IPhone – Notification Center stuck in landscape orientation

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This screenshot pretty much says it all:

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Notification Center seems stuck in landscape mode, based on the height and horizontal distance from the edge to the center pulldown arrow.

  • The date and top widget update correctly
  • I can interact with (what I can see of) the top widget
  • I can't swipe the arrow up to dismiss Notification Center
  • I can't interact with the visible screen "behind" Notification Center

The home button dismisses Notification Center as usual. This behavior has persisted across several restarts.

Interestingly, I can't bring down Notification Center while in real landscape mode. I can get the little arrow tab to come down, but in the wrong spot:

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…but pulling down on the tab just dismisses it.

Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this short of a restore?

iPhone 5, iOS 8.3.

Best Answer

Something similar happened to me once like this. Try a hard restart by holding both the power and the home buttons until you see the Apple icon appear on the screen. Let me know if that works.

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