Zoom is a helpful feature hidden in the accessibility settings on your iPhone,
which magnifies the entire screen so you can view everything more clearly when you need to.
However, for most of us who rarely use it,
it could be triggered accidentally without our knowledge,
then we’ll run into situations like this:
It went into zoom mode on the lock screen,
and you can't invoke the keyboard to enter the passcode.
Or you can see the keyboard,
but apparently you can’t enter the passcode properly like this.
Some users got this when the device is unlocked,
but have no idea how to zoom it out.
Not to worry, in most cases this is not even an issue,
just you are unaware of the way to turn it off.
In this video I’ll show you 6 different ways to bring your phone back to normal,
additionally, I’ll show you how to disabled this zoom screen feature so it won’t happen again.
Let’s dive right in!
First, we should assume there’s no glitch related to this,
just the zoom feature enabled and then invoked by a gesture like this.
Yes, it’s this simple, all you need to do is double tap on the screen with three fingers,
both zoom in and zoom out share this same gesture.
Now we can unlock the screen with the passcode.
Once you know this,
you can get your screen back to normal anytime when it’s zoomed out.
But if you want to prevent this from happening again so erratically,
it’d be a better idea to just disable it, only to enable it when you actually need to.
So let’s head to settings, accessibility, tap zoom, then go ahead and toggle it off.
If you have tried this tap procedure multiple times to no avail,
your next best bet to fix this would be the force restart.
For iPhone 12, is press and quickly release the volume up button,
then press and quickly release the volume down, then press and hold the side button,
let it go when the apple logo appears.
See, after a reboot, the screen zoomed itself out automatically.
Kindly note that this doesn’t disable the zoom feature,
you’ll still need to toggle the switch off in settings if you’d like to.
Moving on, if force restart doesn’t resolve this, you can turn it off using iTunes or Finder.
So once open it, go to your device page,
then scroll down and click on Configure Accessibility,
then go ahead and deselect the Use Zoom checkbox
See, the screen is now zoomed out.
and if you go to settings now,
you'll notice iTunes has disabled this feature for you.
Kind note that this method only works when your phone is unlocked and has trusted this computer.
So if you are on the zoomed lock screen, move on to the next one.
1 Click to enter and exit recovery mode with ReiBoot.
You’ll find the link in the description below if you’d like to download.
So once open it, plug your phone into the computer.
Then put it into recovery mode.
Similar as to the force restart, but keep holding the side button till you see the connect to computer icon.
Then ReiBoot should recognize it and highlight the section to exit recovery mode.
Go ahead and click on it.
Seconds later, your device will be back to normal.
ReiBoot also doesn’t disable the zoom feature itself,
so remember to turn it off in settings if you need to.
For most users, the issue should be fixed at this point.
But if it’s not, updating or reinstalling the iOS on your device might be a good way to go.
Both iTunes and ReiBoot can help you with that.
So we launch iTunes, make sure the device is connected and in recovery mode.
Then proceed with the update.
Download the firmware, then here we go.
This process will reset all settings on your device.
So once completed, if you go to accessibility,
you’d notice the zoom feature has been turned off by iTunes.
If you have difficulty using iTunes,
try the repair operating system feature of ReiBoot, which does the seem trick.
So we go with the default repair option right here, which is equivalent to an update with iTunes.
Then download the firmware and start the repair.
ReiBoot will reverse all the settings on your iPhone,
and turn off the zoom feature for you in the process.
Just like this.
That’s it.
Thanks for watching.
See you in the next video.