My iPhone 4S screen has gone black, it is lit but black

Last Night, i was using my 4S which had battery and all of a sudden, it went black, the screen is still lit up but it is black, i tried charging it but nothing happened, pressing buttons does nothing also. When i plugged it into iTunes, the iPhone does not come up but when i unplug it, it tells me that it could not connect with the iPhone, i have not backed it up in a while. is there any way to save my things and fix this? could i leave the battery to die and hope it works?

try a hard reset. press and hold the home and power button at the same time until the apple logo appears. approx 10-15 seconds, see if that works

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