Orientation Lock and Mute button side-switch toggle for iPad in iOS 4.3 beta
Jan 12, 2011 - 6 Comments
iOS 4.3 beta 1 includes a software option to toggle the functionality of the iPad side switch from either a Mute button or to serve as an Orientation lock.
The adjustable option is found under “Settings” > “General” where you will find “Use Side Switch to:” which can now be set to either “Lock Rotation” or “Mute.”
This should be good news to many iPad users. The iPad orientation lock has become a heated issue for many users when they discovered that the iOS 4.2 update changed the orientation lock to a mute button, without jailbreaking there was no way to change it back until now.
The public release of iOS 4.3 is expected to arrive in March.
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Can i just as you 4.2 users if double-tapping the home button to lock the orientation, is so damn hard? i don’t see why ur so happy about this ^^ i myself like that they incorporated a on/off switch for volume. and double tapping the home button to lock the orientation is just as fast :X
@Peter
For myself and many others it’s a matter of workflow. I use my iPad both for reading and for working, and I’m constantly locking and unlocking the screen orientation. A mute isn’t something a user needs to frequently turn on and off, and even if they do, the functionality was already there.
And no, it isn’t a matter of double tapping the home button. What was a one-step process is now a four-step process to lock or unlock the orientation- double click the home button, swipe the tray to the right, tap the lock symbol, click the home button to close the tray.
This change never should have been made in the first place, and I’m very pleased that they’re giving us the option to change it back.
Ask and you shall receive.
This is much needed, I’m almost ready to shell out the money to be in the developer program just so I can get the orientation lock again.
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