Hi! I understand that your Uhale digital photo frame is showing portrait photos with blurry sides when you display it in landscape mode. That can certainly affect the viewing experience. To help me guide you better, could you tell me if this blurriness happens with all portrait photos or just some? Also, have you noticed if the frame tries to fill the sides with a blurred background or if the entire photo looks blurry?

Meanwhile, here’s some context: Uhale frames often have an auto-rotate function that keeps photos facing the right way when you change frame orientation. For portrait photos shown on a landscape frame, the frame commonly fills the extra side space to maintain aspect ratio by blurring and stretching the edges of the photo. This is a normal behavior to avoid cropping or distorting the image.

To improve this, here are some steps you can try:

1. Check Frame Settings: Look for any options related to display, such as “fill screen,” “auto-rotate,” or “background blur” in the photo frame’s settings menu. Sometimes you can disable the blurred background effect or choose how photos are displayed.

2. Prepare Photos Before Upload: If the frame doesn’t allow changing the blurry sidelines effect, you could edit your portrait photos on your iPhone before uploading them to the frame. Using a photo editor, rotate your portrait image 90 degrees to landscape, then save it. This way, it fills the frame’s landscape orientation without needing blurred sidebars, although this slightly changes viewing orientation.

3. Use a Graphics Program: If you want more control, use a photo editing program on your computer to place the portrait photo inside a larger canvas sized for the frame’s resolution in landscape mode. For the extra space, you could choose a solid color or a less blurry background instead of the frame’s default blur.

4. Reset or Update Frame Software: Make sure the frame’s firmware is up to date. Resetting it to factory settings can sometimes help if display issues are caused by glitches.

If you have tried any of these or want, I can guide you more specifically based on your frame’s model and software version.

Does that help? Would you like me to walk you through checking the frame settings or options on your iPhone for photo editing?