IPhone 4S trouble with Battery/Power, Phone will not stay on

I've had a refurbished iPhone 4S for just over a year now and when I upgraded to 6.0.1 it was fine. But, after I upgraded to 6.1.3 the phone began having issues, but I'm not certain iOS is the root of the problem. First, it would cut itself off without a button shutdown and would not start back up. A hard reset would fix this, and I noticed the battery was not dead, nor even low. After a while of this, the phone would not start at all and I began restoring my phone almost every day, but by the next day the phone would be unactive again. Suddenly this stopped for a month. Now its back to shutting itself down, but in addition, it will have a full battery, cut off, and half an hour later, it will be hot. The phone is hot while its off. When I manage to get it back on shortly after, the battery is dead. So its having issues coming on, staying on, and maintaining a charge. I suspect a short in the battery or power equipment. Shorts are terrible for a battery this is going to kill my phone in a few months and even though when I first called Apple about this and I had my year left on my refurb, they stated I wasnt covered. Is anyone having a problem like this?

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