IPhone 4 keeps overheating and won't charge properly?

So my iPhone 4 suddenly started to lose it's charge very quickly, and it got quicker and quicker until it took 1 hour to charge to 3%. It then started getting warm all the time, and now overheats whenever I use it for more than about 10 minutes. I thought this was the battery, but I got the battery changed and the same thing is happening. Anyone know what the problem is or how much it would be to fix?

Hi emma.s,
You may want to take a look at the Power/Battery section of the following article for more information:
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
Regards,
- Brenden

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