How To Lock Your Android Phone Screen From Orientation

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Published 14 Oct 2014

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As great as they are, smartphones come with many annoyances. One of my biggest pet peeves is when I’m in the middle of something. I tilt the phone too far to one side; everything onscreen switches to the landscape. Argh! Android has a setting to prevent this.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Find your Settings app open it.
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2. Tap the Display settings.
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3. Locate the Auto rotate and tap.
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4. To turn the setting back on, go back and tap.
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Fortunately, Android does provide another way to get to this setting. There’s a shortcut available through the slide-down notification shortcut screen. And, of course, there are tons of widgets in the Play Store for you to toggle right on your home screen.