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Weather Channel app not rotating on new iPad Pro Gen 6

I gave my daughter my 11” Gen 4 iPad Pro which worked fine with the weather channel app. I purchased the newest 12.9” pro which is basically the same tablet just larger. They both have the upgraded memory and 2TB. Weather Channel does not rotate on the 12.9. That just doesn’t seem to make sense/ I’ve checked all the usual suspect issues but everything seems fine. I actually set up the new tablet using my latest backup so everything seems to be still set up the way I like it.


Any ideas? Don’t be shy. I’m pretty puzzled myself. I do like the new iPad though…Al

iPad Pro, iPadOS 17

Posted on Apr 24, 2024 3:15 PM

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Posted on May 27, 2024 1:38 PM

Radar taking up 2/3 rds of the screen is awful. Why would they do this. Give me back my screen

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Apr 26, 2024 5:52 AM in response to LotusPilot

I tried it LP, ad thank you , and I see where it would be useful for multitasking but remember I have had another iPad running on exactly the same data and apps (I literally downloaded my most recent backup from the 11 to the 12.9 for the initial setup. I thought it should run pretty much seamlessly but alas…it’s not an issue because I obviously can easily rotate the iPad. It just seems strange that they’ve slowly been reprogramming a lot of apps for rotation enabled purposes.Also, yes I am subscribed to the Wx website.

Apr 26, 2024 12:45 PM in response to sberman

No. There’s no solution yet, Sberman Stage manager sort of fixes it but it’s not full screen. It appears the weather channel may have changed its site some, perhaps for the larger screens? I was thanking LP for explaining stage manager but there’s still not a real portrait view. You can see in the pictures I posted that it works on the same year model 11” so I know it was working as recently as last night. I jus setup this 12.9 Wednesday.

May 9, 2024 11:51 AM in response to Texprof103

Texprof103 wrote:

It appears to be an app issue that is only taking effect on certain models. My 11 pro is still running in portrait mode

As I said above, not mine! (I have an iPad Pro 4th generation 11” running iPadOS 17.4.1.)


The Weather Channel has not ever worked in portrait mode on my previous 11” iPad Pro models either.

Jun 9, 2024 12:54 PM in response to doxiemama52

I understand and I’m sorry to hear of your disability. This all came about because I had surgery and it went bad leaving me bedridden for the next few months, at least. My wife and kids went together on a new 12.9 m2 iPad. (I knew better than to point out that the new 14” gen 7 m4 came out 24 hours later and why didn’t they wait or why didn’t Apple tell them about the new release?) Anyway, when I set it up I noticed it wasn’t rotating. I have it mounted in a fantastic floor weighted Levo iPad stand and it rotates but I don’t think it was meant to rotate several times a day. So that’s what started this…me being stuck in bed with a brand new iPad Pro growling at the weather channel. They did at least increase the font size and the width of the right side strip.

Jun 9, 2024 1:58 PM in response to Texprof103

Yep, it used to be easy to glance at the old app and get a good idea of what the weather would be like for that day and maybe a click to see the week. Heck, if you look at my last picture you can see the radar button right there. That’s what I want out of my weather experience. I want weather and news on top and I can click on radar. It’s summer in Texas. I don’t live on the coast and I don’t need to see 2/3 of a non rotating screen covered in radar images. I like watching weather forecasts but not that much. The least they could do is make it true split screen and let us choose our layout.

Jun 14, 2024 3:21 PM in response to Texprof103

I love the App and have used it as my go to place for weather. I don’t understand why it would be locked to landscape mode but it use to work in portrait mode. While I can appreciate someone thought this was a good idea it is a PIA to close once opened. If every app did the same thing one would have to reorient the device based on the orientation of each app. Some additional consideration needs to be made from a perspective of just closing the app. Food for thought. I guess if every app did the same it would not be an issue but clearly is. I hope this constructive feedback is considered to help bring back the functionality of a great weather resource. Thanks.

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