My iPhone "Slide to unlock" doesnt work?????

okay so just now i tried to slide the button so my phone will take me to the home menu. it wont respond. and i looked online and pepole were saying oh turn it off that will help. but you have to slide a button or push something to make it go off and i cant do that. what do i do>>????????:???????

Try a hard reset
That's called a phone reset.  There is no "hard" (or "soft") reset in iPhone terminology.  See the User Guide, Appendix B.  The on/off and home buttons should be pressed for at least 10 seconds.

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