Hi Kevin, Yes, going to the home screen first should work every time.
While you are in an app, it often doesn't work because that app forces you into landscape or whatever, so best to jump to the home screen first. 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. My web site: <https://www.turner42.com/> https://www.turner42.com/ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kevin Minor Sent: Friday, April 18, 2025 9:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: A weird thing on the iPad 13 Pro to get screen sharing to work, and it can be pretty frustrating. Hi. I got my iPad home from the Apple store after they set it up, and it had a problem with something with the sensor on the Logitech keyboard which made it tell the time every time it put the iPad to sleep. After hearing the time spoken over and over for about 40 minutes, it got really old, and I’m sure the Lyft driver wasn’t too happy either. I called up Apple, and had them check things out. One of the first things theyj wanted to do is screen share. I’ve done that plenty of times on my iPhone, so I was sure I knew what to do. They sent the first confirmation screen, and I hit the accept button on the bottom of the screen. Then the second screen appeared, and I found the agree part and hit it. Nothing happened. I tried several times to get it to work, but it didn’t It was then the dude on the phone said “Oh yeah, you need to get your iPad in portrait orientation. I made sure the feature to lock the screen was turned off, and tried to switch the orientation of the screen. After doing all sorts of moving the iPad to almost every known way, including turning it upside down, it took, and I could move on. I then went into the control panel and turned the lock screen thingy on. Since then, I’ve had to do screen shares on the iPad, and for some unknown reason, when I turn off the don’t change the screen orientation, it doesn’t always work, and I’m basically stuck. First, I called Apple and informed of this weird thing to get screen sharing to work. Apple is aware of the problem, and I’m sure a solution will come out. It’s an easy thing to fix, and once they do that, I can lock the screen, since I can’t imagine any reason I’d want to type on the Magic Keyboard holding the iPad sideways. Now for a very basic question. Is there a simple way to get the orientation of the iPad to change when I turn it to portrait? I think someone suggested going to the home screen, and it worked, but I’m not so confident that will work. In the end, I’ll do it, because what do I have to lose doing it? Thanks in advance for any help on this. Kevin and Lily -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CO6P220MB0697B425E9627BC36C094775C3BF2%40CO6P220MB0697.NAMP220.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CO6P220MB0697B425E9627BC36C094775C3BF2%40CO6P220MB0697.NAMP220.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/03fd01dbb07f%24e0163ad0%24a042b070%24%40comcast.net.
