Problem with rotation and landscape mode in iOS 8

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Problem with rotation and landscape mode in iOS 8

From start of iOS 8 I have got problem with rotation in my iPhone 5S 32GB as well as in my iPad mini retina 32GB. Automatical rotation to landscape mode is not working correctly. For example if you take the phone or tablet to landscape mode in base display and tap to Safari, Mail, Messages, the app will start but stay in normal mode, not landscape. Then you have to back the phone to normal portrait mode and back to landscape and only then the phone do the landscape mode. I have never seen this problem in iOS 7 or older.

Could you help me anyone with this problem? Or is the problem generally in iOS 8.

Thanks a lot

Jakub

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1, 32GB

Posted on Nov 7, 2014 1:03 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 17, 2014 1:20 PM in response to Stumper Jakub

Really nobody else how has same problem ? I have tried it on another iPhones of my friends and absolutely same problem on them.

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neofundy

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Nov 25, 2014 6:13 AM in response to Stumper Jakub

I have likewise had this issue since the beginning of iOS 8. I had this issue on my iPhone 5, and now have the same problem on my iPhone 6. Exactly as you described.

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Nov 25, 2014 6:21 AM in response to neofundy

Hi Swipe up from bottom of Screen Control panel check the pad lock is not set to on. Cheers Brian

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neofundy

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Nov 25, 2014 6:27 AM in response to Briansyddall

Brian, thanks, but it's not a rotation lock issue - at least not relating to the rotation lock setting. It's just a general use setting. Right now i have my iPhone propped in landscape mode. If I now hit the home button, essentially returning to a portrait setting though my phone is still positioned in landscape, then open any other app that supports landscape, that app WILL NOT orient itself to landscape mode. It will stay in portrait mode. The phone has to be physically oriented to portrait, then back to landscape for the app to register landscape mode properly. This is a glitch, and not a rotation lock issue. it ought to be noted that this was not an issue in iOS 7 or any previous iteration.

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snosek

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Dec 6, 2014 6:08 AM in response to Stumper Jakub

The same behaviour... Extremely disturbing when you use the phone in landscape mode in car and switch between apps. I think this is a general bug in IOS 8. And nothing has changed with the latest update 8.1.1.

Regards,

Stanislav

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Aug 28, 2015 2:58 PM in response to Briansyddall

Thanks that was easy.

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