IPhone freezes when installing OS upgrade

I have a 16GB iPhone 5 that was in process of upgrading to the new OS 8.1, and when it was about 3/5 of the way through the install, it froze. No progress has been made for the last 3 hours.
I am not able to quit out of the install, I cannot reboot to try a new install, I cannot restore to factory settings to start from scratch. Any ideas how to get my phone back?

FIXED IT!
Found an Apple support page called "Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset"  that instructed me to press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until the Apple logo appeared again, which it did.
Then the screen turned white with a black Apple logo, and I was presented with a slide button that asked if I wanted to complete the upgrade, which I did, and within 3 minutes, my phone was back and fully operational.
WHEW!

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