{"id":26538,"date":"2017-04-21T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=26538"},"modified":"2017-04-19T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:52:59","slug":"how-to-stop-annoying-screen-flipping-on-your-ipad-or-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/how-to-stop-annoying-screen-flipping-on-your-ipad-or-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Annoying Screen Flipping on Your iPad or iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normally, it\u2019s helpful when an app on your iPad or iPhone switches from vertical (portrait) to horizontal (landscape) as you rotate the device. But it can be annoying to have the screen orientation flip back and forth, such as when you\u2019re reading while lying on your side and holding the iPhone at an angle. Luckily, you can prevent the flipping by swiping up from the bottom of the screen to reveal Control Center and then tapping the Orientation Lock button. On the iPad, that sticks the screen into whatever orientation it\u2019s in at that time\u2014either portrait or landscape. But on the iPhone, the Orientation Lock button forces the screen into portrait orientation. Tap the button again to disable orientation lock, and remember this setting if you can\u2019t get your device to rotate when you think it should.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4386 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-Orientation-Lock-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"215\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 504px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 504\/215;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, it\u2019s helpful when an app on your iPad or iPhone switches from vertical (portrait) to horizontal (landscape) as you rotate the device. But it can be annoying to have the screen orientation flip back and forth, such as when you\u2019re reading while lying on your side and holding the iPhone at an angle. Luckily, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,48,7,54,52,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-ios","category-ipad","category-ipad-blog","category-iphone","category-quick-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-Orientation-Lock-photo-1080x675.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-6U2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25940,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/lions-and-tigers-and-widgets-in-ios-10-oh-my\/","url_meta":{"origin":26538,"position":0},"title":"Lions and Tigers and Widgets in iOS 10, Oh My!","author":"computeradv","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re running iOS 10, try the new Widgets screen, where you can access a custom set of useful little apps from the Lock screen or the Home screen. 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