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iPad rotation lock in iOS 4.2, is it gone?

The iPad rotation lock disappeared from its original location in favor of a mute button on the iPad when Apple released iOS 4.2 for the iPad on November 22, 2010.

Apple has acknowledged the workaround in the knowledgebase:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085

This has caused much consternation, and while the forums do offer user to user help, it generally can be frowned upon, when people rant about issues that no one on the forum has any direct control over. If you desire this feature to be returned to the current mute button, or an easier downgrade path, please submit feedback to:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

I'm an end user myself, and while I'm not happy about the change, all I can do is inform others how to work around it.

Thank you.

An Apple user since 1981, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Nov 28, 2010 8:36 AM

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Dec 1, 2010 1:35 PM in response to a brody

November 22nd, 2010, the rotation lock functionality shifted from the slider next to the volume control, to a similar function on the iPhone iOS 4.2, as the iPhone and iPad operating systems were brought together. Apple documents the change here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085

If people desire the iPad to have a single hardware switch for rotation of screen display with rotation of the iPad orientation again, there is this feedback page:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

iPad rotation lock in iOS 4.2, is it gone?

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