My Iphone 4 only charges when is switched off and it's not recognized by Itunes and Mac

Hello guys!! Please help me if someone knows what should I do. My iphone was working perfectly so far but a couple of days ago it stopped charging, its not charging neither with the a/c adapter and with the usb through my pc. It says device not recognized.. Today I had my iphone switched off and tried to see if it was charging and actually it was! But it didn't show that it was actually charging (the battery icon with the bolt didnt appear..but after 3 hours it was fully charged..but this happens only when its switched off..so i cant connect on itunes and i cant charge it while its turned on!! If someone knows please help!!!!!
I tried different cables and different computers and nothing. I can't restore because it's no recognized...
Thanks a lot!!

Hi, my iphone 4 was working fine a couple of days ago, but suddenly i plugged the device to my laptop and after a while i realized it wasnt charging, i have tested on a lot of computers but i got the same issue, even on a mac but its not detected.
So finally i turned off and after a while i realized the phone was fully charged, at least i found a temporary solution to this problem but its really anoying to switch off to charge the phoen, if you solve this problem please let us know, apple should fix this problem.
As you can see there is no charging logo when the phone is connected

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