My ipod is stuck on a white screen

so i was playing on my ipod touch 4g that vie had for about 3-4 months i think and i was playing an app. i was also playing music in the background at the same time. i don't know if this app supported your own music in the background, when i was playing it froze the screen i then pressed the home button , of which did not work so i thin held the off button for about 10 seconds i really don't know how long. i set it down and didn't put my attention towards it (i thought it would be better to wait it out) when i came back to it it was frozen to a white screen . i pressed the turn off button again but it didn't work. after that i went to my computer and plugged it in to see if it would respond or sync with itunes to snap my ipod out of it. its been about 15 minutes and its still on the white screen . now heres my question. what should i do? is my ipod broken? should i take it to a nearby apple store? please help i don't know if i have a warranty on it (my dad bought it for me so i don't know either way). again please help and i will be very grateful for any help whatsoever.
one more thing the operating ios system for it is either 5.0.1 or 5.1.1

If it happens again and the reset (home + power buttons) doesn't work, just let the battery drain; you'll know when the screen shuts off. Charge it back up and it should be fine. Frankly, I'm surprised this worked for you. Usually I hear people with this problem say that holding both buttons doesn't work, and they have to do the battery drain.
If the issue is incurable next time, you have a one-year warranty from the date of purchase.

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