3rd Gen iPod Touch Rotation Issues
Okay, so just this afternoon I just started playing Temple Run when I noticed the problem. When I tried to tilt the device to collect the coins on the far left or right side, the character wouldn't move at all. I thought it was just a problem within the game until I went to play Tap Tap Revenge 4, where I had to shake the device to hit the arrows and get 8x bonuses and such. When I shook the device to hit the arrows or get the 8x bonus, nothing happened. Frustrated, I went to check some of my other apps to see if there was a problem. Now here's where the Landscaping problem comes in (and everything gets kind of confusing). I'll number the problems so it looks a little neater.
Some Landscape-oriented apps (ones that don't offer a portrait-style gameplay or usage) worked while others didn't. For example, Mega-Run would work while Highway Rider (free game I found off of the App store) wouldn't.
When I went to Google and tried to go into Landscape mode to use that keyboard (as I usually do) it wouldn't rotate.
When I went to the pre-installed Videos app to test a video it automatically set the video in Landscape mode (though I was holding it Portrait-wise) but wouldn't switch to Portrait
My mom has a 4th Gen iPod Touch and everything works perfectly on hers. It may also be noted that I dropped my iPod on my sister's carpeted floor (though thinly carpeted) yesterday. My biggest fear is that I may have knocked something loose on the inside from the drop. It wasn't that far a drop, maybe a two and-a-half foot drop, and, like I said, on a carpeted floor. Everything was working fine yesterday before the drop, which seems to be the cause.
Like it's said above, it's a 3rd Generation iPod Touch and I've had it for about a year now, though it may be older than that. It's currently running the newest iOs, 5.1.1 and is in pretty good condition (other than an ealier drop that somewhat jammed the power button). I tried turning it off and then back on and soft-resetting the device to no avail. If anyone can provide me with answers, suggestions, or even has been having the same problem, please come forward. I'd be extremely greatful!
---TechWurm
- Next to the battery indicator in the upper righ is the an circle with padlock inside? If so then the screen-rotation lock is turned on. To turn off double click the Home button and swipe the botton row fully righ past the Muis controls and tap the cirecled padlock
- Next try the standard fixes:
--- Reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
--- Restore from backup
--- Restore to factory defaults/new iPod.
If you still have the problem then you likely have a hardware problem and an apointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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