Very Frustrating Problems

I've been reading through this forum and noticed SEVERAL people having the same problem as I have been. I purchased my IBOOK G4 in late July/Early August 2005 and had nothing but success with it. Battery life was around 3-4 hours, and it charged in no time.
However, in the past month, the time the battery holds a charge has dropped significantly to about 30 minutes at best.
Another increasingly frustrating problem is that, even when plugged in, the battery will not charge. Many times, the battery icon at the top of the desktop screen will indicate that the adapter is plugged in and charging, yet the battery does not charge. I have to twist and turn and pull and push on the adapter plug to get it to charge, and once I get it into a position where it works, I have to hold it there in order to achieve even a moderate charge (20-30%).
No one either here nor through my dealings with Apple support via phone have been able to offer me a solid answer and it's becoming incredibly frustrating.
I really need to know if I need a new adapter, or battery, or if my computer is just shot.
My AppleCare just ran out not but a month or two ago, and once I recieved the notice that the coverage was up is about the same time I started experiencing tons of problems.
Even now I'm sitting her with my laptop plugged up to the ac adapter, and the indicator keeps bouncing between charging and draining.
Can someone please give me a solid answer as to what I should do.
Thank you in advance.
-Anthony

I have the same problem with my Feb 2005 iBookG4, that started about a month or two ago. I read in some forum (no longer sure where, try Googling for that) that the skilled poster opened their (out of warranty) iBook, found a crack in the receptacle into which the power plug goes, and soldered it. Way more skills than I have!
If you bought Applecare for yours, should be good for 3 years - thus, covered by Apple until same month you bought it, in 2008.
I called Applecare myself, after trying (unsuccessfully) a service center that replaced the PMU. They wanted to exchange the power brick first, which we just did, without solving the problem. They implied that they WILL take the iBook back to look at and fix, now that we tried that first step of replacing the power brick.
As a temporary workaround, my wife got a piece of foam to position under the plug to put sideways pressure; until we found a position where the AC power maintained continuous contact with the iBook. This allows us to bring the charge all the way to 100%, so we can backup the hard drive before I have it sent back to Apple for service.
Call Apple, let us know how it works out for you!
12" iBookG4, iMacG3-400, 15" PowerBook G3-400   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   Toying at OSX Server networking

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