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My Ipad 2 is stuck in portrait mode. Tried soft reset, hard reset, backup and restore and still stuck. Can only change with Accesibility setting. Somebody told me that I may have a malfunctioning accelerometer. Is is worth fixing it? Bought it on April of 2011.
iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iOS 6.1.4
SCREEN ROTATION
To lock/unlock the screen rotation double-click the Home button, swipe the multitasking bar from left to right, then tap icon with the circular arrow in a square. Read: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3805
Also, another way to lock the rotation is the little switch by the volume rocker. That switch can be a rotation lock or an all mute. If your device is rotation locked you'll see a little padlock with a circular arrow around it.
If it only does it part of the time, there are some apps that simply don't rotate. That's how they're designed.
Did that already. I have an F-18 flight simulator for landing in aircraft carriers and is also no responding
The only thing left is to drop it on the floor in my office and let the insurance pay for it, but I am an honest person
in settings/general under the heading "USe Side Switch to:"what have you set there? did you do the double tap home button and swipe all the way to the right to find the lock icon?
Did not drop it but hit it with my knuckles on the screen next to the lock switch and Bingo! It got fixed! The only intelligent conclusion is that the switch was stuck even though it moved. Thanks guys for bearing the pain with me.
5 finger tap on the screen changes to/from portrait view.
I have an iPad 2 with IOS 7 and when it got stuck in portrait i hit it near the lock switch and swiped with four fingers to another app and that fixed it
IPad 2 screen stuck in portrait mode
