HT4623 My Apple 4s phone is frozen up and I can't do anything on it.  I was updating my IOS to IOS7 as prompted to on the screen when I reached the part where it asked for an backup E-mail address.  I supplied this and it froze up and won't even turn off

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Hi Genoc728,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your iPhone is unresponsive and can't be turned off, you can reset it. See this article for the steps, and other helpful troubleshooting tips for an unresponsive device:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/phone/#section_1
Regards,
Jeremy

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