My iPhone screen is locked in the messaging app.

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My iPhone screen is locked in the messaging app.

My iPhone screen is locked in the messaging app. It is stuck in a landscape position. No other all or window is stuck. I have tried unlocking the screen- unsuccessful. Any ideas?

Posted on Feb 21, 2014 6:12 AM

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Answer 1

AmishCake

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Feb 21, 2014 9:31 AM in response to Aileenwalker

Try a reset: hold down the home button along with the sleep/wake button until the screen goes black and you see the Apple, then let go. (No data loss)

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Answer 2

milyz

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Mar 25, 2014 6:04 PM in response to Aileenwalker

This happened to me today. I fixed it by force quitting the Messages app and then opening it up again. It's faster than resetting the whole phone. Force quitting is slightly different on iOS 6 vs iOS 7, so do a quick search of the net for how to do it on your particular version of iOS.

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