Hi, Right. The home screens are always in portrait mode.
Best, Anna On Jan 27, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > The home screens don't appear to be in landscape. If I flick from left to > right across the long way with the phone held the long way after trying to > reorient it I still only get the spelling of one app and the number of apps > in it. When going from left to right across the narrow way that is when I get > the row of apps so I would think this is still portrait mode. I was thinking > I used to be able to have a longer row of apps and flick across the long way > on the iPhone but maybe I am confused and that only works on the iPad. I know > this worked somewhere but it has been a long time since I tried it. > I know that now when I go into braille touch it announces that it is in > landscape ode and when I go back to the home screen it says "portrait mode" > so I think the home screens are not in landscape mode. > > > -- > Cheryl > > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper > thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > > > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Woody Anna Dresner <wadres...@att.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think the writer wrote him instead of Home. So you would open Control >> Center by touching above the Home button and sliding your finger upward. I >> find the status bar method is more reliable. >> >> To make the phone switch orientation, turn it so a short end is toward the >> top if you want portrait, or a long end if you want landscape. Lay it flat, >> and then tilt the screen toward you until the screen is perpendicular to the >> floor. The orientation should shift. Note that the orientation is always in >> landscape on the home screens, however, and in some apps it is locked to >> either portrait or landscape. >> >> HTH, >> Anna >> >> >> >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm sure it must be obvious but what is a "him" button? are you using an >>> abbreviation or am I just not connecting? I did manage to do it again with >>> the status bar. Orientation lock is off but the phone still doesn't go into >>> landscape mode when I turn and tilt it. I have no trouble doing the >>> notification center with the status bar method. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >>> thrown in the trash! >>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>> And now, every day: >>> "This I call to mind, >>> and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord >>> never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> There are two ways in iOS7. First, the one you managed: touch just above >>>> the him button and leave your finger there until you hear two pop sounds, >>>> rising in pitch. Then, slide your finger straight up. Alternatively, touch >>>> the status bar and swipe three fingers up. Incidentally, the same holds >>>> true for the Notifications Center - touch the top of the screen, wait for >>>> the tones, and slide down, or touch the status bar and do a three-finger >>>> swipe down. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all. >>>>> >>>>> I was trying to unlock orientation because I wanted landscape mode for >>>>> moving an app into a folder that was hard to get to with portrait mode. >>>>> First of all, is there any easy way to get into the control center? I've >>>>> only managed to do it once and I thik that was an accident; swiping up to >>>>> remove apps from the app switcher gives me no problem but swiping up from >>>>> the bottom of the screen to get to the control center seems almost >>>>> impossible to me and apparently this is the way to get to orientation >>>>> lock. The one time I got into the control center I tapped to turn the >>>>> orientation lock off but it didn't seem to have any effect and I can't >>>>> get back into the control center. Is there any other way to get to the >>>>> orientation lock? 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