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Recently, a mysterious symbol appeared next to the battery symbol on my iPhone. It is a lock with an arrow circle around it. How do I get rid of it and what is it?
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A padlock with a circular arrow around it in the status bar at the top the screen means that the phone is locked in portrait mode and will not rotate to landscape mode. This can be turned on and off by double clicking home so that your open apps are displayed. Then, swipe these icons to the right until your iPod controls appear, where you should see an icon with a circular arrow. This icon locks your screen rotation. Good luck and I hope this helps!
I was asked to update this answer because the method has been modified to something very similar with the advent of iOS 7. You now have to swipe up to bring up the control center and then click the lock/unlock icon on the top-right of the menu to engage/disengage the screen lock. (Thank you Miro & iFixers :-)
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Learn something new every day! :-) thanks
perfect, thats it, click home button twice, swipe it to the right so it goes left last grey button on the left that looks just like the icon itself...THX
You're right! I swiped once from left to right, and I saw the icon! Thanks so much. My little boogers are always messing with my phone!
Thanks a lot for the help! found it... :) SPAM removed
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Get rid of the lock by just sweep your finger from bottom to top. It's like a shortcut. It is the very last button from left to right.
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FINALLY!!! LOL' thanks i tried the other way didn't work but when i swiped my phone from top to bottom i saw the airplane mode button, wifi, bluetooth, do no disturb button and then the icon with the lock n circle all on the top row. I pressed the icon with the lock and it came off! Yayyyy i love the internet! thx everyone!
What no one has mentioned is that on IOS 7 you need to swipe up BEFORE you slide to unlock the screen.
Thanks so much. All sorted.
Sorted thanks.....simples!
Thank you! All set now!
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When your iPhone 5 is locked double click the home button, using your finger or thumb swipe from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen, the control menu appears and you click on the icons to activate or deactivate them
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This was the answer that worked for me, thank you so much for your help!!!
Thanks. Worked for me too. Took a few swipes to make it appear. Stupid phone!
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Slide your finger from bottom of the screen to top of the screen fast. (Same way to access you flash light or camera now) and you'll see it on the top right corner of screen. Very easy to do.
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I have an iPhone 4 and swiped from the bottom up and found it...i was trying the other way by swiping to the right after double clicking the home key and it was not working at all.
Excellent - this answer has worked with me on i phone6 thanks
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for the iphone 4, which didn't seem to be addressed: go to settings. go to control center.swipe from bottom to top hard and fast. a gray screen comes up with that icon in upper right hand corner. tap it once and you're landscaping will no longer be locked!
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Now that worked!!!! Tried all others...didnt work...thanks!!
thanks! why didnt someone answer that higher up! was looking everywhere for it
Thanks. This worked for I phone 5 also. Still don't know why it suddenly appeared
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Just swipe up from the bottom of your home page, then touch the rotate lock icon in the upper left corner. It's that simple! Someone should inform verizon associates because I went there and no one, not even the store manager knew how to fix the problem. Thanks oldturkey 03.
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Thank you so much for posting this!!!!! My 3 year old terrorizes my phone and it has been stuck with that stupid symbol forever driving me crazy!!!! Fixed it today with your help! Thank you!!!!
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That's orientation lock.
Swipe up from bottom - then click the icon to turn on/off again.
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That was so easy, thank you so much for your help!
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It doesn't work for me for some reason
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I don't get it at all
Does not work for me either. I’ve lost the swiping up option - that’s gone.
Thank you!!! I slid my finger from bottom to top and I saw the icon.
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Thank Q soooo much for posting this article, the symbol appeared a few days ago and has been driving me mad I read your article and followed your instructions and hey presto
It's gone at last cheers
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If you have downloaded the new update on the iPhone, instead of double clicking, you have to use the shade. just swipe up from the home screen and you will see the lock in the upper right corner. Swiping down gives you the "DATE" screen and up will give you access to the shortcuts for camera, flashlight ect...
Sorry, right corner
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I have an iPhone 4S and his appeared . If you unlock ur phone so it shows all ur app slide ur finger or thumb up from the Bottom of ur screen u will then see the symbol in white click it and it will deactivate it xx hope i helped x
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Thank you.....YOU lot are amazing and save everyone so much worry!
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Thank you for your answers. I love how EVERYTHING to do with my Iphone can be explained using this site. Have a lovely day everyone
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Thanks so much for the updated info. to wipe up to turn off the lock mode. So appreciated. I has been miffing me for weeks!
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Double click on your iphone home button then swipe it from bottom to top you'll see the lock button on the top right corner. just turn it off.
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So easy when someone tells you how to do it! Thank you so much. It was driving me crazy.
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Definitely helped me with my iphone 5s. Now what do I do about my ipad 2 that still has the symbol and can't seem to get rid of it?
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It's the vertical lock (landscape) for the screen.
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swipe up to turn rotation lock on and off it is to prevent from turning the screen when you dont want to
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my iPad will not work at all as the lock with the circular arrow is in the middle of the screen and nothing happens
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I have iPhone 7plus and found (after many frustrating minutes trying to follow instructions!) that you DON’T double press the home button - but simply swipe up gently on your home screen and the option page for turning off/on the roatation of screen comes up with the swipe! Icon disappears immediately! Yay!!
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I diddnt understand it sorry but when other people said swipe top to bottom I just swiped up so it comes up with all the symbols and stuff where you change the brightness and volume +thx it worked tho probably cuz I have a 6+
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It's the portrait view while browsing through your photos
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No just the lock the iPad will not turn on
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Can u please tell me what a similar circle with an arrow that usually shows up on web or Internet pages is? No lock in the middle though. Thanks. I press it but nothing seems to happen, lol.
da Kirsten Wilkie
very helpful
da rodneyd53
Omgosh..thank you so much for your help!! I would have been lost without informative explanation you gave.
da jezzabell
Thank you :)
Very helpful
da sk8this128
Need to know how to get my iPad rotating again.i don't understand what made it stop rotating
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