My iPhone 3gs lock button doesn't work and my screen turned black.

My iPhone 3GS screen just froze and turned black..normally I would just be able to press the lock button and the home button and it would fix it..but the lock button doesnt work..I'm kind of stuck...

In case you are not succesful, there is a trick-around:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/29/broken-power-button-iphone-ios-fix/

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