diff -r 743eb0b9959e -r 199e6e1e0b54 ui/widgets/glxzoomwidget/src/glxzoomwidget.cpp
--- a/ui/widgets/glxzoomwidget/src/glxzoomwidget.cpp	Thu Sep 02 20:26:45 2010 +0300
+++ b/ui/widgets/glxzoomwidget/src/glxzoomwidget.cpp	Fri Sep 17 08:29:24 2010 +0300
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@
 
 GlxZoomWidget::~GlxZoomWidget()
 {
-    //disconnect all existing signals
-    disconnect(this,SIGNAL( pinchGestureReceived(int) ), this, SLOT( sendDecodeRequest(int) ) );
+   
     //AA
     disconnect( this, SIGNAL( stepZoom() ), this, SLOT( animateDoubleTap()));
     //no Null checks required
@@ -76,10 +75,16 @@
     delete mBlackBackgroundItem;
     //reset the decoder to cancel pending tasks
     if(mImageDecoder) {
-        mImageDecoder->resetDecoder();
+        resetDecoder();
         delete mImageDecoder;
     }
 }
+void GlxZoomWidget::resetDecoder()
+{
+        mImageDecoder->resetDecoder();
+        mImageDecodeRequestSend = false;
+        mDecodedImageAvailable = false;
+}
 
 void GlxZoomWidget::setModel (QAbstractItemModel *model)
 {
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@
     emit zoomWidgetMovedBackground(mFocusIndex);
     //this actually resets the ZoomWidget and decoder
     if(mImageDecoder) {
-        mImageDecoder->resetDecoder();
+        resetDecoder();
     }
     retreiveFocusedImage();
 
@@ -122,22 +127,21 @@
 void GlxZoomWidget::indexChanged(int index)
 {
     if(mFocusIndex != index) {
-        mImageDecoder->resetDecoder();//reset the decoder first to cancel pending tasks
-        mImageDecodeRequestSend = false;
-        mDecodedImageAvailable = false;
+        resetDecoder();          //reset the decoder first to cancel pending tasks
         retreiveFocusedImage();  //Update mZoomItem with focused Image
     }
 }
 
 void GlxZoomWidget::cleanUp()
 {
+    disconnect(this,SIGNAL( pinchGestureReceived(int) ), this, SLOT( sendDecodeRequest(int) ) );
     if(mModel) {
         disconnect( mModel, SIGNAL( dataChanged(QModelIndex,QModelIndex) ), this, SLOT( dataChanged(QModelIndex,QModelIndex) ) );
         disconnect( mModel, SIGNAL( destroyed() ), this, SLOT( modelDestroyed() ) );
         mModel = NULL;
     }
     if(mImageDecoder) {
-        mImageDecoder->resetDecoder();
+        resetDecoder();
     }
     mZoomItem->setPixmap(QPixmap());
 }
@@ -222,11 +226,14 @@
        if (pinchG->state() == Qt::GestureStarted) {
            emit pinchGestureReceived(mFocusIndex);
            //bring the zoom widget to foreground
+           if(zValue()!=mMaxZValue)
+           {
             setZValue(mMaxZValue);
             //show the black background
             mBlackBackgroundItem->setParentItem(parentItem());
             mBlackBackgroundItem->setZValue(mMaxZValue - 1);
             mBlackBackgroundItem->show();
+           }
        }
 
        if (pinchG->state() == Qt::GestureFinished) {