I am so frustrated today. I have been waking up for a few days to my phone dead. When I plug it in it takes no more than 15 minutes to power on. Well today I have been waiting since 8 pm PST. It's almost four hours since I started charging it and it won't power on.
I don't know what to do. I know my battery is weak because I thought I was being smart by using a 10 ft cord I purchased from eBay, but after a few weeks of using it, I noticed it wasn't charging correctly. The battery percentage would skip numbers drastically. I had to use it because my original cord broke. Then after many months of waiting, my brother bought me the Apple brand but my battery still performed the same as if I was using the cheap charging cord.
The past couple nights I was listening to music when I slept and knew my phone would die by the time I woke up. I keep hoping it's going to turn on but I'm scared it won't. I have important things on it that I don't want to lose. My brother knew about my battery problem and sent me his old iPhone 5, so it's sitting in my room but I haven't had time to switch it because I have a lot of things to save from my current iPhone 5.
Any suggestions? I don't want to take it to the Apple Store 'cause then I'll have to tell my mom my problem and she'll get mad. Should I unplug it for awhile and see what happens when I replug it?