There are many reasons why an iPad or iPhone does not rotate its screen, one of the most common is that the rotation option is deactivated, lower the shortcut bar on your phone or iPad and verify that the automatic rotation is active. However, even when that option is active and the screen does not rotate automatically, a bigger problem may be occurring.
It may be some kind of error or bug, for that reason it is necessary that you restart your phone, or turn it off and on several times to confirm if the problem has been solved. If it does not, it may be necessary to consult specialized help. If your phone is new, find out everything about Apple’s free support .
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- Where do you turn your screen rotation on or off?
- How to check if you have a rotate button activated?
- How can you rotate the screen of your iOS device without touching it?
- Use the start button
- What could be preventing you from rotating the screen and how to fix it?
Where do you turn your screen rotation on or off?
This option is verified in the ‘Control Center’, to locate it, start sliding your finger to the bottom of the screen, so that the shortcut bar is displayed, when doing so, the option you are looking for will appear. It is a digital button that is shaped like a circular arrow and a padlock inside, press on it to rotate the screen. If that option does not work, it is time for you to go to the settings, since the ‘Accessibility’ option may be disabled.
How to check if you have a rotate button activated?
To make sure that the button is active, the most ideal is to access the ‘Settings’, then find and select the ‘Accessibility’ section, followed by the ‘Touch Assistant’ section. If the function has a green button next to it, it means that it is active, a gray button will also appear that will follow you everywhere.
The gray button is the one with the manual rotation function, since the green one is to activate or deactivate it. Another way to find out if there is another active button, access the ‘Control Center’ and check if the figure of the circular arrow with a padlock inside is marked. You may have run out of space on your startup, for that, divide the screen on iPhone or iPad .
How can you rotate the screen of your iOS device without touching it?
It all depends on the type of device you have, if it is an iPhone, keep in mind that this can be with or without the home button. To turn the screen into one without the start button, first you must activate the ‘Control Center’, go to the ‘Settings’ and enter the ‘Face ID and Password’ section, enter the key and activate the ‘Control Center’ By checking the box, when it turns green it will be active.
Then enter any App and turn the phone without touching the screen, consider that some ‘Apps’ do not support automatic rotation , so do not despair if it happens to you with any of them. On the other hand, you can try to configure the home screen of iPhone or iPad, to create shortcuts and use applications that you can rotate.
Use the start button
Activate the control center before using the rotation, if your iPhone has a physical home button, you can use it to set the automatic screen rotation. Press the physical button to access the ‘Control Center’, and then press on the digital screen rotation button, the position of this will depend on your iOS, in general it is on the left side of the screen.
The rotation button is identified by having an arrow in the shape of a circle, when it is blue it means that it is active. Now get out of there and choose any App, turn the phone to the desired position and wait for the App to change position as well. Capture the moment and proceed to rotate the phone, to record the screen with sound on iPhone .
What could be preventing you from rotating the screen and how to fix it?
There are many problems that may be preventing the screen from rotating, one of them may be some type of system error, it may have a solution when restarting the iPhone or iPad. Also, there is the possibility that some type of virus has entered the computer, although it is unlikely, due to the strong security barriers of iOS. There may even be some ‘Hardware’ failure in the motion sensors, whose ultimate solution is to take the phone to a specialized technician to replace them.
