Broken accelerometer - Ipad 2 will not rotate - Stuck in portrait mode

I've just experienced the same problem. I rebooted by holding down the off button and the home buttton. I waited for the apple to appear. Then let go. The screen went black. I then switched on at the top, and the orientation works....!

Thanks guys...

Ah, the "kiss" principle. Thanks worked great.

I have the same problem.I have checked the side switch function as well as the rotate screen function in the home settings screen by double clicking the home button swiping to the left and setting the screen to "unlocked". I have restarted my iPad several times still no luck. In addition I have backed it up on iTunes, downloaded and installed iOS and had the system reset, all to no avail. The screen shows as being unlocked but it simply won't rotate. Reading on the forums it appears my gyro may be broken?

I have the same problem.I have checked the side switch function as well as the rotate screen function in the home settings screen by double clicking the home button swiping to the left and setting the screen to "unlocked". I have restarted my iPad several times still no luck.The screen shows as being unlocked but it simply won't rotate. Reading on the forums but no help!

I had this problem. No rotation, no accelerometer in applications which use it.

After struggling for a while with software methods (switching on and off rotation, resetting, restoring,...), tired from the long week of work and from the cold, I beat my iPad 2 pretty hard on its left side on a wooden table.

This worked for me!

At the moment I can not find any damage on the device, still I can not reccomend this method.

What I can learn from this story is that the problem can be an hardware problem and that the iPad is pretty hard to break...

Had this problem as well. Tried everything: reset, reset all settings, tapping the device etc. to no avail.

Tried installing a level app to test, and the accelerometer was completely dead. My conclusion: broken accelerometer.

As this was too expensive to have fixed, I looked to a way to switch the orientation in software, so here's how to do this:

Go into Settings --> Accessibility --> Triple click --> and enable AssistiveTouch

Now when you triple click a little dot will appear on screen. Tap that, then tap Device, the Rotate Screen and you can change orientation even though the accelerometer is dead.

Now to the most surprising part: after doing this, my accelerometer has started working again, hurrah. I don't know if this will be the case for everyone ( obviously if your accelerometer is really dead, it will not work for you), but even if it does not work, you will be able to manually change orientation.

Thank you sir, I've reset settings on my ipad after reading your suggestion and now it is working.

Mute switch and lock rotation were set correctly prior to this. I thought the accelerometer had died.

Thanks a lot

Rotating the screen by enabling assistive touch worked ok as far as keeping the screen in landscape.

Resetting all settings resolved it fully for me. Accelerometer is fully working now for screen rotation and in apps.

Hi, I just want to say that I had the same problem and the non-destructive system reset worked really. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks Guys, I was really frustrated after 2 hours of non stop R&D . I woes not successful at all. But this resetting function really got my life back to normal. Holding Home and on/off buttons simultaneously did work and now my ipad is in normal condition.

Cheers

Avin

This really helped. Thanks!

I had the same problem with my iPad Air that was brand new. After about 30 minutes on the phone with Apple Support (who are always so nice)it still wasn't resolved. We had come to the point where the last solution would have been to revert it to factory settings or send it back. Luckily I had to download the latest version of iTunes, and scheduled a call back. I have a Smart Cover for my iPad and began to wonder if the magnet had somehow caused the gyroscope to jam (since it does snap on back directly where the gyroscope is located). While running the Gyroscope app I took the corner where it snaps and ran it along the edge where the power and volume rockers are, and wellah!!! The gyroscope immediately responded and was back to working perfectly. Won't be using my Smart Cover anymore though.