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All iPads Rotation not responding after iOS 8.4?
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It happened again after being idle for a couple of hours, I launched Compass HD which asked for a calibration which I did and it cured it, it is definitely a calibration problem.
I think I figured out why the lock occurs. If you go into settings then accessibility and look at reduce motion, if it's set to on the problem occurs. If you turn it off the problem goes away. I still haven't figured out why the iPad Air 2 takes an extra second to wake from sleep though.
I did indeed had me set to 'on' under reduced motion. If that fixes the issue, you are my hero. I've just turned my off and we'll see.
[Update] So far so good. Turning off reduced motion seemed to have hindered the rotation-less issue.
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I've done all you said many times but I can't replicate the bug in this way on mine. It's there but it seldom appears. I use the Apple Smart Cover though, maybe waking up the iPad in that way it's possible to reduce the problem
damn, i have started seeing this rotation issue too during couple of days. also another issue that sometimes my air2 goes to sleep when i placed it on the table from my hand. and i have to activate it again. im using smartcover, but didnt have this issue before ios8.4.
Tested a few things today on my iPad Air 2 running iOS 8.4:
* using the power button to wake does not help in avoiding the orientation lock issue
* 5 finger swiping to the home screen results in a delay before the home screen appears, the delay is about a half second and shows nothing but the wallpaper
* swiping between apps sometimes results in a quick test (iOS Diagnostics)
* I did a system restore but the issue persists when restoring from iCloud backup, this issue seems to be carried over into the backup
I haven't turned reduce motion off because I wanted to test some things.
* using the power button to wake does not help in avoiding the orientation lock issue
* 5 finger swiping to the home screen results in a delay before the home screen appears, the delay is about a half second and shows nothing but the wallpaper
* swiping between apps sometimes results in a quick test (iOS Diagnostics)
* I did a system restore but the issue persists when restoring from iCloud backup, this issue seems to be carried over into the backup
I haven't turned reduce motion off because I wanted to test some things.
Yep. I have all these issues myself on my new iPad Air 2...slow to wake with either button, glitchy rotation and delayed 5 finger pinch to close gesture when reduced motion turned on.
No one has mentioned this yet, so:
This only happens for me when I for example
1) Lock it in Landscape
2) Unlock it in portrait
(or visa versa, of course)
And it gets stuck in the landscape and won't rotate.
You don't need to restart it to fix it, lock it again and turn it to landscape and unlock it again and it'll rotate fine again.
This only happens for me when I for example
1) Lock it in Landscape
2) Unlock it in portrait
(or visa versa, of course)
And it gets stuck in the landscape and won't rotate.
You don't need to restart it to fix it, lock it again and turn it to landscape and unlock it again and it'll rotate fine again.
I'm also noticing this on my Air 2 running 8.4. That and several other instances of general poor response to touch. I also have an issue where the keyboard randomly pops up. I tapped an embedded YouTube video the other day and the keyboard opened up over it. WTF.
Bring back Scott Forstall and iOS 6. I have absolutely no confidence that iOS 9 will effectively address these ongoing issues. In fact I fear it will be even worse. The core touch interface that worked flawlessly in 2007 is quite simply broken, and I don't think Apple knows how to fix it. If they did, they would.
Bring back Scott Forstall and iOS 6. I have absolutely no confidence that iOS 9 will effectively address these ongoing issues. In fact I fear it will be even worse. The core touch interface that worked flawlessly in 2007 is quite simply broken, and I don't think Apple knows how to fix it. If they did, they would.
Slow to wake still present in 8.4.1 beta 2. Reported it twice...once after 8/4 came out and once after b1 came out. Both times it was closed as a duplicate.
im using opera browser and the keyboard is like possessed - i think there is some conflict between them.
but the rotation issue seems to become worse on everyday. when i updated to ios 8.4 i dont remember to see it... then it started on someday and today i was going to throw it to the wall, when the screen just didnt rotate / respond... it was stuck totally. sometimes only the home button works.
and wifi is dropping all the time...
but the rotation issue seems to become worse on everyday. when i updated to ios 8.4 i dont remember to see it... then it started on someday and today i was going to throw it to the wall, when the screen just didnt rotate / respond... it was stuck totally. sometimes only the home button works.
and wifi is dropping all the time...
If anyone is still watching this thread, my Air2 is on the iOS 9 beta, and the rotation issue is still there. Granted, the beta is early, but I wanted to share.
You know that you can just have your Reduced Motion set to off, and it'll be all good, right.
You know that people use "reduce motion" to not become sick (motion sickness is no joke, it can be triggered by visual elements such as strobes and lots of moving elements such as in iOS). Turning that option off will not make things all good, it will make things worse. It's much easier to live with the rotation bug than to live with "reduced motion" turned off.
I have reduce motion on and the rotation bug is still present. Turning on reduce motion does not fix this.
You clearly misunderstood that option. This is not about dynamic wallpapers but the overall animations in iOS such as (but not limiting to!) launching apps, switching to the app switcher, switching to apps and so on. The "reduced motion" option affects the overal animation but does not affect the dynamic wallpaper, this is something that you also have to disable in the settings. So in fact you have to change two settings: enable "reduced motion" and disable the dynamic wallpaper.
The bug with rotation is only affected by having the "reduced motion" set to enable/disable (enable causes the bug, disable solves it). The problem with enabling that option means that you enable almost all of the animations in iOS. It's these animations that cause sickness.
So again, if the animations do not make you sick then you can enable them and not run into the rotation bug. If the animations do make you suck leave things as they are and just accept that you sometimes have to lock and unlock the device again to get the rotation back. It is not a huge issue.
The bug with rotation is only affected by having the "reduced motion" set to enable/disable (enable causes the bug, disable solves it). The problem with enabling that option means that you enable almost all of the animations in iOS. It's these animations that cause sickness.
So again, if the animations do not make you sick then you can enable them and not run into the rotation bug. If the animations do make you suck leave things as they are and just accept that you sometimes have to lock and unlock the device again to get the rotation back. It is not a huge issue.
