IPhone wifi grayed out?

So I have a lifeproof iPhone case (waterproof). Apparently it leaked ever so slightly while taking under water pictures one day, causing minimal water entry to the top right (at the power button) The only side effects (after leaving the phone in rice) were no wifi and an outer camera with evaporation residue. So now the wifi button is grayed out and says 'no wifi'. Under settings>general>about>wifi it says 'N/A'. I've done a network reset, a hard reset, a full restore, I've even tried the chill thing. So now of course I suspect a hardware issue, or I need to somehow reprogram my wifi settings. Could possibly the wifi antenna have broken? Can a local apple store repair that? Any advice now is much appreciated. Thanks.
Also, can an Apple store do a lense cleaning for the outer camera? To remove water residue.

That generally indicates a critical failure. It's a hardware problem. Apple will not repair phones, they replace them. Make an appointment at the genius bar and take your credit card. An out of warranty replacement is US$149 for an iPhone 4.

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