Dropped Nexus 4 in water, dried, touchscreen not working properly
Hey everyone i need some help.
I dropped recently my Nexus 4 in the toilet (ew i know) it was fully underwater for 3 seconds. I took it out, dried it with a towel, and pressed the power button to turn the screen on, so it worked for like 5 seconds then it went off. After 10 minutes i disassembled it , (took only battery away), and gave it a 96% alcohol bath, for 1 minute or so. I went to school and my phone stood 11-12 hours in rice till i came home, then i disassembkled it completely , camera and speaker off and everything, dried it with a paper towel and let it dry in my room over night (9 hours), After that i assembled it and it turned on right away, but i have strange colors on my screen now, on the border of the screen. The touchscreen also doesn't work properly, i must press 10 times till i reach the menu (btw i have lollipop), and it also works alone, i may not press nothing, but the telephone app opens itself and calls random people. I think the touchscreen is scrwed up. I think it either from the alcohol, or from water (water still inside - between the toch screen and glass screen.) But i think the alcohol problem sounds more logical. I also have some photos of the screen.
Please help, i wouldn't want to buy a new touchscreen, maybe there's water inside or i don't know, but if there's no option left, i'll buy a new touchscreen.
Thank you!
EDIT
.S: The colors got brighter and brighter...
Photo1: You can see the light orange stripes on the edge of the screen and also strange white point which seem to be "deep" in the screen
Photo2:
Video:
Hey everyone i need some help.
I dropped recently my Nexus 4 in the toilet (ew i know) it was fully underwater for 3 seconds. I took it out, dried it with a towel, and pressed the power button to turn the screen on, so it worked for like 5 seconds then it went off. After 10 minutes i disassembled it , (took only battery away), and gave it a 96% alcohol bath, for 1 minute or so. I went to school and my phone stood 11-12 hours in rice till i came home, then i disassembkled it completely , camera and speaker off and everything, dried it with a paper towel and let it dry in my room over night (9 hours), After that i assembled it and it turned on right away, but i have strange colors on my screen now, on the border of the screen. The touchscreen also doesn't work properly, i must press 10 times till i reach the menu (btw i have lollipop), and it also works alone, i may not press nothing, but the telephone app opens itself and calls random people. I think the touchscreen is scrwed up. I think it either from the alcohol, or from water (water still inside - between the toch screen and glass screen.) But i think the alcohol problem sounds more logical. I also have some photos of the screen.
Please help, i wouldn't want to buy a new touchscreen, maybe there's water inside or i don't know, but if there's no option left, i'll buy a new touchscreen.
Thank you!
EDIT
.S: The colors got brighter and brighter...Photo1: You can see the light orange stripes on the edge of the screen and also strange white point which seem to be "deep" in the screen
Photo2:
Video:
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