Sometimes the screen doesn't rotate on my iPad Air, even when the rotation lock is off. Is there something I'm missing or is my iPad just broken?

Have you tried restarting or resetting your iPad?

Restart: Press On/Off button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears, select Slide to Power Off and, after It shuts down, press the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears.

Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10 seconds).

I have exactly the same problem.

I hope it's a software problem and there's an update to resolve it.

iPhone, iPad or iPod screen will not rotate, fix

http://appletoolbox.com/2013/03/iphone-ipad-or-ipod-screen-will-not-rotate-fix/

iOS Screen Does Not Rotate

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3805

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Same problem here. iPad Air screen locked in portrait display mode on iOS 7.0.5 and yesterday's upgrade to iOS 7.0.6 had no effect. Other family member's iPad Mini has no such problem on either iOS. Tried both Tom's suggestions with no effect. Will talk to Apple support tomorrow.

I noticed the same thing this morning since upgrading to 7.0.6. It allows apps to rotate but the home screens do not rotate. When you select an app that responds to rotation like Safari it will then rotate to the current orientation. It would appear that this is now the same behavior as the iPhone. I hope it was not an intentional change. Many of us liked it better the old way.

I tried again and found that the update had apparently set the lock rotation after all. I just turned it off and it seems to be working again.

Didn't get around to phoning Apple till this afternoon. As I rang, I opened my iPad Air to get the serial number ready and to my amazement the screen rotated portrait to landscape. I hung up the phone and tried rotating the iPad Air with home screen and then with a few applications; rotating it this way and that. All resolved for no apparent reason! It seems to me that there is a fault and that it's intermittent.

Hi,

I also have suddenly developed this problem on my iPad 3, immediately after updating to iOS 7.0.6. I definitely think it's a bug introduced in this point release, since I never had this problem before at all. It's not there all the time - it just sometimes suddenly decides that nope, that's it, no screen rotation for me until I reboot.

i had this problem I followed your instructions to reset&problem solved thanks so much

I have the same problem, and it happening everyday! .. i take my ipad, unlock and when I rotate it, the screen doesnt, have to put to charge or reset to make it work again, It is really annoying

This is also happening to iPad Air with the new iOS9. The rotation works perfectly for everything exept the home screen! You must try to move the screen a little bit and it starts to rotate. Pretty annoying and the support gives no feedback at all - very dissapointing. Nothing helps, even restoring iPad.