HT201413 My Iphone 3gs fell in a bucket for maybe 5 secs. Won't turn on unless plugged up. But says it needs to be restored. Even when I restore it says error 21. What should I do?

Need help ASAP!

let your iphone sit in rice for a while to soak up the water in it
then to restore that error is caused by antivirus / firewalls heres instructions on troubleshooting that
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125

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HT201413 My Iphone 3gs fell in a bucket for maybe 5 secs. Won't turn on unless plugged up. But says it needs to be restored. Even when I restore it says error 21. What should I do?

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