IPhone 5 screen not responding, lock button doesn't work- Any tips to reset the phone?

My iphone 5 screen just stopped responding to any touch stimuli. The home button works, and Siri works, but I cannot use the screen at all. Also, my lock button hasn't worked in a few months, so I've been using Assistive Touch to lock and power down my phone. I was hoping to try to reset my phone (home+lock) and see if that helped the screen issue, but I can't find a way to power down. Any tips? Should I restore the phone with iTunes? Or is this the end of the line for my phone? Thanks in advance!

You can log into iCloud on the computer and remove the device there and then restore. However, with a non-functioning sleep/wake button, you do have an issue. Believe me, you wouldn't want Siri to be able to do that, or we would be reading complaints about phones being stolen and restored again. The fact you cannot restore now is part of the anti-theft restore feature. You can either try to get the button fixed, I hope you checked to see if your device was part of the recall group, and you can let the battery die and then plug the device into the charger and it should restart. But since the sleep/wake button is integral to many of the user troubleshooting steps, I suggest getting it fixed as well.

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