iPhone 5 Screen Won't Rotate

[kayemill]

My wifes new iPhone 5 screen refuses to rotate.

Rotation lock is off. Restored and still the same.

Any suggestions or is this a hardware fault?

 

[Andru T]

I had a similar problem with a previous ipad 3, it turned out the gyroscope was broken. Apple replaced it for me. If the rotation lock is unchecked and its not rotating could be a bad cake. Take it to apple and get them to check it.

 

[App King]

Try restarting the phone. If that doesn't work then get it fixed.

 

[davehutch]

I had this on e yesterday using full-screen Safari. Quit the app and restarted...all ok

 

[kayemill]

Unfortunately nothing works. Even a restore.

I guess its faulty.

 

[fross2]

Same issue here

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. I've tried restarting, closing apps and locking/unlocking the rotation. But nothing works. The rotation simply does not work.

I'm going to my local Apple store tomorrow.

 

[Want300]

I would welcome that problem... I hate screen rotation. I cant stand when the screen flips when I dont want it to do so. I always have screen rotation locked. But that little icon annoys the hell out of me.

When I jailbroke my work phone (4S), I was able to hide it thankfully.