diff --git a/ios/RCTCameraManager.m b/ios/RCTCameraManager.m
index 698e84b..5dd3767 100644
--- a/ios/RCTCameraManager.m
+++ b/ios/RCTCameraManager.m
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onZoomChanged, BOOL)
 
     self.sessionQueue = dispatch_queue_create("cameraManagerQueue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
 
-
+    self.sensorOrientationChecker = [RCTSensorOrientationChecker new];
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(hasFlash:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject:(RCTPromiseRej
       NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1.0);
       [self saveImage:imageData target:target metadata:nil resolve:resolve reject:reject];
 #else
-      [self.sensorOrientationChecker getDeviceOrientation:^(UIInterfaceOrientation orientation) {
+      [self.sensorOrientationChecker getDeviceOrientationWithBlock:^(UIInterfaceOrientation orientation) {
           [[self.stillImageOutput connectionWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] setVideoOrientation:[self.sensorOrientationChecker convertToAVCaptureVideoOrientation: orientation]];
 
       [self.stillImageOutput captureStillImageAsynchronouslyFromConnection:[self.stillImageOutput connectionWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] completionHandler:^(CMSampleBufferRef imageDataSampleBuffer, NSError *error) {
diff --git a/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.h b/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.h
index 2de4447..fe0840e 100644
--- a/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.h
+++ b/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.h
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
 
+typedef void (^RCTSensorCallback) (UIInterfaceOrientation orientation);
+
 @interface RCTSensorOrientationChecker : NSObject
 
-- (void)getDeviceOrientation:(void(^)(UIInterfaceOrientation orientation))callback;
+- (void)getDeviceOrientationWithBlock:(RCTSensorCallback)callback;
 - (AVCaptureVideoOrientation)convertToAVCaptureVideoOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)orientation;
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.m b/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.m
index ba0a2a7..5437eac 100644
--- a/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.m
+++ b/ios/RCTSensorOrientationChecker.m
@@ -9,38 +9,60 @@
 #import "RCTSensorOrientationChecker.h"
 #import <CoreMotion/CoreMotion.h>
 
+
 @interface RCTSensorOrientationChecker ()
 
 @property (strong, nonatomic) CMMotionManager * motionManager;
+@property (assign, nonatomic) UIInterfaceOrientation orientation;
+@property (strong, nonatomic) RCTSensorCallback orientationCallback;
 
 @end
 
 @implementation RCTSensorOrientationChecker
 
-- (void)getDeviceOrientation:(void(^)(UIInterfaceOrientation orientation))callback
+- (instancetype)init
+{
+    self = [super init];
+    if (self) {
+        // Initialization code
+        self.motionManager = [[CMMotionManager alloc] init];
+        self.motionManager.accelerometerUpdateInterval = 0.2;
+        self.motionManager.gyroUpdateInterval = 0.2;
+        self.orientationCallback = nil;
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (void)resume
 {
-    self.motionManager = [[CMMotionManager alloc] init];
-    self.motionManager.accelerometerUpdateInterval = DBL_MAX; // infinite delay, never update
-    self.motionManager.gyroUpdateInterval = DBL_MAX;
-    
-    __weak CMMotionManager * weakMotionManager = self.motionManager;
     __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
-    
     [self.motionManager startAccelerometerUpdatesToQueue:[NSOperationQueue new]
                                              withHandler:^(CMAccelerometerData  *accelerometerData, NSError *error) {
-                                                 // stop after the first sample
-                                                 [weakMotionManager stopAccelerometerUpdates];
-                                                 
-                                                 UIInterfaceOrientation deviceOrientation = UIInterfaceOrientationUnknown;
                                                  if (!error) {
-                                                     deviceOrientation = [weakSelf getOrientationBy:accelerometerData.acceleration];
+                                                     self.orientation = [weakSelf getOrientationBy:accelerometerData.acceleration];
                                                  }
-                                                 
-                                                 if (callback) {
-                                                     callback(deviceOrientation);
+                                                 if (self.orientationCallback) {
+                                                     self.orientationCallback(self.orientation);
                                                  }
                                              }];
-    
+}
+
+- (void)pause
+{
+    [self.motionManager stopAccelerometerUpdates];
+}
+
+- (void)getDeviceOrientationWithBlock:(RCTSensorCallback)callback
+{
+    __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+    self.orientationCallback = ^(UIInterfaceOrientation orientation) {
+        if (callback) {
+            callback(orientation);
+        }
+        weakSelf.orientationCallback = nil;
+        [weakSelf pause];
+    };
+    [self resume];
 }
 
 - (UIInterfaceOrientation)getOrientationBy:(CMAcceleration)acceleration