IPad Mini 1st Gen Springboad Won't Go Into Landscape Mode

After updating to iOS 8.0.2, I noticed that my iPad Mini 1st Gen will not go into landscape mode anymore when in the Springboard. When I'm in an app it works, but as soon as I press home it goes straight back into portrait. I checked all the settings and everything seems to be ok including the options for the rotation lock/mute button. Even the rotation option in the control centre is off. I have no clue what's going on. Can someone shed some light?

Have you tried a soft-reset to see if that fixes it : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.
Or there is an iOS update, version 8.1, which has just been released - one of the fixes listed for it, from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1758, is
Fixes bugs that could cause screen rotation to stop working

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