iPhone 12 will not text in landscape

My new iPhone 12 will not let me text in landscape either. Lock and zoom are turned off and it makes no difference. Other iPhones used to let you text in landscape. Apple should fix this. Telling you how good their new phones are when their old phones were better is a big letdown.

Posted on Nov 9, 2021 5:20 PM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2021 11:27 AM

Hello Rr66ff,


Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you are having trouble with using the Messages app while in landscape mode on your new iPhone 12.


Let's start here first: Rotate the screen on your iPhone or iPod touch. Because you have an iPhone without a Home button you'd want to follow the instructions here and make sure the Portrait Orientation Lock button is off in the Control Center. You'll also see that Messages and Safari are known to work in landscape mode.


If it's still not working, we'd suggest contacting Apple using the link under "Still need help?"


Take care.

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Nov 10, 2021 11:27 AM in response to Rr66ff

Hello Rr66ff,


Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you are having trouble with using the Messages app while in landscape mode on your new iPhone 12.


Let's start here first: Rotate the screen on your iPhone or iPod touch. Because you have an iPhone without a Home button you'd want to follow the instructions here and make sure the Portrait Orientation Lock button is off in the Control Center. You'll also see that Messages and Safari are known to work in landscape mode.


If it's still not working, we'd suggest contacting Apple using the link under "Still need help?"


Take care.

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