IPhone stopped working. Black screen, will not charge or turn on.

Hi, new to the forum, looking for some help with this issue I have. My iPhone 4s was working just fine this morning, the alarm went off, I sent a few texts, browsed the internet and then left it alone for around an hour on lock screen. When I came back, the phone was unresponsive, a complete black screen with no indication of life to present. I have tried holding the home button down for 10, 20, 30+ seconds at each times, and still not response. I have plugged it into my computer while on iTunes, and that also has no results.
Another problem which is have, is that the Sleep/Lock button does not work either and has for some time, I have had to resort to using the touch assistance from the settings for turning off and plugging into to charge to switch on, so I cannot use the button to hard-reset the phone.
My phone warranty has ran out and the nearest apple store is over two and a half hours away, hopefully someone can guide me in the right direction on how to fix this matter, thank you.

I had this problem too before. There are two things you can try to resolve the issue. The first is to plug your iPhone chord into your computer that's running iTunes (don't plug in the iPhone yet). Now since you said it isn't showing up in iTunes if possible use a different computer. Next what you have to do is plug in your phone while holding the home button and it should come on. If that doesn't work then what I did was put my phone in the freezer for 10 minutes (yes sounds crazy) and it came on. If none of these things work then you can find many programs on the internet that can help boot up your phone.

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