Hi
Does anyone know how to get the home screen on an iPhone Xs Max to rotate.
I have checked that the rotate lock is not on. I'm guessing the issue results from the fact that i restored from a backup of a iPhone X. Rotate is working within apps. I'm trying to avoid having to do a full reset as a i'm one of the strange people who like the rotating home screen .......
iPhone Xs Max, iOS 12
This does not work on xs max
From what i was told the Xs Max won’t be able to rotate due to Face ID! Something to do with the cameras being fixed in portrait mode and not being able to pick up your face in landscape so they allow you to use landscape everywhere else messages, notes. Settings etc but just not on the actual home screen! I heard it may be an update soon! Hopefully one day the whole phone every app will be able to!
Apples designs the largest screen ever, cost me more than any iphone ever but apple locks the screen so users cant use wide mode for the most popular activities phones are used for ... video, apps, webpages, etc. As a Apple shareholder I now know why phone sales slumped 14% last quarter, because there is no point for having the largest most expensive iphone ever if you cant use it. Im returning this phone after 30 minutes of use and abandoning apple iphone products all together. Your competition appreciates the business and your shareholders are now looking for better investments.
Hey, I had this problem and googled it. You have to drag from top right hand corner and the menu that used to be there when you swiped up from bottom of screen. Gives quick access to brightness, camera, music shuffle and screen rotation.
Greetings, Dbreeney.
Congratulations on your new iPhone Xs Max! I see that you like to use your iPhones in landscape mode instead of portrait mode. The problem is, the Home screen of iPhone Xs Max won't rotate, and I'm happy to help.
If the screen doesn't rotate on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch -- Review the information and use the steps provided in this support article.
Let me know how that goes, and take care!
face ID works on the new iPad Pro in landscape mode no problem .. would seem it’s something they could fix with an update ..
Agreed. For the outrageous sums of money we spend on these devices they shouldn’t take steps backwards.
Just updated to 12.2. still will not rotate on home screen.
iPhone XS MAX.
Please fix soon !
Ran
This worked for me:
Solution #1: Restart your iPhone (Forced restart).
If the iPhone XS Max screen suddenly won’t rotate after updating, chances are that the update had caused minor issues to the phone’s display settings. Usually minor software glitches are rectified by a device restart. If you haven’t already, then you should consider restarting or soft reset as the first possible solution to try. This won’t affect your phone’s internal data so you don’t need to create backups.
After the phone reboots, try to launch apps that work on both portrait and landscape modes and see if the problem is fixed.
I am having the same problem and have had no luck. I have tried the solution on the link and that did not work. I have also tried changing the view settings from zoomed to standard -- which also did not work. Please advise on any further potential fixes. Thanks!
The Plus models had a rotating home screen, but that doesn't work on the XS Max (yet?).
Maybe it has something to do with the "home swipe". There's no indicating line on the home screen like within apps to identify where to swipe to get home.
The email app rotates for me, just not the home screen. Swiping down in the right corner does not open any option to do so as someone said Google suggested.
If it isn't just me, then I guess "it's the way Apple wants it".... just as they wont allow me to stream music to my 30 pin Zeppelin Air from iTunes anymore, but that's another matter, sorry for the rant. 😉
This is the same issue I am having. I'm on the GM build of iOS 12, and do not have rotation lock enabled, and I used the Quick Setup feature today to set up my XS Max. With the largest screen ever in an iPhone, you'd think they'd keep a feature that my wife's 6s Plus has.
Because I have the same issue, I had chat with apple technicians, and he said that this is normal for iPhone xs max. The iPhone xs max doesn’t have the feature of home screen rotate. The portrait orientation is the only orientation of home screen for iPhone Cs Max. This is unbelievably & extremely disappointing to me.
I am hoping the coming iOS update contains this feature so that I can rotate my home screen.
It is unbelievable still.
It seems to be a major defect in the XS Max. I think a better feature would be to use back inductive pulse from the Qi coil to deliver a 14kV jolt to anyone who presses record in portrait mode.
Now the Xs Max does not work with Apple TV because you need to keep turning your head and you need to keep rotating the phone to open landscape apps.
The other disastrous effect of this flaw will be an even greater proliferation of portrait mode videos because people are too lazy to turn their phone before and after launching the camera app.
For the first time in a long time I am considering returning this iPhone before the 15 day return period ends.
Home screen rotate iPhone Xs Max not working
