Ultra power saving mode loses rotation

[_PeteG_]

Hi, I needed to go to Ultra Power Saving Mode on my S5 last night for the first time.

Since then, I've noticed that my screen no longer auto rotates. It doesn't matter what app I am in, it has just stopped working for some reason. I've made sure that Settings/Screen Rotation is on. Does anyone have any idea what might have happened?

Thanks

 

[ironass]

It is supposed to do that to save power.

 

[_PeteG_]

Perhaps I should have added that I have since turned power saving off but this issue remains

 

[ironass]

OK. Try unchecking auto rotate, power off/ back on, and recheck auto rotate.

 

[_PeteG_]

No luck. I've done as you suggested, also wiped partition cache but still the same unfortunately

 

[ironass]

Which of the 42 models of Galaxy S5 do you have?

 

[_PeteG_]

It's a SM-G900F on Vodafone UK

 

[ironass]

It's a SM-G900F on Vodafone UK

OK. Thanks, Try a soft reset by leaving the phone on and yanking the battery out. Hold the power key in for 5 seconds and then replace the battery and reboot, to see if this solves your issue.

 

[_PeteG_]

On done that. Thanks for the advice so far but there's no change, the screen still won't rotate

 

[_PeteG_]

Actually it is more that the phone stays in 'portrait' view. If I open an app with the phone on its side, the app opens as if the phone was upright.

 

[_PeteG_]

I have a game that can only run in landscape and that works fine but then everything else runs in portrait regardless.

 

[ironass]

Looks like Factory Data Reset time I am afraid. This has been shown to fix others who have experienced this issue. Make sure you backup and sync everything you can, as per Backup! Backup! Backup! NOW!

 

[_PeteG_]

Yeah ok,thanks. I've tried a few other things having read a bit about others with the same problem. I've run it in safe mode, used *#0*# to run tests and seen that it fails the gyro test, which can't be good! I've removed my wireless charging card just in case. ..

Oh well, reset time. ...but thanks again for the help

 

[_PeteG_]

Unfortunately a factory reset didn't fix it for me. For now, I've downloaded a rotation control app and will see how I get on with that.

 

[nevaehgracefnfgal]

somebody pls tell me how to rotate my screen on max power saving. i tried everything. i have a Galaxy tab A and i need to know how to rotate the screen on max power saving.

 

[dave907]

somebody pls tell me how to rotate my screen on max power saving. i tried everything. i have a Galaxy tab A and i need to know how to rotate the screen on max power saving.

Wrong place to ask.