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wifes pixi rescued from bottom of a creek. Works 1/2 hr later ?

I know its a little out of place but I had know were else to go(I pretty much only chat in this forum) any way
we just got back from camping and Im still stumped.
My wife was shooting pictures over a bridge with her palm pixi. I was setting up camp about 200yds away and hear her scream OH !%^# OH my GOD! MY PHONE OH MY GOD MY PHONE AHGGGGGGG (she was really flipping out), thought one of the kids fell off the bridge. But anyway how is it possible for a phone to sit a foot under dirty water for at least 5 min and function a half hour later? After rescuing it face up from the creek after sitting in the water for at least 5 maybe 6 or 7 min. I walked over to my truck removed what I guess youd call it a cover( its really a rubber back full of holes). It was definetly wet. Pulled the batt put it on the dash for 20 min with heat on high. I told here it was a helpless cause but I had to do somthing for her. I put the batt in pushed the button and it worked.
Any reason why it shouldnt have worked? Or is this phone possessed.
Thanks

Possessed. For sure.

a long time ago when i had a verizon flip phone, i dropped it in the snow, where it stayed, until the snow melted and i could find it. when i finally did, it still functioned fine. i didnt dry it off, whatever water had gotten into it, evaporated naturally and it functioned fine. the battery probly died before the snow melted and water touched it.
i've also had the "should never happen but always seem to happen somehow" scenario of dropping the phone in the toilet (it was clean ), to which i took the battery out, and used a hair dryer on it, then let it air out for about a half hour, and it was also fine.
i think overall as long as you get the battery out quick enough and evaporate any water that is in it before you turn it on again, you should be fine. a lot of the components are buried behind other pieces of the device and never actually get hit by any water if you get to it quick enough, and taking the battery out eliminates the risk of the water shorting something out.. also a lot of circuit boards used in electronics today are non-conductive in relation to water, so as long as the water isnt on them long enough to wear away or erode anything, they can be dried off and used again.

I had an old nokia phone that me and my brother shared back before highschool. He left it in his pocket while we went out on the lake to wakeboard. After falling a few times and getting in/out of the water he realized it. So we took it apart as much as we could without a tool and put it up on the boat dashboard for couple hours. It worked like it had never been in water. I also dropped it in a puddle, toilet, and cup of water
Oh and we launched it off of the end of skateboard and it accidently landed on concrete, went into pieces, put it back together and it worked again.

Those older phones could always take a beating and keep going, now days a tiny 1m drop and there goes $200-$500

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Those older phones could always take a beating and keep going, now days a tiny 1m drop and there goes $200-$500
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I remember...way back when...I had a Sanyo VM4500 (best phone I ever had) Anyways, I would constantly drop it and would be amazed that it would still work.
Too bad the phones now need a bullet-proof, shatter-proof case just to survive a drop onto a pillow

Water Damaged N1

So this weekend the old Nexus took a dip-see with me in the lake. There is hope for those that drop their devices in water or liquids. You have to be on the ball and have a little bit of patience.
As SOON as I jumped in I realized that it was in my pocket, ripped it out, took out the battery and started drying it. I let it sit in a sealed tupperware container with rice for 2 days. Whether or not there's any truth to the rice myth, I was not willing to take any chances.
Wednesday I sat down and completely disassembled the phone. I purchased a contact and head cleaner (basically a solvent that quickly evaporates) and sprayed all the electrical contacts and components within the phone. Carefully reassembled the Nexus One, and she BOOTED!
So, there is hope for those water damaged devices. Act quickly, don't try to turn it on, and you may be good to go
Happy water damaged N1 owner,
Jim
P.S. ALL liquid damage indicators within my phone were set off. This really works.

O rly?
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This is good info. Thanks.
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I was at the beach and water washed up onto my pocket with my Nexus One in it. It was pretty bad the first day, the screen kept flickering on and off and I put it in a tupperware with rice. Then when I took it out after a day, the WiFi wouldn't work, but then started working later on in the day. Now my speakers don't work for some reason. It would cut on and off while my ringtone goes off, but when I listen to music, it plays for a second and then pauses the song. My headphones still work fine with it though. Does anyone have any idea how I should go about fixing this? (sorry for invading this thread OP)

i've done it 3 times now... heh... rice worked everytime, no disassembly.

tokenwoken said:
I was at the beach and water washed up onto my pocket with my Nexus One in it. It was pretty bad the first day, the screen kept flickering on and off and I put it in a tupperware with rice. Then when I took it out after a day, the WiFi wouldn't work, but then started working later on in the day. Now my speakers don't work for some reason. It would cut on and off while my ringtone goes off, but when I listen to music, it plays for a second and then pauses the song. My headphones still work fine with it though. Does anyone have any idea how I should go about fixing this? (sorry for invading this thread OP)
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was probably a mistake to turn it on before you dropped it in rice.

tokenwoken said:
I was at the beach and water washed up onto my pocket with my Nexus One in it. It was pretty bad the first day, the screen kept flickering on and off and I put it in a tupperware with rice. Then when I took it out after a day, the WiFi wouldn't work, but then started working later on in the day. Now my speakers don't work for some reason. It would cut on and off while my ringtone goes off, but when I listen to music, it plays for a second and then pauses the song. My headphones still work fine with it though. Does anyone have any idea how I should go about fixing this? (sorry for invading this thread OP)
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Why would you even be that close to water at all with your Nexus in your pocket? Did you think nothing was going to happen? Did you forget it was there? Were you saving someone o_0?

This has happened to me, but I thought you were not supposed to close the lid? Condensation has to get out someway besides rice absorbing it. Works for me

Red MacGregor said:
i've done it 3 times now... heh... rice worked everytime, no disassembly.
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And hopefully 4 months down the road I'm not kicking myself in the ass wondering why my device suddenly stopped working and saying 'Damn, maybe I SHOULD have disassembled and cleaned it...'
And to the above poster: I'm not sure you're supposed to put the lid over either. It's been 37 degrees celsius with the humidex for the past few days and I don't have A/C.. there was so much moisture in the air I had no other choice. But it seems to have worked =)

There are much better desiccants out there than rice. Calcium chloride, for one, is easily obtainable as DampRid at just about any grocery store or hardware store. It would be wise to open up the phone and clean it with some isopropyl alcohol, though. Especially the guy who got seawater on his...

What kind of an idiot jumps in the lake with a phone in his pocket.

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What kind of an idiot jumps in the lake with a phone in his pocket.
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I'm sure it wasn't intentional, maybe he thought he took it out already. Be nice dude.

Yeah I would agree there was no need for assembly. Modern electronics are actually very very good when it comes to water. I have about 200 watercooled computers under my belt, and the inevitable leaks that come with them :') Even with deionised water [customer wanted, like an idiot], the worst that happens is it causes a surge, which the mobo force turns off the system. Even then there is NO damage, and just needs cleaning and drying to return it to normal.
It will be the same with the phone, if you can get it off/remove the power, there is abosolutely no reason [other than maybe screen condensing] there would be damage.

Me also, just got back from the dead with my Nexus.
Last weekend I went to a club that had a nice swimming pool and during the night, some idiots pushed me in the water when I was close to the pool. (no one saw who was the idiot).
I got out of the water, and took my phone out from my pocket: it rebooted itself, the screen was flickering and the phone was vibrating hard. Instantly I've removed the battery and put some toiled paper around it.
Went home, put it in the rice, uncovered. Next day, like an idiot, I've tried to boot the phone, which booted until a certain point, then started to flicker and it turned off by itself.
I thought it died completely, but still had a hope for it, and left it in the rice, this time covered for two more days. I've also put inside some little bags with silica (the ones you get in shoe boxes and electronics ones)
Then, yesterday, I've tried my luck and it booted with no problem, now happily working with no issue at all.
I was very close to order a new one
Love this phone!

I'll remember that. Just incase I want to go swimming with my n1.
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Galaxy, Meet Hot Tub

So I am a funny guy and because I am funny I went swimming in my hot tub fully clothed, forgetting that I usually keep my phone in my left front pocket...
I'll spare you the reasons behind this and the details but I couldn't find anything on these forums about a wet Galaxy. I suppose most of you are simply more cautious than I. Anyways, I figured I will share my story and update everyone on how things work out so perhaps if somebody else succumbs to such a tragedy they will have some info and perhaps some hope.
Nearly the instant I go in the hot tub I realized my phone was in my pocket. I don't think the water had even soaked entirely through my jeans before I jumped up and pulled it out. It was definitely wet though. I through it to my brother who caught it, in a matter of about 2 seconds the screen turned on, got all liney and scrambled and the phone shut off.
I tore the battery out, SIM, and sd and rushed it to a towel to dry it off. I shook it until I couldn't get anymore water to come out of the ports and stuck it into a bowl of rice.
Now I shall wait. I think tomorrow evening I am going to move it from the rice to behind my Xbox and leave it on overnight with the warm air from the fans blowing on it and then back into the rice until Tuesday evening when I might try it.
Does anybody have any ideas? Suggestions? Some encouraging words perhaps? Anything is appreciated.

Sounds like you did all you can do.did you seal the rice bag and vacuum out all the air
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I only ever lost one phone to water damage. But that was because it got torrentially downpoured on for about 5 minutes.
It still mostly worked, but some keys would sometimes work and sometimes not, and the microphone died.
I was an idiot though and didnt dry it out immediately. I think you might just get out of this one unscathed.

I would wait about 4 days before you put the battery back in... an air conditioner would be better since it will blow really dry air on it.. if not just stick it someplace there is lots of air flow.
I have drop a few things in the water.. once a HTC magic.. LOL it was about 10days before it would work.. but it worked great after.. just some water spots on the inside of the screen but other then that it was good.

Just make sure its really bone dry before you turn it back on. A couple days in the rice should do the trick. After that just hope you dont get corrosion. At least it was fresh water.
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I have been through many phones (cheap dumbphones) in the past and have went swimming with a cellphone 4 times in total, . . . and also lost one in a dumpster. 2ice with one phone. I have been able to recover them successfully every single time except one.
The second time I took one of my phones in the water it was in a hot tub and I was in there for about 5 mins before I realized it. It started vibrating violently in my pocket (i guess the water connected the circuit) so I took out the battery and left it to dry for about 4 days. It worked fine after that, but about a month later the screen stopped working.
I have found that as long as it isn't in the water too long it should work fine as long as you take out the battery right away and give it enough time to dry.
Since you're dealing with an expensive phone here, I would leave it for at least 5 or 5 days to dry just to be sure. Let me know how it goes!
P.S. I just bought a Galaxy S from Bell in Canada and it is my first smartphone. I hope I can keep it out of the water, and the dumpster!
~Gregory

A good idea would be to buy a waterproof case

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A good idea would be to buy a waterproof case
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I didn't know those existed :S

gschier said:
I didn't know those existed :S
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Make one with a condom works great at beach for me with sand and a little water

gschier said:
I didn't know those existed :S
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http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/water...armband-for-large-mp3-players-and-phones.html is the one for iPhone, but I'd like to find out if it fits this phone too.
Headphones: http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/waterproof-headphones.html
I've been considering buying them, because I enjoy the flexibility of being able to jog regardless of weather, without worrying if it might rain. You can also buy special double seal plastic bags, but I wouldn't trust those.
They are expensive, but probably the biggest threat to my phone is getting it wet..

If it doesn't come back to life, make sure it is ABSOLUTELY dry inside (leave it on a radiator for a week, or similar) then send it to the Service Desk people.
I had a similar issue with an iPod (got caught in a downpour on my bike), and that was the collective wisdom frm the Internet. They exhanged it for me (apparently the iPod folks don't do repairs, but just look for obvious signs of abuse, like oxidation, water, impacts).
No idea how samsug work - but as long as it's dry and the accident is quite recent, hopefully there won't be any telltale signs inside.
For the next time - DON'T switch it on until the phone is absolutely dry inside. Whipping the battery out asap to avoid shortcircuits as well.
Must say, I'm curious as to the story behind this

Sooooo... how did you say this happened again?
I don't have any more advice then the what the guys already said, but i'm sending you a lot of encouraging words. Hope it works buddy.
Otherwise, just like Paul C said, if it won't work, dry it as much as you can and send it back, maybe it'll work

Same way for a phone http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Laptop-from-Liquid-Damage

Well, my last phone, Samsung Omnia was actually ok with some water. It dropped in someones hottub once. It was dark there (wasnt my hottub lol) and couldnt find it. So after a minute or 5 i figured I'd call to see what would happen.
Screen turned on, and started vibrating so it was easy to find. Turned it off, took it home, opened her up, put it on the radiator and went to bed. Everything was fine the next day. Never had any problems with it after that.

try this http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/japanese-cellph.php

Give it a few days... it will dry out and be as new.
My previous phone was a HTC Touch Diamond. I completely submerged it in water for about 5 seconds by accident and it experienced the same issues yours did. (Lines and the like).
The screen was toast (or so I thought), but the phone seemed to work via USB hook up to the computer.
So I went out and I bought a replacement phone after a couple of days. I then proceeded, late at night, to hook up my old phone to extract all information and transfer it over... while I was doing so, I was paying attention to my laptop screen, when I saw a bright light out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and my phone came completely back to life.
Moral of the story was I should have waited longer, but I did sell the newer phone for a $20 profit on kijiji.
Don't rush it like I did (unless there is warranty that covers this somehow)... it will come back.

So basically the story.. My girlfriend and I were bored just wandering around the house thinking of something to do. We went outside and she sat in the hammock which faces away from the hot tub. I thought it would be hilarious for her to turn around and I would just be fully clothed sitting in the hot tub with my slippers and all on.... I suppose it may be funny but before she even turned to see I was rushing to get out and throwing my phone at my brother telling him to get the battery out. Anyways, perhaps it was a bad idea xD and turned out to be not so funny for me. She laughed....
So what I did:
Took out the battery and dried the phone as much as I could with a towel and shaking the water out, I even sucked on the ports a bit in an attempt to get the way out haha.
Then I threw the phone into a container of brown rice which wasn't sealed, after about 3 hours of being in the container I decided to switch it to a sealed ziplock back which I squished all the air out of. For some reason this seemed more logical. I think I should have probably tried to blow dry the phone with a low heat setting first or perhaps used a vacuum to suck the water out. But I didn't.
After about 21 hours in the rice I took it out and blow dried it on the low heat setting (tested on my skin to make sure it wasn't too hot) and did that for about 20 minutes then put it into a home made wind tunnel which basically was done with a blow drier and a fan which forced the warm air into a small space that the phone was in. I left that for about 3 hours and then back into the rice for another night and day (maybe 18 hours or something, too lazy to count).
I haven't plugged it in yet and am just about to so I will stop typing now and test it.
SIM, SD card, Battery all in. Power button pressed.....
Screens on and looks great, sound works great and everything booted up just fine!
It seems as if everything is working fine, good signal to network, wifi works. It might even sound better than before jk haha. All the buttons are working and nothing on the touch screen seems to be off. No bubbles or problems visible underneath the screen. Camera works.
Everything works!!
So I hope this helps somebody out if it happens to them. Rice seems to do the trick. Don't rush it. I am so happy

Did you test your GPS? Sounds like a potential fix.
In all seriousness I'm glad this story had a happy ending, good job taking your time with it too.
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IMO two days is not enough time for a phone to dry out completely. I would at least leave it a week before start using it regularly.

Interesting story with a happy ending.......so far lol
I also think 2 days might have been a bit quick but then that air tunnel idea was clever and i think that will have helped a lot.
As for sending phones back under warranty, i doubt that would work because as far as i know when water dries it leaves a stain. I might be wrong on that though - mines stayed dry so far
Good Luck

Showering with the Galaxy S7/Edge?

Hey guys,
So out if curiosity, who's went showering with their Galaxy S7/Edge? It's water resistant, but I'm wondering whether it can withstand moisture. Thanks in advance!
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It is water resisted. 30 min up to 1,5 meters but I wouldn't risk it because it's not stream resisted.
Send from my shiny S7 Edge 935FD titanium silver

I had been swimming in the pool with mine. It can record videos while submerged Underwater but the sound quality is not that good.

I've been swimming in nuclear waste with my s7 and it seems to emit this green glow, sound is a bit staticky like from a geiger counter but still works fine though!

I don't know why people are so scared, even if you get water into a normal phone you can usually fix it by letting it dry completely.
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I've been showering with my s7 for about a week. But I've come to realize that it's not really worth it cuz when water gets in and around the speakers the sound quality drops dramatically, almost inaudible really.

Seriously? You all can't go without your phone for 5 minutes? =)
I suppose if you must take a shower with your phone, they sell special zip seal bags for them. You can still use the touchscreen through them and they don't muffle all of the noise.

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Not true for me. I ruined my Note 4 home button by dropping the bottom of the phone in water for a brief second. Samsung wanted $150 to repair.
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Well considering how unlikely it is to get water into a water resistant phone with a shower head, $150 is not that great of a risk.
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took mine to the beach and all, seems to work fine.
i spray inox or non conducting lubricant into the 3.5mm jack and the charging port in the morning, then to the beach and stuff like normal, then spray lub again after a shower and clean at the end of the day. to get the sound back, i use a drinking straw to blow water out one side of the speaker you can see the water come out the other end of the grill, its not perfect but you can then use the loud speaker a bit and full sound comes back faster, same quick treatment for the top ear speaker.
sand was still in the 3.5mm jack after getting home from the trip but fully comes out if you use the tiny extender straw that comes with the inox spray can.
i did fully water test my s7 edge on the first week for an hour or so just in case it did break and needed warranty, so i dont waste time setting up apps and data.
After a fast charge i also cool the phone down under the cold tap, just cover the bottom ports and rinse the top half.

All the time. I read the morning news in the shower, check my commute time, and shoot quick replies to emails.
No reason to have the shower head directly spraying on it, though
Only pain in the butt is removing the case and drying it

Sitting in the bathroom while you shower should be fine. Holding it under the stream of water from the shower head is a bad idea. IP68 does not mean the device is certified or has been testing under flowing water or a forced stream of water. There are completely different IP ratings and tests for those conditions, and the S7 isn't certified to pass those tests.
What IP ratings mean
The fact that IP68 is "higher" than IP63 or IP64 doesn't mean it's "better," or that it meets those standards, too.

I never had any problems taking my water resistant rated devices (z2, tab z and now S7 edge) to the tub ( im bathing very hot, so a lot of steam exposure) Also they get exposed to the shower afterwards. Especially with the S7 edge I feel pretty confident doing so as there are no covering flaps that might get lose over time or halfway closed.

here are some off cuts of my beach recordings. 4k mostly.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7uqsjq7aewjw8r/fraserislanddip.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/no9v4tnpdti963x/frasersanddip.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ui1lu0erqyqlb5x/lakkens.mp4?dl=0

Even with lubricant I still wouldn't put mine in the sea. Nice video though. Happy 10 years on XDA Sonhy!
I've taken mine in the bath (didn't get it wet) as Candy Crush doesn't play itself.

@Lembo happy 10 years to you to my friend
was able to get heap of great 4k memories underwater and on the beach.
hopefully the lub will protect from rust on the charge pins, its my only worry, and maybe the sand wearing out the gap around the home button, takes ages to get the sand out of the gap.
ive got a $5 airtight hard case ordered, but it will be only for diving
a cheap ziplock bag survives swimming and snorkeling, so my logic is the s7 edge's glued frame should be better protected... its just so logically, but hey, as long as ur happy with your usage, thats all that matters

Cannot say i have Showered with the phone.
But alot of people say about steam and condensation.
I shower twice a day (More detail than i would care to go into)
I used my Note 3 for 2 and a half years.
I took my Note 3 into the bathroom where i shower every day.
Thats a MIN of 800 Times the phone was exposed for a form of Steam, Some days heavier than others.
(The phone was situated about 1 meters from the shower head)
I steam up the bathroom a considerable about.
my Note 3 works perfect and has not had any defect in water damage.
I may be lucky! but i don't think the steam will cause as much damage as you may consider.
Unless you go and sit in a Sauna for a few hours maybe.
So my pattern has not changed with my new Edge.
Just this time am not too worried about handling it with wet hands
I dont play stupid and hold it in Water, as i have more than 2 phones, Business, Personal and Work (Work)
So if one where to get used to using the device in water.
and has a empty air head day and walks into the shower with there iphone 6, LOL!!!
If you dont break a habit, you will continue to do it sub-concisely
If you break the habit, you have to think twice about it!
God help the people who go from a water resistant phone to a none water resistant lol!

brawlysnake66 said:
Hey guys,
So out if curiosity, who's went showering with their Galaxy S7/Edge? It's water resistant, but I'm wondering whether it can withstand moisture. Thanks in advance!
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Go ahead. I was scared at first. It goes against everything we know and have learned about phones, I know but it's fine. The sound gets distorted if the speaker gets wet so just stick it in the corner before you turn the water on and jam out!
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dropped my v20 in a puddle on monday... UGH

Hey all,
I dropped my V20 in a puddle on monday. It spent about 5 seconds submersed. I did remove the battery and put it in front of a airconditioner fan. When I got home I put it in a bag of rice. Today the screens backlight is messed up. The only area that lights up is the upper right. The rest is displaying info but no backlight unless I tap the phone hard on a flat surface. Then entire screen lights up for a while then it goes back to the upper right being lit up. I put it back in dry rice tonight. Everything on the phone works 100% but the backlight. What can be done. I dont want to buy another phone and I dont have insurance.

Leave in the rice bowl for another day and then check ✔
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Weren't these phone supposed to be almost waterproof?

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Weren't these phone supposed to be almost waterproof?
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V20 never meant to be waterproof. G6 yes.
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I found success a few years ago by shoving my phone with the battery cover and battery removed into the flexible tubing of a shop-vac (no attachments on the end) and running it for about an hour. I did this immediately after taking it from the toilet it dove in; this sucked the air through it and pulled internal water out, rather than blowing air on it and not bothering the internals much at all. After that I put it in rice for 2 days to try to make sure all the water is out and evaporated. From some of my friends in the electronics field I hear it's the corrosion that hurts more than the water, and turning on the phone before all water is removed is about the worst move you can make. This may be more useful info for next time, but wait until all drying techniques are employed before putting in the battery and turning on the phone/tablet. Good luck.

youll need to open it, and take denatured alcohol and clean all the parts using a tooth brush, each time u put battery in/charge ur ruining the board and circuitry, need to clean off the corrosion before causing more damaged, but sadly to say if its been a few days and been in rice/dried up when you open it i wouldn't be shocked you'll find the cable that connects ur screen is fried at the board side and wont be repairable.

I forgot about that. This phone is easy to take apart. Iirc, it's 16 screws or so.