iOS 8.4 screen rotation not working

I Have the iPad 2 and am experienceing this probleM. Very frustrating!

Also having the problem on an iPad Air 2 that was updated via iTunes. I have since done a restore through iTunes as well, unfortunately the problem got worse, not better after the iTunes restore.

one way to get the screel to rotate again (though after a few minutes it locks up again) is to download a free spirit level app (the one I use is called "SpiritLevel") from the App Store, keep it open and when the screen fails to turn double click the home buttons and open the sprit level app, this seems to reset the orientation sensor temporarily.

mszilard, I have confirm that as well.

Works every time, if I turn on using power button instead of the home button.

Odd issue.

I think I've found a solution: In my desperation I downgraded to 8.3 with a clean install. I updated to 8.4 through iTunes and restored my backup.

Then, i unninstalled 3 apps that i had before and thought I was not going to use anymore... and Voila!!!!! The Rotation was BACK to Normal. I've done the same thing with another iPad with the same result. So I can Confirm that is related to an APP.

I am having the same issue.

And I just bought a new iPad Air 2 128gb LTE 14 days ago.

I was sure it was hardware, so I returned the iPad about an hour ago.

I wish I had seen this thread. I didn't even think it was OS related.

Now I have to return the new one as the screen is really yellow.

Lovely

Can I uninstall three randomly selected apps for your proposal, or are there any special?

I've found the following...

iPad Air 2, 16GB, Wi-Fi

If the device is left to sleep for longer than one minute and is unlocked on via the Sleep/Wake or Home button, the screen will come on after an approx one second delay compared to my mini 2. In this case, the Air 2's screen rotation will longer work, either on the Lock Screen nor the Home Screen. To fix this temporarily, press the Sleep/Wake button to sleep the device, then immediately press it (or the Home button) to wake. The screen will now rotate properly until the next time the device goes to sleep for longer than one minute and is awakened via the Sleep/Wake or Home button. If the device is awakened via a Smart Cover or Smart Case (magnetically), there is no issue.

The two issues seem to be directly related to each other.

Oy vey, such problems these iPads are. 🙂

@Carolina O

do we have to guess at the apps or would you like to say which ones you think are causing the problem? 😉

In my case... it was Marvin an app for reading epubs, google chrome and some old recipe apps. Had to basically clean off the iPad and try one by one until I found the culprits, lol 😀

In my case... it was Marvin an app for reading epubs, google chrome and some old recipe apps. Had to basically clean off the iPad and try one by one until I found the culprits. It could be different apps for everyone, as not everyone has the same apps.
😀

Hmm, I have none of these apps. But finding at least three out of approximately fifty apps... 😟 I hope for 8.4.1.

But why should apps which are not running (not even in background) disturb rotation?

It is the first time I have problems with iOS. I am a bit disappointed wtih Apples way of (non-)communication. Is this their usual behaviour?

No community managers here or access to the correponding entries in their bug-database or replies to bugreports?

We seem to be discussing this and try to find solutions on our own.

i think 3 bugs are linked. the slow wake up problem (Re: iOS 8.4 slow wake on iPad Air 2), the lag issue when exiting to home screen, and the screen rotation bug. i have all the 3 of this. going back to 8.3

I know. It's a complete hassle to have to go all app to find only a couple that are causing an isse. I'm not sure why it affects the rotation. My only guess it's that it might have something to do with something that Apple updated on the new iOS and that the apps in question for not being upgraded to work with newers OS's are conflicting.
I actually talked with an Apple rep yesterday and told him about what I found. They said that the techs where going to research on it.

You can always downgrade to the previous version, as long as you have a backup and is within the week of the new OS release, i think. 🙂
Good Luck!

II was going to downgrade back to iOS 8.3 but the iTunes 12.2 update appears to have wiped all my old backups. I only have a single update showing. For my iPad and a single update for my iPhone 6. There used to updates going all the way back to my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 before the update.

not happy with Apple over this mess...