Screen rotation not working

Make sure you have rotation enabled.

If the screen doesn't rotate on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Take a look at this article:

Get help with hardware features on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

You can also try these steps: This won't delete your data stored on the phone.

• Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button
• Press and hold on the Home button
• Keep holding both buttons until the display turns off and back on with Apple logo on it.

Alternatively, you may go to Settings - General - Reset - Reset All Settings

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559

Hi. The problem you describe has been reported several times since iOS 10.1.1. It seems to affect only the iPad Air 2. Restarting the device will definitely fix it, until it happens again. Try turning off Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion. You can also install a free Clinometer from the app store, and try running it when rotation locks. Please report it here https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html and be sure to mention your iPad Air 2.

Hi Hyaena 84. Another user posted that opening the Camera and rotating the iPad seemed to make it work again. Please report this to Apple at this link: https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html and be sure to mention your iPad Air 2.

Hello Demo. I've counted 40 distinct users posting this for their iPad Air 2's (congratulations, you're caller number 40!). By all reports, it's worse with iOS 10.2, and restarting may now be the only solution. An old thread indicates that it apparently started with iOS 8, went away, and has returned just recently. Since it's device-specific, I suspect it's in the M8 motion coprocessor firmware. There are also 2 (only) reports of this on iPad Mini 4, which shares the M8.

No specific app. There's a nice free Clinometer app near the top of the list. I mention it because an actual Clinometer user noticed that running it unlocked the rotation, presumably because it got the sensors working again. I guess that the lock-up occurs because the gyro sensor stops updating, making it appear that the device is not rotating. And please report it using the feedback link I posted above. You are the 57th iPad Air 2 user to report this here, so there are a good number of users looking for a fix. Good luck!

I installed a free app called Rotating Sphere Clinometer. Turned it on once and since then this bug hasn't happened yet - so far so good. I'll delete the app and will report if bug returns. Genius, thanks for the tip! 🙂

I can confirm that restarting my iPad Air 2 fixes it every time for me. I never saw any of the other discusssions about this. I thought it was just a glitch on my device. Thanks f the heads up.

I am having the identical problem on my iPad Air2. It has been happening since my update to OS 10.2.1. I can fix this stuck rotation by restarting or rebooting, but it is very annoying.

When I search for Clinometer in the App Store there are a number of free and paid apps. Do you have a specific app in mind? Why would installing this app help?

Thanks Diana. I did report this to Apple.

How awesome to know that I spent over 700.00 on an iPad that won't rotate. Yet another fail from apple.