The other day, a small lock icon with a circle with an arrow on the end appeared to the left of the battery indicator in the upper right hand corner of the screen. What is that?
iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.3
" Shows that the iPhone screen is locked in portrait orientation.
See “Viewing in Portrait or Landscape Orientation” on page 32.
Portrait orientation lock..."
From Here
iPhone User Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
See p. 18 of the manual... http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPhone_iOS4_User_Guide.pdf
It locks the orientation of your screen. Press the home button quickly twice, then swipe your finger to the right until you see the iPod controls. To the far left you should see a circle with an arrow, and have the lock in the center. If you want to remove the orientation lock just tap the circle and lock will disappear.
The answer to the question and a solution how to deal with it. Sweet! I could have downloaded the manual and spent a lot of time reading the whole thing for one little query, but what's the fun of that?
Lock icon next to battery
