Portrait orientation lock

[Pjr772]

I have noticed that a lot of people have the portrait orientation lock active on their phones. I know what it is buy is their a reason or an advantage to having it active?

 

[anon(4732323)]

Not that I'm away of. I prefer mine locked!

 

[ThePinkChameleon]

I prefer mine locked because when ever I type an email/tx etc. I only use the portrait keyboard. VERY very rarely will I turn my device to landscape mode.

It's just a matter of preference

 

[Pjr772]

Got ya. Thank you. I didn't know if there was something other than the obvious I was missing

 

[neur0tk]

I never turn my phone to the side to use the landscape keyboard it just feels so weird in my hand


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[jalba3]

Sometimes the angle in which I am laying down or tilt my phone just to observe & reply to a notification, orientation will switch to landscape. I prefer when pulling the phone out of my pocket, for it to stay in portrait, reply one handed, and slide it back into my pocket w/o having to hassle around with the accelerometer.

 

[iLive an iLife]

Sometimes the angle in which I am laying down or tilt my phone just to observe & reply to a notification, orientation will switch to landscape. I prefer when pulling the phone out of my pocket, for it to stay in portrait, reply one handed, and slide it back into my pocket w/o having to hassle around with the accelerometer.

This is the exact reason I keep mine locked... I usually use my phone in portrait more and it always wants to flip on me... I loathe landscape (which is surprising because when I first bought an iPhone, I thought I was only going to use it in landscape)...

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Sometimes the angle in which I am laying down or tilt my phone just to observe & reply to a notification, orientation will switch to landscape. I prefer when pulling the phone out of my pocket, for it to stay in portrait, reply one handed, and slide it back into my pocket w/o having to hassle around with the accelerometer.

Same here. Even when watching a video I don't put it in landscape. If I really want to see it in landscape I'll
just unlock it for a moment. Such an easy toggle being in the multi-task bar.

 

[IamHahn]

I only lock my phone's orientation when reading in bed. Then it is a nice feature, otherwise I tend to like to have my phone go back in forth depending on what I am doing.

 

[frzndonkeywheel#AC]

I have been wondering how to do this (am new to iphone lol)

 

[Pjr772]

I have been wondering how to do this (am new to iphone lol)

Double click home button to bring up open apps. Slide from left to right to get to audio controls. Orientation icon will be on left

 

[Nightburn]

It would be nice if you could set this feature "per app" .. Personally, I only care about being locked to portrait mode in the messages or mail app. And in the photos app I want it to always be landscape.

The global lock is equally annoying for me however I set it, so i tend to leave it off and only turn it on when in bed or something.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

It would be nice if you could set this feature "per app" .. Personally, I only care about being locked to portrait mode in the messages or mail app. And in the photos app I want it to always be landscape.

The global lock is equally annoying for me however I set it, so i tend to leave it off and only turn it on when in bed or something.

In lots of cases, apps give you that option

 

[Nightburn]

In lots of cases, apps give you that option

sure, not for the mail or messaging apps though..

 

[frzndonkeywheel#AC]

Double click home button to bring up open apps. Slide from left to right to get to audio controls. Orientation icon will be on left

Excellent thank you. Weird place for it tho