Reversed charging indicator when battery dead

When my iPhone 4S (ios7) has a dead battery, the charge indicator sometimes works backwards--when the charger is plugged in it shows "dead battery"; when I unplug it, it shows "charging". It doesn't appear to charge when it does this.
It's happen several times, and each time it's come right after home/power resetting, although being dead it doesn't give any immediate indication that it has reset. I just mean that if I don't reset, it never charges; if I do the reset, and leave it plugged in for a while, it seems to come right.
It's a problem becase I never know it's happened until I go to pick it up thinking it's been charging, only to find it needs a reset and another charge.
The phone is a couple years old, but the battery is generally in good shape and normally gives me no trouble charging or in terms of charge time.
Thanks for any thoughts!

Hello Mik,
It sounds like your phone is charging incorrectly and behaving unexpectedly. I would start by resetting the phone with the following info:
To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
From: Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset
          http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
If that does not correct the way that the phone is charging, I would next back up your device to iTunes with this article:
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
And restore it from your backup with this article to put it into recovery mode and install a fresh iOS copy on the phone:
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

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