IPhone 3GS won't charge and connect to Laptop - Any solutions?

Okay, so the other night, I charged my iphone via the wall charger and in the morning, It was fully charged. I played temple run for like 20 minutes and the battery was down to 84% so I decided to charge it again but then, it won't charge! I was waiting for the "sound" or the FLASH symbol that would indicatethat it is charging but nothing appeared.

I tried connecting my iPhone to my laptop but it won't even recognize the phone, so does itunes I also tried doing a reset (Pressing the home screen and the power button at the same time for 10-20 seconds) but the same thing, nothing happened. This is really frustrating me.

So, I tried turning it off and I plugged it in via wall charge and voila! The apple logo flashed and my iPhone turned on.So, at that moment, I was hoping that it was already charging… But by the time the lock screen appeared, there was no FLASH symbol that would indicate it was charging. I decided to use all the battery that is left and drained it. By the time it finally turned off since the battery was already low, I decided to charge it again *CROSS FINGERS* After plugging it in, the BATTERY LOGO APPEARED with the flash symbol underneath it but it opened after it was charged at around 5% and it didn't continue charging, but the battery increased from 5% to 6%.

Obviously, it's not the usb cable that has a problem. My warranty has already expired last November and I'm afraid that if I would go to an apple store (I don't even know if we have one here), they would charge me a lot.

Help Please HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS?

Just buy a new one from AT&T for $1.00. Just drop your old plan.

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