Does your iphone rotate 180 degrees?

Submitted by glister_and_gold t3_10ky0p2 in iphone

Mine did, until it’s most recent update. So i went online to look at apple support, and apparently that’s never been a function on iphones at all?? I want this function back, but apparently it’s a bug, not a feature. I have an iPhone 8.

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BadDreamFactory t1_j5ts8br wrote

I AGREE!

I miss this accidental feature. I could plug in my phone and let it charge and set it in a cupholder with the cord sticking up, and didn't have to cram the charge cord down in the cupholder with it being smushed against the bottom, and I could still see the turn by turn nav directions on screen.

But NO, Apple decided (I guess) that it is better that nobody should ever be able to set their phone upside down. Some moron probably kept complaining "I keep accidentally grabbing my phone upside down but it shows the right way and I'm confused"

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glister_and_gold OP t1_j5ttvij wrote

I feel exactly the same. Its fucked up my navigation. Guess i finally have to remove my pop socket and mount the phone on the dashboard, lol

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dskatter t1_j5thjvz wrote

Yeah, that’s never been a thing unless a specific app did it.

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glister_and_gold OP t1_j5tq7uj wrote

No app, my phone used to do it any time it was orientation unlocked and upside down. It was great when i wanted to charge my phone while using it because I could just flip it and give the cord more leeway.

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dskatter t1_j5tqii8 wrote

I had an 8, and it never did this.

You definitely had a long lasting bug somehow. :)

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BadDreamFactory t1_j5tsj76 wrote

This is obviously another example of the Mandala Effect.

I brought my iphone from another version of this universe where it could turn upside down but apparently here it never was a thing.

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paulstelian97 t1_j5v2u86 wrote

A different thing that WAS a thing on some older iPhones is landscape home screen. On the Face ID iPhones that's not a thing.

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BadDreamFactory t1_j5w29hz wrote

Yeah I do remember that.

Is that when I remember putting the phone in the cupholder upside down so the cord wouldn't get messed up? Touch ID era phones? It has been a while I guess.

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hpisbi t1_j5u07el wrote

my dad has a X and he would frequently use it upside down from the moment it was out of his pocket, not just in one app. i know this bc it annoyed me.

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Secret_Ad_6520 t1_j5vmnm4 wrote

The iPhone X never worked upside down he probably had it in his phone upside down

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