Yeah, that’s never been a thing unless a specific app did it.

No app, my phone used to do it any time it was orientation unlocked and upside down. It was great when i wanted to charge my phone while using it because I could just flip it and give the cord more leeway.

I had an 8, and it never did this.

You definitely had a long lasting bug somehow. :)

I AGREE!

I miss this accidental feature. I could plug in my phone and let it charge and set it in a cupholder with the cord sticking up, and didn't have to cram the charge cord down in the cupholder with it being smushed against the bottom, and I could still see the turn by turn nav directions on screen.

But NO, Apple decided (I guess) that it is better that nobody should ever be able to set their phone upside down. Some moron probably kept complaining "I keep accidentally grabbing my phone upside down but it shows the right way and I'm confused"

This is obviously another example of the Mandala Effect.

I brought my iphone from another version of this universe where it could turn upside down but apparently here it never was a thing.

I feel exactly the same. Its fucked up my navigation. Guess i finally have to remove my pop socket and mount the phone on the dashboard, lol

my dad has a X and he would frequently use it upside down from the moment it was out of his pocket, not just in one app. i know this bc it annoyed me.

A different thing that WAS a thing on some older iPhones is landscape home screen. On the Face ID iPhones that's not a thing.

The iPhone X never worked upside down he probably had it in his phone upside down

Yeah I do remember that.

Is that when I remember putting the phone in the cupholder upside down so the cord wouldn't get messed up? Touch ID era phones? It has been a while I guess.

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