IOS4 upgrade. Phone stuck on portrait mode

Did the upgrade on 2 month old 3gs and now the keyboard, photo view etc only works in the vertical position, not horizontal. I'm new to apple land - anyone had this problem?

Lock the iPhone screen in portrait orientation (iPhone 3GS or later): Double-click the Home button, flick the bottom of the screen from left-to-right, then tap the portrait lock.
The portrait orientation lock icon appears in the status bar when the screen orientation is locked.
See page 32 of iPhone iOS4 User Guide

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NOT HAPPY JAN!!!!
Both my daughter and I had the same problem on different computers. Hers is an iPhone 4 and mine, a 5. Both got caught in recovery mode. I did follow the above mention troubleshooting however to no avail. Took it into the Apple shop yesterday and they restored it back to the factory setting for 6.0.1. Lost all of my content on the phone.
The Genisus stated that is it a Windows problem.
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Like the idiot I am, I decided to upgrade the software of my iPhone to the 4.0 version. I first had to download the most recent version of iTunes...no problem there.
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Ok so I fixed the problem. After receiving error 14 I went into the directory where the update is stored (Apple folder on my pc) and deleted the software update file. Then I emptied my recycle bin. Launched iTunes and redownloaded the update again. When my phone attempted to restore itself it hung up 1/4 of the way thru and sat that way overnight. When I unplugged the phone this morning I got error 14 again.
This is what I did to fix it this morning:
1) went back into the directory and deleted the software update file
2) deleted my recycle bin
3) rebooted my computer
4) launched iTunes again with my phone plugged in (I did move it to another USB port but I'm not sure that had anything to do with it working this time since I had used that same cord and port when updating my iPad last night and had no problems with it working)
5) iTunes prompted me that my phone was in recovery mode and needed to restore. I selected "update and restore" and it went thru the process with no problems.
I hope this help others that have a similar problem as this is very frustrating to me. Good Luck!

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Hello Puppetbasher,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
That definitely sounds frustrating. The following article outlines restore error -1:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
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Iphone 4s stuck in portrait mode rebooted used swipe up menu turned it on and off still won't work

Stuck in portrait view won't turn to landscape view, tried rebooting, using the swipe up menu click the on off still won't change and there is n lock in the corner of the screen either

Not all apps can be change to landscape mode.
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Please help. Im snowed in with no phone. I accidentally tried to update my 3gs to the latest software before updating my itunes. Now it is stuck in "recovery mode" showing the itunes logo and cord icon.
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im not sure what else to do. I cant even get apple to help because i don't have a phone.

If all else fails, try the steps I listed in my post below:
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IOS4 upgrade. Phone stuck on portrait mode

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