Disable Rotation Lock in Settings

I dropped my phone while rotation lock was enabled, and now the right side of my screen doesn't work. Therefore, when I swipe the bottom bar up, I cannot unclick the Rotation lock button, because that side of the screen doesn't work. So, is there another way I can disable this rotation lock, so I can tilt my phone and text sideways at least (because the right half of those buttons don't work either)? (Oh, and I've tried asking siri "Disable Rotation Lock" and it just keeps looking for answers on the web, won't do anything).

As far as I can find, the Control Center seems to be the only place to enable/disable Rotation Lock. It used to be available under iOS 6 under mutitasking (swipe all the way to the left and it was there) but beginning with iOS 7, it has moved to the new Control Center.
BTW, in my case, using the phrase "orientation lock" with siri only searched the web for how to use Orientation Lock.

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I will investigate this further to find out why the rotation lock is gone. Have you check under Settings>Display to see if the setting is listed there.
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La Profe S wrote:
WIth IOS8, I believe it was because I had turned the physical knob to MUTE on the iPad. For some reason, the two are connected. Turn mute off and it should work.
They are not connected.
Mute and rotation lock are independent. However, as I said above, they can be controlled by the same side switch, but it depends on what said switch is set to in Settings->General->Use Side Switch For.
I wrote:
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