Iphone get hot when on charge but wont charge or connect to itunes??

For the last few days my iphone has been playing up. First of all the screen went funny. I had a bright white screen to start with, then it changed to the apple symbol stuck on the screen for awhile, the screen wouldnt turn off and felt very hot. I tried doing the reset (home + on button) quite alot but it just flashes off then back to the apple symbol, Iv plugged it in to the charger and to the laptop but no joy. The battery finaly went flat so all that comes up on the screen now is the empty red battery symbol, when I plug it in to charge the red battery symbol stays on the screen but doesnt charge and gets very hot!!! Its a 3gs what can I do?? Any ideas??

Hi,
I have the same trouble. After reading many internet sites around this subject I found the following solution.
Although apple explained that it is not necessary with the lightning connector to use it in a special direction this seems not to be true.
I have just turned my connector by 180° and it is working again.
Hopefully this direction does not fail too. There are only 2 possibilities

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