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Galaxy S9: Enable/Disable Screen Rotation

April 24, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 11 Comments

Control whether your Samsung Galaxy S9 screeen rotation flips or locks into place with this tutorial.

Disable Screen Rotation

Use these steps to lock the screen in either portrait or landscape orientation.

  1. Rotate the device to display in the orientation you wish to use.
  2. Use two fingers to swipe the status bar down from the top of the screen.
  3. Tap the “Auto rotate” button to un-highlight the selection and lock the orientation into place.

Enable Rotation

Enabling this setting allows the screen to flip as you rotate the screen.

  1. Use two fingers to swipe the status bar down from the top of the screen.
  2. Tap the “Auto rotate” button to unhighlight it and enable rotation.

FAQ

Why is my screen rotation not working?

Ensure the “Auto rotate” setting is enabled. Sometimes the sensor gets jammed. A few gentile taps to the bottom of the device sometimes clears this issue.

In some cases, a certain app may have control of your screen. Try uninstalling any third-party apps that you suspect may be attempting to control the screen orientation.

If you still have problems, try installing the Ultimate Rotation Control app. Otherwise, your phone may have a hardware issue that is preventing rotation from working properly.

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Comments

  1. Craig says

    September 15, 2022 at 11:54 am

    Thank you Glen! Easily fixed now and I appreciate it.

  2. Glen says

    August 30, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Finally found it!
    The instructions above did not help.
    The button does not say “auto-rotate”. It actually says “Portrait”.
    Click on “Portrait” and it changes to “auto-rotate” .

  3. Lu says

    August 12, 2021 at 10:09 am

    OMG thank you so much!! This was driving me nuts and now it’s fixed.

  4. Laura Lewis says

    August 26, 2020 at 11:29 pm

    my S9+ was displaying as “portrait” which I did not realize I had to tap to change it to auto rotate. I have been looking everywhere for the auto rotate option. You should consider updating this to show that if “portrait” mode is selected the icon will not look like the one you have shown.

  5. Bruce Bohn says

    September 9, 2019 at 12:25 pm

    No. My Galaxy 9 does not have the choices that you indicate It should have.

  6. EarnieO says

    June 10, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    Why don’t you just have an on/off switch. It’s stupid to have thru click here click there and such, to turn on/rotation!

  7. Joe Fisher says

    April 16, 2019 at 11:19 am

    My locked setting won’t stay locked. I pull down quick settings and set it to Portrait.
    I lock the phone, unlock it and it’s back to Autorotate

  8. Sandra Torchia says

    March 31, 2019 at 12:00 am

    My problem is that it seems the sensors ton the top of my screen are not working so I cannot call the quick settings. Is there another way to access the autorotate switch?

  9. Unhappy User says

    March 3, 2019 at 3:51 pm

    No this did not help as I can’t “Rotate the device to display in the orientation you wish to use.” as it is stuck in landscape mode

  10. iz says

    February 9, 2019 at 11:11 am

    same here. only home screen is not rotating but gallery app for example is auto rotating which is very frustrating. any idea how to stop auto rotate in gallery app ?

  11. Timothy H. says

    February 6, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    My Samsung S9+ rotates to landscape orientation whenever I open an app. The home screen is in portrait mode and so are the apps. But when an app is opened, the screen rotates to landscape. How do I stop this?

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