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I wish something was done about rotation lock for reading in bed. Activating it from Control Center, which itself changes orientation, is maddening.

by sivanmz 11y ago

sawwit 11y ago
And they should employ the developer of the SwipeSelection tweak and build it into iOS: https://youtu.be/OD_g5szHGWo?t=79 https://youtu.be/OD_g5szHGWo?t=79
- sisk 11y ago
  For what it's worth, they already have something similar (for 3D-touch enabled models). Surprisingly, few 6S owners I know are aware of this feature. http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/23/best-iphone-6s-feature-3d-touch/ http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/23/best-iphone-6s-feature-3d-touc...
  - ColinDabritz 11y ago
    This feature applies to other models, but without 3D-Touch it is activated with a two-finger scroll across the keyboard area. Very handy. http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/11/first-look-ios-9s-new-cursor-controlling-gesture-keyboard-on-ipad http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/11/first-look-ios-9s-...
cthalupa 11y ago
You can swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and on the menu there enable the orientation lock.
- sivanmz 11y ago
  No, the point is precisely that the bottom of the screen also changes with the orientation.
  - cthalupa 11y ago
    Do it while you're laying on your back and starting up at your phone, instead of after you've already rolled over? This seems like an extremely minor thing, and I'm not sure what your proposed solution would be.
    - sivanmz 11y ago
      I guess any sort of trouble with the iPhone is an extremely minor thing in the grand scheme of things. What to do about it? I can't presume to know what they tested and rejected, but screen orientation control needs to be independent of screen orientation.
jakebellacera 11y ago
The iOS 9 beta had an option in Settings to change the side switch's functionality between silence and orientation lock. Unfortunately, this was pulled before stable release.
nikdaheratik 11y ago
It should always be at the "bottom" of the screen. If the "bottom" doesn't match whatever the bottom of your app is, that's likely because the app is configure to only appear in landscape or portrait so it only responds to a large enough position change to trigger a 180-degree flip. Basically, this isn't as simple as it appears because of the potential interactions between app types and what the OS supports. TL;DR: If you have a landscape only app, trigger the lock before you launch the app and it should stay in place.
- sivanmz 11y ago
  It's always at the "bottom", but the bottom changes, which requires changing the grip to reach the control, which triggers another rotation and so on.

I wish something was done about rotation lock for reading in bed. Activating it from Control Center, which itself changes orientation, is maddening.

by sivanmz 11y ago

I wish something was done about rotation lock for reading in bed. Activating it from Control Center, which itself changes orientation, is maddening.

sawwit 11y ago

And they should employ the developer of the SwipeSelection tweak and build it into iOS: https://youtu.be/OD_g5szHGWo?t=79 https://youtu.be/OD_g5szHGWo?t=79

sisk 11y ago
For what it's worth, they already have something similar (for 3D-touch enabled models). Surprisingly, few 6S owners I know are aware of this feature. http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/23/best-iphone-6s-feature-3d-touch/ http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/23/best-iphone-6s-feature-3d-touc...
- ColinDabritz 11y ago
  This feature applies to other models, but without 3D-Touch it is activated with a two-finger scroll across the keyboard area. Very handy. http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/11/first-look-ios-9s-new-cursor-controlling-gesture-keyboard-on-ipad http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/11/first-look-ios-9s-...

cthalupa 11y ago

You can swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and on the menu there enable the orientation lock.

sivanmz 11y ago
No, the point is precisely that the bottom of the screen also changes with the orientation.
- cthalupa 11y ago
  Do it while you're laying on your back and starting up at your phone, instead of after you've already rolled over? This seems like an extremely minor thing, and I'm not sure what your proposed solution would be.
  - sivanmz 11y ago
    I guess any sort of trouble with the iPhone is an extremely minor thing in the grand scheme of things. What to do about it? I can't presume to know what they tested and rejected, but screen orientation control needs to be independent of screen orientation.

jakebellacera 11y ago

The iOS 9 beta had an option in Settings to change the side switch's functionality between silence and orientation lock. Unfortunately, this was pulled before stable release.

nikdaheratik 11y ago

It should always be at the "bottom" of the screen. If the "bottom" doesn't match whatever the bottom of your app is, that's likely because the app is configure to only appear in landscape or portrait so it only responds to a large enough position change to trigger a 180-degree flip. Basically, this isn't as simple as it appears because of the potential interactions between app types and what the OS supports. TL;DR: If you have a landscape only app, trigger the lock before you launch the app and it should stay in place.

sivanmz 11y ago
It's always at the "bottom", but the bottom changes, which requires changing the grip to reach the control, which triggers another rotation and so on.