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User profile for user: kathgo
kathgo Author
User level: Level 1
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portrait mode on display

This cannot _believe_ that Apple would not have the iPhone send portrait mode to an external display. I would like the display screen to be the same orientation as my phone. There is no gyroscope in this monitor but I also do not understand why monitors don’t allow you to change the orientation on the monitor.



These pictures illustrate my problem.


And this is what I’m seeking:


Why won’t the monitor turn the same direction as my iPhone?


Is there an external app I can download to change the video output on this phone?


Or ANY fix? This is really unbelievable to me.

iPhone XS

Posted on Dec 7, 2023 7:43 PM

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User profile for user: kathgo
kathgo Author
User level: Level 1
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Posted on Dec 8, 2023 6:51 AM

How greedy of Apple to do this. I’m assuming it’s so you can’t use external, non-Apple screens and your only option is their iPad. Now I guess I’ll have to get the Samsung tablet that’s 14 or so inches so I can see my sheet music at paper size.

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User profile for user: IdrisSeabright
IdrisSeabright
User level: Level 10
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Dec 8, 2023 6:28 AM in response to kathgo

kathgo wrote:

Thanks. It is not about that. When it is in portrait mode, it looks like this on my display no matter what I do:
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6ce50f04-cb90-4c81-aace-7132f60f3b24

That is as it has always been. If you have an iPad, you can probably run the same app on the iPad rather than mirror from the phone.

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User profile for user: AhsokaTano22
AhsokaTano22
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Dec 7, 2023 7:50 PM in response to kathgo

You might want to try to rotate the screen on your iPhone XS.


Try these steps:


Rotate the screen on your iPhone or iPod touch


  1. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen to open Control Center.
  2. Tap the Portrait Orientation Lock button to make sure that it's off.
  3. Turn your iPhone sideways.


Or, watch the video I attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_GFpc_2Cpk

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