Gallery photo rotation issue on iPhone running iOS 26.0.1

Hi everyone.


My problem is, after the 26.0.1 iOS Update i can't switch from landscape to portrait format when Im viewing a picture in the gallery.


What can I check or is it a global problem?


Best regards, Chris


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Original Title: Galerie Photo Rotation

iPhone 16, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 22, 2025 2:09 AM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2025 6:51 AM

Is your screen orientation locked on? You can unlock it by swiping down on the upper right of the screen to open the "Control Center,"

open Control Center,

and you should see this:


If that icon is highlighted (unlike mine) then the orientation is locked. I unlocked mine when I was looking at a set of pictures that had verticals and horizontals mixed. It's weird to be constantly rotating the phone! I'll stick with horizontal pictures to match my computer and TV screen!

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Oct 22, 2025 6:51 AM in response to cx47b

Is your screen orientation locked on? You can unlock it by swiping down on the upper right of the screen to open the "Control Center,"

open Control Center,

and you should see this:


If that icon is highlighted (unlike mine) then the orientation is locked. I unlocked mine when I was looking at a set of pictures that had verticals and horizontals mixed. It's weird to be constantly rotating the phone! I'll stick with horizontal pictures to match my computer and TV screen!

Gallery photo rotation issue on iPhone running iOS 26.0.1

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