Black Screen of death - I've tried everything!

What Happened:
Basically I was charging my iPhone 4S, and I went into bed and was on the app "The Student Room", then suddenly my phone just appeared to have a black screen.
Please Note:
I haven't dropped it.
Everything functions, I can recieve calls, listen to music etc.
I've tried DFU mode - nothing.
I've tried restoring and updating - nothing.
I've tried using the hard reset - nothing.
What I think:
It's not the actual software, I think i might need to get part of the phone fixed?
Is it possible to get apple to fix it (and pay ofc) even if i'm not insured with them?
I don't really want to go to a store, I have about 9 months left on this contract before I will upgrade to the next iPhone so I can't really sell it, not that it would sell.
Jailbreak:
The phone was jailbroken i was running ios 6.1.1, I don't think this has caused anything considering i literally cannot see anything on my phone and DFU mode didn't work.
Conclusion:
Please can someone answer my questions, tell me what they think and what I should do, I pay £41 a month for this so i want to be making full use of this :/

Can a mod please delete this discussion, I didn't know that mentioning JB can be serious.

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