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iPhone 5 screen will magnify (on it's own)

For no apparent reason the phone will suddenly magnify the icons or get so big that you can't even get to the slide switch to shut phone off. Most times just waiting a period of time (30 minutes plus) will help and it will suddenly go back to the normal screen. Sometimes it just stops working completely so you can't even make a phone call on it as the screen is unresponsive. Any ideas?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 12:18 AM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2013 6:31 AM

Hey slvrsow,



That definitely sounds frustrating. The symptoms you described sound very similar to an accessibility feature on the iPhone called Zoom. You may want to check out your Accessibility settings to make sure Zoom isn't toggled and/or setup as the Triple Click Home Button shortcut:


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For additional information, see the iPhone User Guide: http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf



Thanks,


Matt M.

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Sep 13, 2013 6:31 AM in response to slvrsow

Hey slvrsow,



That definitely sounds frustrating. The symptoms you described sound very similar to an accessibility feature on the iPhone called Zoom. You may want to check out your Accessibility settings to make sure Zoom isn't toggled and/or setup as the Triple Click Home Button shortcut:


(click images to enlarge)


User uploaded file

User uploaded file


For additional information, see the iPhone User Guide: http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf



Thanks,


Matt M.

iPhone 5 screen will magnify (on it's own)

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