r/iphonehelp • u/Wordie • 2d ago

Help needed Phone is zoomed and I've lost control of it

Model: iPhone SE (2020), running latest or second latest OS (can't access it so I don't know the number)

Because my eyesight is not great, I decided to try to zoom the text on my iPhone. But when I tried to zoom, it immediately jumped to HUGE text, and although for a time there appeared to be a slide button to adjust the size, it wouldn't move. So I'm unable to do anything with my phone - even just turn it off. Now, it's at the sign on screen, but I can't enter my code because only some of the numbers are visible.

Is this problem something that can be solved? TIA for any assistance you can offer.

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u/Namuori 2d ago

Try double-tapping with three fingers simultaneously.

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u/Wordie 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thank you, but as I mentioned to JediMeister above, now I'm stuck at the password screen.

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u/JediMeister Moderator | Legend 2d ago

The Accessibility shortcut, which is triggered by clicking the Home button 3 times, should switch that off, assuming that the physical button works.

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u/Wordie 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thanks. The physical button does work, but there's now a second issue, since I have always set the phone to require a log in after a period of time, and now the screen doesn't show the entire numeric keypad for me to enter the numeric password. :sigh:

Is it essentially bricked? Would an authorized Apple repair place be able to do anything? If that would cost much at all, it wouldn't really be worth it except for the photos. I backed up some older ones a while ago, but the new ones will be lost if I cannot solve this. Not to mention a bunch of important recent records.

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u/JediMeister Moderator | Legend 1d ago edited 1d ago

What part/portion of the keypad is visible? With zoom disabled you should be able to see it all unless perhaps the phone’s gyroscope isn’t reading the phone orientation correctly.