My iphone 4s will not show the lightning bolt on the battery icon while plugged in

My iphone 4s will not show the lightning bolt icon while plugged into either the wall or the computer. It shows between 1% and 4% charge. I have reset, and done a factory reset, and this has not fixed the issue. My computer will not recognize the device. While off, the iphone shows that it recognizes that it is plugged in, but i cant tell if its charging because the lightning bolt will not show. Please help.

Try the troubleshooting in one of these support documents:
For a Windows PC try this http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
For a Mac try this http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

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