IPhone4 ios7 turns off/shuts down whenever I sleep or lock it

We'll I don't really know if it is off or not but ever since I upgraded my iphone4 to ios7, if I sleep it or if it auto-locks itself, I need to do a full power on (by holding down the home button and sleep/wake button together for 10+ seconds until I see a white apple logo) but obviously it is annoying having to do that every time I want to go on the phone. I do have reason to believe it has not turned itself off though- when it has locked itself, if I turn the mute button on I get a vibration but neither the sleep/wake button nor the home button work to wake it again (both those buttons do work when it's on so I don't think there is anything wrong with them)
Please help!

Hi Aragon1416,
If your iPhone isn't responding or the screen doesn't come back after sleep/lock, you may find the Power/Battery portion of the following article helpful:
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2802
Regards,
- Brenden

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