IPhone in Ocean.

Hello everyone.
I know this is a long shot, but I am trying to get my iPhone working again after I went into the ocean with it. I also had my Sony Cyber Shot in my pocket and after a replacement lens assembly & new battery it is just fine.
I took the phone apart totally. I assume the battery is shot–there is a bit of corrosion on the 4 contacts from the salt water. After removing the battery, I reassembled the phone but it does not load past the  logo screen. The screen just turns off and it seems as though individual rows of pixels individually turn off over a period of 45 seconds. I thought that this may be due to the fact that I took the battery out & it is failing at a certain point during start-up... or maybe it is due to the fact that it went into the ocean with my dumb%@$
Any suggestions will be truly appreciated. At this point I am stuck with using an old Treo it really *****–Every time I try to scroll with a swipe of a finger I miss my iPhone.

I think you're OK submerging it in distilled water which has very low conductivity. I'd submerge it, shake it around, pull it out and shake it out. The pipette would work to get some force down into the crevices. Do this a few times and then dry it in rice or something similar. You might put it in a sock or women's hose to keep the rice from getting into crevices. You might also place it above a lamp to speed up the drying process. This worked well for me with me wet PDA. Good luck.
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