotation was failing in at least a few places, including the home screen. Toggling display zoom on and then off fixed the home screen rotation too. This happened both on his 6s+ running iOS 13.3 and to the XR to which he upgraded by restoring a backup. The in-app browser YouTube videos rotate just fine on my 11Pro.

I've been having the exact problem which also affects the camera - landscape photos end up sideways; here's what worked in my case:

iPhone 6s, iOS13.1.3, Display & Brightness settings were already set to Dark Mode, Standard View. I changed to Light Mode/Zoomed View, brought up Control Center and turned Rotation Lock to On. I then reversed the process, turning RL back to Off, View back to Standard, and Mode back to Dark; from there I did full shutoff, hold down Power button and confirm shutdown.

Once restarted it's been normal, all apps and function auto-rotate the way they used to and in all directions...

I hope this helps others, I'm doing everything possible to keep this 6s viable until a USB C -cabled model arrives myself!

Hello Fitz97,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities! I understand that the display on your iPhone 7 Plus isn't rotating as expected when watching videos in apps. I would be happy to help point you towards a resolution.

Let's start by checking if you have Zoom or any other Accessibility features enabled on the iPhone. If so, does the screen rotate when they are turned off?

Zoom in on the iPhone screen - Apple Support

If the screen does not rotate without any Accessibility features enabled, follow the steps here next:

If the screen doesn't rotate on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Take care.

Finaly done. My device 6s and using ios13.3. Today my phone suddenly turned off, i think batery is dead. After i charged and open, now automatic rotation is work.

Lucky you, mine still doesn’t know how to auto-rotate, only the Whatsapp camera does auto-rotate. In rest i have to trick the apps by switching between them within Youtube in fullscreen mode.

Haha. I know this trick. In addition to, i was speaking on the phone when battery died. Maybe it could work.

Rotation occurs on regular texts and other uses but on Apple news , rotation doesn’t happen. I’ve installed the latest update too.

I have an iPhone 6s and got the same problem when i updated to iOS 13 (13.1.2). Today I got the update 13.1.3 that I hoped it would solve the problem, but the screen still isn’t rotating automaticly into landscape, it’s a problem for almost all aplications, except YouTube which has the fullscreen button, but as an example in Safari a video does not go fullscreen when you press that button. I still really hope that the next patch will solve the problem.

I have the exact same phone and the exact same problem once updated to iOS 13. I was hoping the new update would fix (13.1.3) but it did not. The screen will not rotate at all. It does however rotate on the Facebook camera which tells me it is most definitely the software and not hardware

I am having the same problem. Iphone 7S Plus. After the recent IOS update, my screen orientation behaves sporadically and will not return to normal orientation with simple fixes. Glad to see I am not the only one

Fitz97,

I'm so sorry yours hasn't come back but I have a feeling it will, and I'd be very surprised if my 'fix' was anything more than a serendipitous combination of finger-fumbles... it sounds like we're all hitting around the root cause, that being the new Dark Mode and/or Zoomed View, or a combination.

Best of luck to you and fellow sufferers, hopefully you stumble on some combo of on/off's and restarts that sorts your device[s] back out.

Well, iOS 13.2 just came out and the bug is still not fixed, still can’t take landscape photos, apps still do not rotate, not even Safari, just YouTube’s fullscreen button works. No more hope left, sadly.