Q: landscape lock rotation
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Dec 9, 2011 5:52 AMby Ralph Landry1,Double click the home button, swipe to the right, the lock button is on the left, but that only locks the iPhone in the portrait mode. Doesn't allow you to lock in landscape mode.
Unlike the iPad there doesn't seem to be a way on the phone itself to lock rotation like you want to do.
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Dec 9, 2011 7:33 AMby Gla55fish,rotation and defult orientation is all down to the app.
i have some that dont rotate. i have some that only rotate portrate and landscape left and others that rotate all of the way around so you can use the iphone upside down if you want! some will even lock to a selected orientation by default when you open the app.
if this is to use a specific app, it may be worthwhile dropping the developer a line to see if they can write an update. developers love this kind of feed back.
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Jan 28, 2012 1:15 AMby Wi11 d,1) Enable 'Assistive Touch' (Settings > General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch)
2) Lock portrait orientation (i.e. double tap Home, swipe right, touch the lock orientation button)
3) Open an app that supports landscape viewing (such as Safari, Notes, etc.)
4) Touch the little black square with a circle inside (open the assistive touch menu)
5) Touch 'Device' > 'Rotate Screen' > 'Left' or 'Right' (then click outside the black square to exit the menu)
Your phone is now locked in landscape orientation until you exit to the homescreen or any other app (if the new app supports landscape you can just go from step 4) as the orientation will still be locked as before.
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Jan 31, 2012 1:03 AMby JaneiR36,Wi11, there are a LOT of steps to your post but it gets the job done and at least shows that this is possible! Thank you!! Just trying to get used to the little grey circle on my screen, which has to be moved around sometimes. I'll keep it for a few days and see how it goes.
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Oct 7, 2013 10:20 AMby JaneiR36,So if you have iOS 7, flick up from the bottom of any home screen or App. You should see a summary of the settings area, the Control Center. The top right button should be the Potrait lock icon. If it is white, you are locked in portrait mode and can tap it again to exit the Portrait lock. If it's black/grayed out, then I'm probably kind of full of it
iOS: Understanding Control Center
