Friends iPhone stuck in recovery after failed update

Friends phone failed on OTA update, now stuck in recovery mode, sleep/wake button is broken so cannot hard restart or get to dfu, connected to his computer with iPhone cable but computer does not recognise even with iTunes logo and cable showing, was planning to use tiny umbrella to kick it out of recovery but as PC cannot see it we cannot do that?
I'm not sure there's much else that can be done.
Any suggestions?
Thanks guys.

Make an appointment at the genius bar and get it replaced.

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