Great! I'm truly saddened that someone at Apple gave you the wrong gesture.
That gesture of touching the status bar and flicking down with two fingers is for Speak Screen, which many nonVoiceOver users use for having the screen read to them. But, one doesn't need that if they are using VoiceOver except in very rare situations. Richard, USA, "When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly." -- Barbara J. Winter. My web site: <https://www.turner42.com/> https://www.turner42.com/ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kathy Blackburn Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 9:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to lock screen orightation Thank you, Richard. This worked. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2025, at 9:38 AM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Well, Apple advisors are not very well trained. Touch the status bar with one finger, then swipe up with three fingers. That has brought up the control center for years. If it doesn't, then something is very strange. I will check if there is another way to lock rotation. Let us know if you get the control center to open. Richard, USA "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John Wesley My web site: https://www.turner42.com (sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c On Mar 26, 2025, at 7:28 AM, Kathy Blackburn <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I called Apple Accessibility. Nothing the advisor told me to do worked. Swiping down with two fingers from the top right edge of the screen did not bring up control center. Neither did the way it used to work with older phones. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2025, at 5:42 AM, Kathy Blackburn <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I have Found control center, but lock orientation is not there. I'm going to have to call Apple Accessibility. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2025, at 9:25 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Kathy, you are mixing up Control Centre and Settings. You said yourself that it used to be in Control Centre, but now you say you go to Settings and you will not find it there. Bring up Control Centre by touching the top of the screen and swipe down a little, same as when you swipe up from the bottom to go to your home screen, but do so after touching the top. Alternatively, you can touch the status bar and swipe from the bottom up the screen with 3 fingers; either one of these gestures will bring up Control Centre. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Kathy Blackburn Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:42 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: How to lock screen orightation When I first open settings, the first item in the list, after my name and the request that I "finish" setting up my iPhone, is airplane mode, followed by WiFi, then bluetooth. Below those, there's cellular, Personal hotspot, battery, general, accessibility, camera, and finally, control center. I double-tap control center, but I don't find lock rotation. Kathy Blackburn [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Mar 25, 2025 5:19 PM, Carolyn Arnold <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Where is Bluetooth in the Control Center? I have such a time finding it, that I just don't bother myself with Control Center, go to Settings and Bluetooth to turn off or on. Carolyn Arnold -----Original Message----- From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:34 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: How to lock screen orightation It is still in the control center. For me, it is the first item in the third row of things in the control center. Top left is Airplane mode, Below that is Wi-Fi, And right below that is Lock Rotation. HTH, Richard, USA, "When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly." -- Barbara J. Winter. 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