Phone hot and wont hold a charge

Suddenly my phone is super hot and when charging it wont got to 100% also it looses the charge in less than 3 hrs. Would go for 10 befire all this. It is a 3gs . I have spple care.  I have apt at genus bar.  I did a back up and a restor and all is still same. I guess this means software is OK and it is a hardware prob???

Charging has always been recommended without an iOS device in a case...many of those do not allow heat to dissipate.
Turn down screen brightness, turn off things you don't need, like Bluetooth if not being used, change the Mail push timing so it is less frequent...all things that use energy should be stretched out to save battery time.

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