Thanks. Seems totally daft that the rest of the phone rotates, but that deosn't, but then WTFDIK?
As for me, not having the home screen rotate works best.
Keep in mind that it's a phone first and foremost.
I've installed a custom launcher that replaces the one pre-installed on the phone.
I prefer the custom launcher because it has quite a few options to make it my own.
I can also set my home screen to rotate both vertically & horizontally.
I ended up disabling the home screen rotation, because it became quite annoying.
Whenever I wanted to make a phone call, I had the hold the phone straight in a vertical position.
If I held it with a slight tilt, I would find myself chasing the Phone icon because the screen would keep changing positions. That's one of the reasons why I feel they don't allow the home screen, phone dialer, & contacts to rotate.