Water damaged iPod (worth a shot)

My iPod after the bag it was in got absolutely SOAKED on a water ride at a theme park (I forgot it was in there). Tried putting it in rice, putting it in airing cupboard etc. It's quite difficult to open up, so does anyone else have any other ideas? It's been 4 days since it actually happened so guessing any water in there has dried by now.

Try the sealed container with uncooked rice for a week and periodically change the rice.

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