Issues Control Center from lock screen in iOS 8

Since getting my iPhone 5S, and iOS 8, there were a couple of times I couldn’t access my camera from my lock screen. I didn’t think anything of it at first — I just brushed it off as carelessness — but then it happened a few more times this weekend. Not only could I not access the Camera, I couldn’t access Control Center either. I would swipe up on my screen, but nothing would happen. I tried multiple times. Nothing. Eventually, hours later, it would work, but I couldn’t figure out why it was only working intermittently.

There's only a couple things left you can do. One would be to do a restore, the other would be to have the hardware checked at an Apple store or Authorized Apple iPhone Service Provider.
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