Wet & Food Soiled 8800

My 8800 got drenched with some grilled chicked salad juice. Yes, yes. I left it in the bottom of my doggy bag of food I had placed in my purse later that evening spilled out and soaked it. It had been turned off. When I first discovered this, upon attempting to turn it on - the red light began flashing, then it turned green, then yellow, almost turning white as it grew dimmer... I immediately cleaned it off as much as I could and removed the battery and SIM card.
When I got home, I decided to immerse it in water in order to clean out all of the guck... Sigh, a few hours later I tried putting in the battery and then it started making some weird static sound as the screen began to fog up. I removed the battery and left it alone for several hours in a bowl of rice - as I've seen suggested on many forums. Now I'm just getting a red flashing light, the noise is gone, but the screen is black and it will not boot up. Is it ruined or does it just need more time to fully dry out? ack in? I damage the phone by placing the battery back in? Help! Unfortunately I was not backing up my info. does that mean ALL is lost - or will I be able to retrieve my info from the SIM card. Sorry but I am absolutely clueless on this stuff. Thanks a million!
Solved!
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SIM-card may contain only some contacts deliberately saved on SIM-card on Blackberry device.
Usually all contacts are saved in device memory instead os SIM-card.
Remove battery from your device and do not turn it back. Because there can be a moisture inside of your device and working battery may damage the device internals.
It is hard to say what is broken in your device. Bring it to the Blackberry Service Center.
If the memory chip was not damaged and you did not turn the encryption ON before - it is technically possible to dump your device memory to a file and save your data. It can be done in Blackberry Service Center by a qualified technician.

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