Solved: How to rotate the screen on the iPad 2 so you could turn it to horizontal or vertical.

You may have just purchase the iPad 2 and as you playing with it. You then noticed that the screen does not rotate when you turn the device 90 degrees over. Maybe you screen has orientation locked.

To ensure that it's not locked, you can slide the side switch up and down to ensure that its not locked. The side switch is just above the up and down volume key.

You can also assign the screen orientation to the side switch by doing the following:

1. Go the Home screen.

2. Then tap on Settings.

3. Tap on General.

4. Select Use the Side Switch....

5. Finally tap on Lock Rotation.

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• |109.128.141.xxx |2011-05-12 08:54:15 Marc Baele  - Turning screen ipad 2
  I have tried all possible ways
  - reset the ipad
  - checked all settings
  - even hard reset, putting everything back via iTunes
  
  Nothing helps.
  Can anybody help me please.
  Kind regards

• |27.33.185.xxx |2011-05-12 15:06:29 Anonymous
  have you double check that the side switch has been set to location rotation. Then then slide the side switch up and down to get it to rotate.

• |208.139.7.xxx |2011-08-12 16:28:15 wanda
  go to setting put the side lock switch on make sure it is checked slide the side button so you dont see red then hit the home button. It will wok

• |66.8.91.xxx |2011-09-07 10:38:39 Rodney  - Awesome
  Thanks for the post... works like a charm ;-)

• |58.170.133.xxx |2011-09-26 04:27:16 Diane Webster (dianewebster@bi  - thank you
  thank you, works perfectly. very grateful

• |84.93.162.xxx |2011-09-26 08:03:00 David  - screen won't rotate when using Mail
  The screen rotates normally except when using Mail when it is fixed in the horizontal. Any tips on how to get it to rotate so that I can use the keyboard dock.

• |77.196.50.xxx |2011-11-24 18:24:12 Anonymous
  Thank you
  :0

• |109.128.172.xxx |2011-11-29 20:18:05 Anonymous  - re: screen won't rotate when using Mail
  The screen rotates normally except when using Mail when it is fixed in the horizontal. Any tips on how to get it to rotate so that I can use the keyboard dock.
  
  I am having the same proble. Did you find out how to get this fixed?

• |180.249.54.xxx |2012-03-19 04:25:25 rey thambas  - screen won't rotate and i had icon "lock rotatio
  your solution can't repair my pad..
  maybe you have any solution?

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