Is there another way to reset an iphone?

I'm soon going to be switching to my moms extra iphone5 and I tried resetting it. All it has done for the last 5 hours was spin (the spin icon thing). Instead of resetting the phone by going to general part in the Iphone and hitting reset, is there another way?

Hold down the Sleep Button and Home button together until it goes away, then reset it through a computer in ITunes