IPhone 4 reaches over 120 degrees when charging

My iPhone 4 will not charge on it's own charger or plugged into my laptop, but when on my iPad charger it gets too hot to touch.  The phone also will not charge when powered off.  Battery life is also abnormally short  (less than 4 hours in standby) and will never fully charge when using iPad dock.  The phone is just over 2 years old and it's first time happening. 

The entire iPhone has a 1 year warranty.  Whether it's worth it or not is completely up to you.  If it were me, I'd swap the battery, sell it and buy something that Apple will likely announce on Sep 10th.

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