IPhone 3Gs silent switch (Probable water damage)

Hi there,
After it spent about 20 minutes in a less-than-waterproof pocket during some heavy rain, I've been having problems with my iPhone. The silent switch seems to not work properly, I can turn it on to silent alright, and it'll happily stay there. But if I want to flick the switch back to "ring" mode, then the switch works fine, but it doesn't change mode. Sometimes I will see the bell show up on the screen, and it'll stay on ring mode for a few minutes, but then it'll put itself back onto silent mode. Also, if the switch isn't on silent mode then it will sometimes spend up to 10 minutes at a time constantly switching between silent and ring mode. As it vibrates each time it does this, it is getting annoying. Especially as it does this during the night if I forget to put it on silent, and this wakes me up!
I accept the fact that it was most likely the water damage that did this, but is there a way I can fix it? I've had friends who have put their iPhones through much worse treatment and they've come out of it alright. I have also tried doing a full factory reset, but this didn't help.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

If I were you I would bring it into an Apple store and have them take a look at it.
Make sure you make a Genius appointment before you go in.

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