Why is screen freezing in an enlarged state?

Why is screen freezing in an enlarged state? My main screen is freezing and it has somehow enlarged to almost 5 or 6 times it's size. I have turned it completely off and it comes back on looking normal for a second, and then returns to the enlarged state and it is completely frozen.
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Guest [Entry]

"Try this.

Double tap the screen with three fingers simultaneously and it should go back to normal. Three finger tap is zoom functionality of iPhone 3G-S added feature

Guide

Page 189 - Zoom

Turn Zoom on or off:

In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > Zoom and tap the Zoom On/Off switch.

HIH"

Guest [Entry]

Thank you, and so easy. I was going crazy trying to figure out what to do. Great fix!

Guest [Entry]

"This is perhaps the most stupidly conceived and poorly executed feature of the phone. Apple fails on this one. A big fat F. F for not anticipating that nearly every user who accidentally drags a lazy finger across the display and inadvertently triggers the blow-up mode will naturally assume that his or her phone has gone haywire and is frozen in some weird freak-out state of malfunction.

We have all had experiences with displays that are unable to interpret input signals properly and as a result they show us stretched images, shrunken images, images that are distorted vertically or horizontally. Is it any surprise that when you unknowingly trigger this massive zoom in, which results in a screen which becomes no longer responsive to the touch control you are used to, you freak out and think your phone is frozen? NO.

Apple, you get a lot of things just right. But you SUCK on this one. What happened. Was it Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend when you came up with this? Unbelievable."

Guest [Entry]

Yep three finger tap worked for me too also turned the zoom off in settings .

Guest [Entry]

Oh, my goodness! This has been happening to me for three years - I'm older so just thought is was my ignorance. Tried this and it worked first time. Thank you so much!!!

Guest [Entry]

Thank you for the easy fix!!! I've had my phone for two years and the zoom/freeze has happened so many times that I was ready to throw my phone out the window! I can't believe the solution was so easy! THANK YOU!!! :)