My screen just randomly blacked out on my iphone

My screen just randomly blacked out on my iphone. It still rings when someone calls, and hold the two buttons together doesnt do anything... the screen just stays black... So cant unlock and I cant sync to my computer since the screen is black... HELP!!!

Hi snwbuny721,
If your screen is black but sounds still work and your phone still appears to be responding, you may have inadvertently activated a feature known as Screen Curtains (part of the Accessibility functions). You may find the following information from the iOS manual helpful (pg 126):
Turn the screen curtain on or off. Triple-tap with three fingers. When the screen curtain is on, the screen contents are active even though the display is turned off.
iPhone User Guide For iOS 7.1
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Regards,
- Brenden

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