Why won't my iPhone 5c charge normally?

I've bought a brand new iPhone 5c 16gb and when it was charging it had the lightning bolt symbol next to the battery and even when it was 100% charged the usual plug icon did not appear. Why was there no plug icon?

I had left it on charge for 8 hours and the lightning bolt was still on there

Is software the same between all technology?

For instance, I know that computer software is divided into two major points: application software and system software. I know that you use programming language for microwaves, computers, iPhone, etc. Therefore, I'm wondering.

Added (1). *categories (not points)

Recover deleted text conversations on iPhone?

A few weeks ago I deleted a full text conversation including a photo that was sent to me. I forgot to save the photo before I deleting the conversation. Is there a way I could recover that conversation, specifically the photo that was deleted? I have an iPhone 5s

How to search users on Vine app?

On the android version of the app, I can't find out how to search Vine users (that i'm not following on twitter) by their username. I compared with my friend's iPhone and the option is absent from the location on the iPhone. <br>Is this possible to do Android yet, or am i missing something? <br>Thank you!

You are not eligible to create an Apple ID at this time?

It's finally my 15th birthday and my parents got me an iPhone 6 (yay). I'm trying to create an Apple ID so that I can start downloading stuff from the App Store. I typed in all the details and checked (and double checked) but the message kept showing up. Could anyone please help me? [I don't know which category this fits in… So if I'm wrong… Sorry]

Can a text free app on the iPhone be traced?

A couple of our friends were just hanging out and we decided to prank text a who's number we got, we're all 16 and live in washington. We text her and we decide to try to get some nude pictures (knew we werent going to get it) we text her pretending that we have a secret on her and not to much convincing later and she sends a pic but she has her bra and underwear on. Later on, she texts back and says she's going to call the cops. So can they trace it back to us? Even if we change the text free number? And delete the picture? And delete the app? Could charges be avoided?