Water damage

[AndyMan]

I know this is in the wrong area, but given how new the LG Ally is, I didn't think that board gets enough views and this might not ever get seen. My brother got pushed into a pool, and has water damage. this was a few days ago, and since he has had it in rice, and it appears to be dried out. The phone boots up, however the touch screen is not responsive at all, therefore it is stock at the slide lock screen. Any ideas how to maybe get past this?? We also were thinking maybe a hard reset or recovery might help if files got corrupt, but we couldn't figure that out either. Any help is appreciated.

Again, I apologize for those who are upset this is in the wrong section

[nyijedi]

I'm sorry to hear about your brother's phone. Unfortunately, I don't think there's anything you'll be able to do to fix it, as it is most likely a hardware problem now. Maybe someone else will disagree with me, but I think your brother may be out of luck with his current phone. Hopefully VZW won't kill him with the price of a replacement.

[AndyMan]

I'm sorry to hear about your brother's phone. Unfortunately, I don't think there's anything you'll be able to do to fix it, as it is most likely a hardware problem now. Maybe someone else will disagree with me, but I think your brother may be out of luck with his current phone. Hopefully VZW won't kill him with the price of a replacement.

Yea I figured it was likely hardware now over software, but figured anything is worth a shot now if the phone is a paper weight anyway..