Home Screen Not Rotating On iPhone 12 Pro Max

[MacGiver]

Hi all,

I have not found any dedicated thread about this so I would like to share my concern. I swaped my iPhone 8 Plus with an iPhone 12PM. I believe my Home Screen used to rotate and landscape mode but it does not anymore. It is still the case on my iPhone 8 Plus.

Yes I have checked the control center and the rotation is activated, yes I do not have any widget installed but only 4 folders with my apps.

Both iPhone 8 Plus and 12 PM have 14.2.1 installed. Video attached.

Thanks
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[MacDevil7334]

Apple removed Home Screen rotation on the Max iPhones for some reason. The 8+ was the last iPhone with a rotating Home Screen.

 

[MacGiver]

Apple removed Home Screen rotation on the Max iPhones for some reason. The 8+ was the last iPhone with a rotating Home Screen.

Thanks for this is. I did not know that and this is really regrettable/upsetting. This was one of the reason I bought the max version, not the only reason by far but it was part of it.

 

[MacDevil7334]

Thanks for this is. I did not know that and this is really regrettable/upsetting. This was one of the reason I bought the max version, not the only reason by far but it was part of it.

Yeah I honestly don’t know why every iPhone doesn’t have the landscape Home Screen. It’s always so jarring to be using an app in landscape and then suddenly have to switch to portrait if you go home. Widgets would have been tough to implement with a rotating Home Screen though so maybe that’s why the feature was removed.

 

[MacGiver]

Yeah I honestly don’t know why every iPhone doesn’t have the landscape Home Screen. It’s always so jarring to be using an app in landscape and then suddenly have to switch to portrait if you go home. Widgets would have been tough to implement with a rotating Home Screen though so maybe that’s why the feature was removed.

Agreed. At least they should give us a choice. If no widget = you can rotate. Like on my 8+

 

[cupcakes2000]

Man I absolutely HATE Home Screen rotation on my 8+. Glad to hear it’s been abandoned! Would be ok if it was implemented like on the iPad, where the icons don’t all change positions, otherwise it’s useless.

 

[MacGiver]

Man I absolutely HATE Home Screen rotation on my 8+. Glad to hear it’s been abandoned! Would be ok if it was implemented like on the iPad, where the icons don’t all change positions, otherwise it’s useless.

If you hated it, it is fine, but you had the choice using it or not. It is not the case anymore for those who liked this option.

 

[cupcakes2000]

If you hated it is fine but you had the choice using it or not. It is not the case anymore for those who liked this option.

No choice at all. If you wanted screen rotation on, you had to have home screen rotation. It’s the same as you’re all talking about, but the opposite.

 

[mabaker]

Here I thought they’d reintroduce it by now.

 

[cocoapods]

Thanks for this is. I did not know that and this is really regrettable/upsetting. This was one of the reason I bought the max version, not the only reason by far but it was part of it.

Probably because the iPhones with a notch have an asymmetric screen, swiping across pages in landscape mode would just look horrendous with some apps in the same row disappearing into the notch, and others still being visible on the top and the bottom. That’s just me guessing though.

 

[Yumbo]

It works on iPhone 11.
Not the Pro.
Same screen.
Assume same for 12 and 13.

 

[mabaker]

It works on iPhone 11.
Not the Pro.
Same screen.
Assume same for 12 and 13.

Wow, really - didn't know that!

 

[caerulea]

It works on iPhone 11.
Not the Pro.
Same screen.
Assume same for 12 and 13.

No, it does not.

 

[mabaker]

No, it does not.

This thread is a rollercoaster of emotions.

 

[walnawk]

So the Apple team provided Godzillions extra options/feature for everything you can think of and beyond, and they took away the home screen rotation option. That makes sense.

 

[turnedwand]

So the Apple team provided Godzillions extra options/feature for everything you can think of and beyond, and they took away the home screen rotation option. That makes sense.

Uhh yea..

Is this your first time with an Apple product? Ever heard of “iTunes”? The once greatest-of-all-time file management software? Well it’s called “Music” now and the only reason it doesn’t completely suck is that Apple reappropriated their own IP from Spotify after Spotify borrowed it since Apple had decided to stop using it.