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The entire screen magnified itself and wont go back 3g's

I am going nutts considering its a new phone, but the screen will not go back to normal size. It is magnified and will not return back.

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Just double click the screen with three fingers :-)

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Dont restore

  1. Go to settings
  2. General
  3. Second to last on the bottom of the screen : Accessibility
  4. Click on zoom
  5. and turn off
The reason it happened because you double-tapped with three fingers

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Hello
You can reset and "restore" your iPhone to default settings:
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  1. Turn off iPhone – Hold down the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the red slider. Ignore this step if you iphone is already off.
  2. Press and hold down the Home button for about 10 seconds until a yellow triangle with a text which says Please Connect to iTunes appears.The entire screen magnified itself and wont go bac - iphone-recovery-mode.jpg
  3. Plug the iPhone into Mac or a PC. Release the button if you haven’t.
  4. Run and open iTunes if it’s not already opened yet.
  5. iTunes will prompt a message that says iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Click OK.
  6. You will be taken to the iPhone pane. Then, click on Restore.
  7. Wait for the full restoration process to complete, and the iPhone will be back to the original settings state as when it left the manufacturing factory, typically a working phone again if you face any problem, unless it’s hardware related."

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AWESOME #4 :) thanks so much!! I have not synced my phone to my new laptop and did NOT want to restore. I cannot believe the tap with three fingers worked :) was in a panic! already missed calls and texts!

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I've encountered the same problem. I've tried the first solution, but somehow the yellow triangle didn't appear. Then, I tried the second solution, it works!!!

Thanks a lot!!!

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