Can anyone help me determine if I just need to give up on my iPhone 3Gs, is it truly DEAD????

I'm REALLY hoping I get a response and some ideas or suggestions.  Here's what happened and how my iPhone has been behaving.  I need to know if I can salvage it and getting it working good enough for now, or if I need to just give up because its dead.  My iPhone is a 3Gs that is roughly about 2 years old, and I have a Windows PC w/Windows 7 (if any of that makes a difference).
Situation:  was at the beach, walking in the surf, iPhone in my hand.  Wave surprised me from behind getting my iPhone wet.  It was NOT completely submerged at any time, but it did get water on it.
Attempts to salvage:  I vigorously shook it and tapped it upside down and right side up with a towel to get out as much moisture/water as I could and completely dried the outside of it.
iPhone behavior afterwards-  screen went VERY dark, could not be brightened.  Kept giving a message of "this device cannot be charged, charging accessorie not supported," or something similar.  I tried to turn it off and restart, but was still the same.  I tried pressing both buttons for a hard-reset, still the same. 
Attempts to salvage:  upon returning to camp, I placed the iPhone in a bowl of rice (made sure rice completely surrounded it) and left it there for 24 hours.
iPhone behavior afterwards- when I was able to power up the iPhone again, all I get is a BRIGHT white blank screen.  However, I WAS able to salvage all the photos from our trip that I took- those transferred fine to my Window's PC.
Attempts to salvage:  I charged the iPhone, I tried to hard-reset it again.  I was able to back up everything that was on it, those transferred fine to my PC, and the iPhone connected and synced fine with iTunes.  However, when I tried to restore it back to factory settings, in hopes that might make a difference, this is the error I got:  "The iPhone could not be restored.  An unknown error occurred (0XE800004)."
My next plan is to take the cover off to see if I can find anything there that "sticks out" so to speak, but I'm not exactly electronically savvy.  If ANYONE can help me find a way to get this to work again, warranty has expired, I'm not currently with a cell phone carrier, and I can't afford any repair costs right now, much less be able to afford a replacement which is why its so important for me to get this working again.  Thank you in advance for your help and/or suggestions.

You mean take the cover off of the iPhone, to look inside?  I'd recommend against it.  Even with warranty expired, you might qualify for an out-of-warranty service, which for 3GS is $149.
Other than that, any repair/service options are going to cost money.  You might want to see if a wireless carrier will let you get a new contract & phone.
Out of curiousity, you're just using at as, basically, an iPod Touch, if there's no cell provider?  Did I understand that correctly?

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