I am stuck on the `settings` screen on my iphone 4s

Hi,
can anyone help me. I`ve just started using my iphone 4s for the first time, everything was ok until about half hour ago. I`m now stuck on the `SETTINGS` page and the square button at the bottom middle does`nt do anything !!

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