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Galaxy Note 5: Enable or Disable Auto Screen Rotation

Galaxy Note 5: Enable or Disable Auto Screen Rotation

September 17, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 30 Comments

We show you two ways you can access the automatic screen rotate setting on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 smartphone.

Option 1 – Quick Menu

  1. Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the notification bar.
  2. Select “Auto rotate” to toggle the rotation setting. It will be green in color when rotation is turned on, gray when turned off.

Note: If you do not see “Auto rotate”, you may have to scroll left or select “Edit” (pencil icon) while the notification bar is open.

Option 2 – Settings

  1. From the Home screen, select “Apps” and select “Settings“.
  2. Select “Display and wallpaper“.
  3. Select “Screen rotation“
  4. Choose “Rotate screen content” or “Stay in portrait view” as desired.

FAQ

Why don’t I have these options on my Note 5?

It appears some builds do not include the option to lock or unlock screen rotation. In this case, you may want to download and install the Ultimate Rotation Control app to control rotation on your device.

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Filed Under: Android

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Comments

  1. Onoriode Benjamin says

    August 23, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    Mine, I can can’t find my auto rotate setting on my phone Infinix hot 6x, I saw it ones but couldn’t remember how I got there.

  2. Janet Kasten says

    September 16, 2019 at 7:27 am

    I did not see auto rotate on the pull down screen but I did see the portrait icon. It was enabled so, when I tapped on that, it switched to and enabled auto rotate.

  3. Flynntuplets says

    September 9, 2019 at 4:09 pm

    It is probably set on “portrait” mode.
    Drop down top menu, and on the second line of options, if it says portrait, push it.

  4. Wakumelo Lutangu says

    July 21, 2019 at 10:38 pm

    The “Screen Mode” option is disabled on my Samsung Note 5. How do i enable it?

  5. preeti says

    July 4, 2019 at 6:04 am

    My rotation is off ,still phone phone screen rotates during a call .
    how to fix ?

  6. Susan Huang says

    May 10, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    The Ultimate Rotation app works, but I hope there is no hidden charge. I installed on 5-10-2019.

  7. Atif says

    January 19, 2019 at 7:20 am

    Sir. my note 5 is auto rotating but my rotation is off. how i can fix this? please help.

  8. barb says

    November 18, 2018 at 10:00 am

    nothing is working for me!! tried the apop ultimate rotation does not work ~ worked fine day before all stopped! do NOT care to reset my phone! as my last one stopped working.. I believe when they send replacement phones there are issues just to try to get you to buy another!

  9. Mitch Bartlett says

    June 24, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    Super. Thanks for the note. I wasn’t sure if that fix was a fluke that just worked for me once. I’m glad it worked out!

  10. Joe says

    June 24, 2018 at 2:22 pm

    Thanks Mitch, Options 1 and 2 did not work when I tried them on my wife’s Galaxy Note 5, however, the Ultimate Rotation Control App worked. Thanks for solving this frustrating problem.

    Take Care.

  11. Marc Gray says

    July 4, 2017 at 8:44 am

    Thank you mate. Very useful, option 1 worked fine! Great site you have!

  12. Dag says

    March 27, 2017 at 11:50 am

    So how do you lock it in landscape mode

  13. Juli says

    January 26, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    Thank you so much! The pull down drawer setting change worked! It wasn’t real obvious in the menu, but you saved my phone from flying at great speed into a brick wall… ? again, thank you!!!

  14. Larry says

    January 17, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    Tried both ways…still won’the auto rotate?!

  15. Sharon says

    December 12, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    I recently did the software update, and now the portrait option does not work at all

  16. Havefun says

    September 30, 2016 at 12:04 am

    I did the first step and found it under portrait. Clicked that and it went to auto rotate.

  17. Tony, says

    August 19, 2016 at 7:03 pm

    Helpful,
    Thank you,

  18. Que says

    July 28, 2016 at 1:00 pm

    Thanks Donny I knew there was a simpler way because I found the answer nowhere in the article. When you click settings there is no “display and wallpaper”… On the Note 4 yes but not note 5. All they had to say was click on “portrait”.

  19. Sher says

    June 18, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    Thanks Donnie, your great

  20. Charliee says

    June 16, 2016 at 4:28 pm

    Thanks Mitch and everyone who helped figure out what even my teenager mussed! Lol. Thought they knew everything! =)

  21. Janice says

    March 23, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    thanks Donnie – PORTRAIT did it

  22. Sad Walrus says

    February 25, 2016 at 10:36 am

    how do i permanentley labdscape it?

  23. Lynelle says

    January 18, 2016 at 6:47 pm

    Thank you Mitch, because I have been trying to fix this all day… I know, user error…

  24. L.B. Jameson says

    January 11, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    Donny’s comment worked perfectly for me. I feel dumb for not figuring that out after accidentally hitting that button weeks ago. Thank you Donny!

  25. RG says

    January 3, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    Thanks Donny. Dead on right answer. Thanks.

  26. belinda says

    December 18, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    thank you so much Donny Vaughter. I really appreciate it.

  27. Vince says

    November 29, 2015 at 9:03 am

    I found a way to restore the rotation functionality.

    Install a rotation app from the google play store. Run it for a few minutes. After you run it, go back to the samsung app and you should see the original samsung rotation icon.
    Uninstall the play store rotation app.

    Fixed.

  28. Donny Vaughter says

    November 26, 2015 at 11:59 am

    When you pull the screen down from the top. Look fit “Portrait” tap it and Auto Rotate will be turned on. I had to find this out on my own. Galaxy Note5 user

  29. Juliet Katakanya says

    November 23, 2015 at 2:57 am

    Thanks for the messages presented to help us with galaxy note 5 auto rotation, but I have tried the first option, which I can only get, to slide the screen down and click on auto rotate when the bar turns green or gray, it didn’t work, and am so miserable plz help with another option, because the second one given, to go to apps then setting, then display and wallpaper, I don’t have display and wallpapers

  30. Mitch says

    November 9, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    Swiped down on the top of home screen
    Tap the icon that says portrait and it will change to rotate (vice versa )

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