Iphone (not so) black screen of death?!?! :(

heyall,
my battery was almost dead on my iphone and it shut off. now it wont turn back on completely. the screen is on but it's just a dim black screen and i cant do anything with it... help?

There is no such thing as a "soft reset" in Apple terminology.
If a reset does not rectify, try putting the device in DFU mode (google it) and restore as new.
If that fails, take the device to Apple for evaluation.

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