IPhone 4S speaker won't work

Hi,
I have an iPhone 4S. Today after connecting it to its charger, it stopped making sounds through the speaker placed in the bottom right. I tried all kinds of fixes, resets, different buttons, but nothing happens to make it make a sound.
The earphones work properly, and unplugging them stopps the music as it supposed to. Also, I''ve tried to plug and unplug it to the power cable, with no success.
Another thing to keep in mind - I counted two times when the iphone made a really short half a second sound - (one when siri was opened, the other when whatsapp was opened) - I'm not sure if it indicates an hardware or software problem.
I've read many discussions in the past hours, a lot talking about a problem with the docking indicator, but unlike this problem - my iPhone does have a working volume meter. I tried cleaning the dock as they suggested, without any luck.
Any ideas?
I don't have warranty by the way.
Thanks.

I had the same issue. Took my phone to the Apple Store and the Genius told me my thought it was docked. It was under warranty so they gave me a replacement.

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