Iphone 4s will not charge unless the battery is totally dead.

I just got my iPhone 4s 2 days ago. The first day it charged over night with no problem.  The 2nd day I put it on the charger at the end of the day and nothing happened.  It didn't even show that it was connected to the charger... nothing.  I tried turning it off and plugging it in, this gave me the apple logo and turned the phone on, but still no indication of charging.  I left the phone on the charger and went to bed (it was at about 30%) and when I woke up it was totally dead. I unplugged it, then plugged it back in and the charging screen came up and the phone turned on and charged. It took 2 hours or less to charge to 100% and it hasn't had any trouble holding that charge today.  What is going on with this???  I will probably call customer service after work today, but I'm just curious if anyone else has had this problem or knows what is going on! Thank you!

Yes I tried multiple sockets, nothing worked. It was still hooked up when I woke up, but dead, I unplugged and replugged and it started charging.  The night before I had tried everything and there was no sign on the phone that I even had it plugged in other than when I turned it off if I plugged it in it would turn on.

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