iphone got wet while taking pictures in the rain. iphone 5S, IOS 7.1.2. I have to use an "assistive touch" to change things. I am trying to set my phone so that the screen will rotate from landscape to portrait when I rotate my phone.

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iphone got wet while taking pictures in the rain. iphone 5S, IOS 7.1.2. I have to use an "assistive touch" to change things. I am trying to set my phone so that the screen will rotate from landscape to portrait when I rotate my phone.

I have an iPhone 5S which I got wet while taking pictures in a heavy rain. The home button doesn't work, but someone showed me about the assistive touch alternative. I am trying to find out how to set my phone so that I can rotate the screen from portrait to landscape since I don't have a home button.

I'd appreciate any help I can get. Thanks.

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Mar 5, 2015 1:18 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Mar 5, 2015 1:37 PM in response to maggielou

Your phone suffered hardware damage from the soaking. The only solution is to replace it.

However, the HOME button has nothing to do with screen rotation. That control in on the control center, which just requires swiping up from below the screen.

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maggielou Author

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Mar 5, 2015 1:50 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you so much. The only info I had found about locking and unlocking the screen rotation feature was when you hit the home button, and saw the things that were open and went to the left to find this control. So simple now. Gracias!

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SergZak

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Mar 5, 2015 2:12 PM in response to maggielou

I've used AssistiveTouch on all of my devices, even though their Home buttons are fine. Hardware buttons have a finite lifetime measured in cycles . The Home button is the most used button on iDevices. I'd rather just use AssistiveTouch and leave the hardware Home button alone. I only use the hardware Home button once in a while.

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