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What is the lock symbol with the circle around it in the upper right hand side of screen and what does it mean?

What is the lock symbol with the circle around it in the upper right hand side of screen and what does it mean?

iPad Air, iOS 8.2

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 4:37 PM

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Posted on Mar 29, 2015 4:42 PM

That means that the orientation is locked. This is useful when reading in bed on your side, etc so that the content faces you. To shut that off, just open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom edge of the screen. Then tap the identical icon in the popup.

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What is the lock symbol with the circle around it in the upper right hand side of screen and what does it mean?

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