The recently released iOS 4.3 brought with it a number of welcome improvements. Perhaps one of the handiest and most requested was the ability to set the side switch as a rotation lock. iOS 4.2 had assigned this switch a mute function to silence app sounds. The rotation lock became a soft setting in 4.2, found with the fast app switcher. So rotation lock was available but not convenient. Version 4.3 of the iOS fixes this.
You can choose what you want the side switch to do, either mute or rotation lock. Go to
Settings > General and look for “Use Side Switch to”
Posted on 26 March 2011
Tags: iOS4.3, iPad, tip, tutorial
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Dr. Andy Brovey, The Portable Prof, has over twenty-five years experience in educational technology, including teaching, administration and professional development. In 2007, Apple Inc. recognized his work and named him an Apple Distinguished Educator. Andy now runs a professional development business, working on site and online to help others make sense and make use of digital tools. He started the iPad Academy blog shortly after the first iPad went on sale, and is the author of the self-published eBook - iPad Academy: Tips, Tricks and Clever Techniques. He also created and directs the iPad Academy Master Class, an online video training series to help others become more comfortable and competent with the iPad. Video Message from Andy
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