Why does my iphone not alert me of a text message while the screen is locked?

Ever since i updated my phone to iOS6, when my phone is locked it will not vibrate or ring when i recieve a text message but if my phone is unlocked it will. how do i fix this

After I installed iOS6 my phone doesd the same thing. Personally, I don't like having my messages show up in the lock screen and with iOS5 I never had this issue. I have noticed that I don't get an alert when I leave my phone with the messages window open and the phone is in sleep mode. However, when I leave my phone on the home screen and it is in sleep mode, I do get an alert tone. More times than not, I end up leaving my phone with the messages window open. Does anyone know of a way for it to work like it did before? Thanks for the help!

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have made substantial changes to improve readability and syntax.

Why does my iphone not alert me of a text message while the screen is locked?

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