iPhone OpenGL : Moving the view back from an object - iphone

Question

A bit of a weird one here. I have a 3d cube that rotates on the screen but I had to change the view from glOrthof to glFrustumf. Now the cube is place on me and not a in front of me.
So I thought I use a glTranslate (or even scale) to move it back so I can properly so it but the object continues redraws from its old position and adds a bit to it so by moving, the rotation goes Pete Tong. I never used used glGetFloatv and glMultMatrixf before but I guessing they take the old rotation and add a bit to it to keep the object moving. Just wish I could step back from it
Cube code
GLfloat matrix[16];
glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, matrix);
glLoadIdentity();
glRotatef(self.angle, self.dy,self.dx,0);
/* reapply other rotations so far */
glMultMatrixf(matrix);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glColor4f(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, texturedVertices);
glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, 0, texturedCubeCoord);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 1);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,6 , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &texturedCube[0]);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 2);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,6 , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &texturedCube[6]);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 1);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,6 , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &texturedCube[12]);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 2);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,6 , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &texturedCube[18]);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 1);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,6 , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &texturedCube[24]);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 2);
glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,6 , GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &texturedCube[30]);

Answer 1

I fixed it by a 1 time only move of -5 then reset the matrix
/* save current rotation state */
GLfloat matrix[16];
glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, matrix);
/* re-center cube, apply new rotation */
glLoadIdentity();
if (firstRunOnly == NO) {
firstRunOnly = YES;
glTranslatef(0, 0, -5);
} else {
glTranslatef(0, 0, 0);
}
/* reapply other rotations so far */
glMultMatrixf(matrix);
glRotatef(self.angle, self.dy,self.dx,0);