Iphone 4 got wet, battery work, phone doesn't...

Okay so maybe about 6-7 months ago I was at work. I had to close the gates at the other end of the golf course early because I had to look up because of a thunder storm. To make the story quick my iPhone back screen was cracked, my phone got wet. Like an Idiot I left the phone on, even after wiping it off. It turned off so I would turn it back on this repeated until I was at home trying to send a text and it went off and wouldn't come back on. I tried putting in another iPhone 4 battery that works on this other iPhone, although the touch screen is messed up it starts up. I then put the original battery into the phone that worked, and it started up perfectly. My question is, if the batterie works in this other iPhone 4, why doesn't it work with mine and what could've the water damaged? I was thinking logic/motherboard although If I was going to replace this I would need another one of those, unfortunate the 3 iPhone 4's I have, 2 are version so switching the logic board is going to be really tricky. Any suggestions?

SplitEnd84 wrote:
Also I am going to try the white rice in ziplock bag again, however sense its months after I doubt this will work, but there can be some, even a little bit of water remaining in the iPhone.
There's absolutely no point in that. Corrosion and whatever other damage as a result of taking apart a phone with no user serviceable parts has already occurred. Time for a new phone.

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And please do not suggest that I send it to Apple. Thank You

KiltedTim wrote:
emubiklly wrote:
And please do not suggest that I send it to Apple. Thank You
Do whatever you want then. It's probably never going to work again.
amazing isn't it? "hey i messed up my phone, can you tell me what to do, except don't tell me what to do". i live 5 minutes from the beach and i'm there all the time but my iphone never gets near there. not just the salt water, it's practically impossible to keep from getting sand in it.

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