All Speakers Suddenly Not Working!

Everything was fine until yesterday and I didn't do anything to the phone that might have caused this. I suddenly noticed that the speakers do not work, but through the headphones music will play. I can talk to people on the phone too, just not hear the phone ringing. The strangest part is, if I record something with the mic, it will play back! So the speakers work then.
I read online that this might be due to the iPhone still thinking the headphones are plugged in - I had had the headphones plugged in yesterday so I thought that was the problem, I tried plugging them in and out several times as people suggested with no results, I tried soft resetting twice, nothing... I then tried charging it as a last resort and realized if I mess around with the way the iPhone is plugged in (the angle), the sound will work, or at least cut in and out & fade in and out. Sometimes if I pull the USB in and out enough times, the sound will work when not plugged in... but of course that is very temporary solution - until I plug it back in to the charger. I am sure that isn't good for the phone either.
Does anyone know what has gone wrong? Is it a hardware issue? I don't have a warranty anymore. If I hard reset will it be fixed? And, if I hard reset, will I lose game data from apps, like Angry Birds and Inotia 2? I really don't want to lose that game info and I last backed up my iPhone quite some time ago; back when I downloaded Intoia 2.
I would greatly appreciate any help.
Message was edited by: Shiranai

As far as I can see, it's random. Everything. Nothing makes any sense!
A the moment, the iPhone is playing music with the SIM card, but without anything plugged into it, but it's occasionally fading in and out.
Oh, and I doubt this is related, but about two months ago the iPhone failed to show that the battery was draining - it was stuck at 100%. This went on for a few days, it wouldn't even warn me at the 20% mark, it would just shut off. This happened for at least three full charges - I remember at one point it suddenly started working again at about the 70% mark, I'm not sure if it was alright after that or if it went glitchy on the next charge... but in any case, the problem mysteriously never reappeared after those few days.
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