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How to unlock portrait mode on iPhone?

When reading text or viewing photos my iPhone 8s will not change from portrait to landscape mode. It used to do this easily by rotating the phone. How do you get it back ?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 5, 2023 12:42 PM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2023 10:57 PM

Re: "How to unlock portrait mode on iPhone?"

See how to unlock / lock portrait mode: Change or lock the screen orientation on iPhone - Apple Support

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Oct 5, 2023 10:57 PM in response to gdon2

Re: "How to unlock portrait mode on iPhone?"

See how to unlock / lock portrait mode: Change or lock the screen orientation on iPhone - Apple Support

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Oct 6, 2023 2:31 PM in response to gdon2

Thank you kindly, for letting us know we helped. :-)

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Apr 26, 2024 9:05 AM in response to gdon2

I had this problem too. I went to Control center and unlocked portrait mode and nothing changed. So I turned the phone off and then on and it was solved so you could try that.

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