Solution if your iPhone will not turn on...

My iPhone 4S was working perfectly fine, the battery was at 45% and I was surfing the google maps. I placed the phone aside a few minutes and when I tried to use it again, it wouldn't turn on at all. I thought maybe the battery was drained even though it was at 45% when I stopped using it a few minutes before. I decided to plug it to the charger and checked back on it 2 hours later. It still had a black screen and would not turn on at all. I take excellent care of my phone (has a bumper protector and I even place it inside a special small bag for added protection when not in use) so I was beginning to think my phone was defective and "dead".
I decided to visit the apple support page and I'm glad I did. Thank you so much for your advise.  It worked!!! All I did was; hold the home button and sleep/wake up button at the same time for 30 seconds and like "magic" the apple emblem appeared on the screen and my phone was back on. I did this while my phone was connected to the regular charger. I did not have to connect it to a computer. Again, THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge!!!!

charge it, then do a hard reset hold the home button +the power button for 20-30 seconds or intell you see a apple logo, after that it needs to be replaced

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