My mini's menu button broke!

My ipod mini is pretty old (8gb 1st generation), but it's given me very few problems since I bought it. Last week, it went through the washing machine, and we thought we fixed it by sucking the water out with a vacuum and then letting it sit in rice for a few days. It worked perfectly for about 2 days, and then the menu button stopped working, and the ipod was stuck on shuffle. I plugged it into the computer for a bit and it went back to the main menu screen, but the menu button still isn't working when I disconnect it. This means I can't go back once I choose a song, it's stuck there, and I can't reset my ipod either. HELP!

Unfortunately the only way to put the iPhone in recovery mode is by using the home button. If it is broken you won't be able to do this, I'd suggest to get the iPhone replaced by Apple.

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