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Water stains under screen, fixable?

Long story short, my phone went through a full cycle in the washing machine. I let it dry out in rice for a week, then opened it up, replaced the battery, and cleaned out the little bit of corrosion i could find. At this point everything functions except the flashlight, but there are severe liquid stains behind the screen. (Pics) Is there a way to fix this sort of damage or will I just have to replace the display? I've heard an isopropyl alcohol bath might help, but I've also heard that would just make it worse. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?

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Most likely the liquid is between the backlight and the LCD. Backlights are not expensive and are probably the easiest part of a phone so desolder and solder. The backlight peels off basically like a sticker. You will see a very shiny silver backing on the LCD. Clean that very carefully. I find that a micro fiber cloth with no solvents works best but sometimes IPA is needed. Use it very, very sparingly.

Solder on a new backlight and stick it to the LCD. Just be very cautious because any marks left on that silver surface will be seen any time the screen is on. That tiny swirl that looked fine will be there every time you look at your screen. Be careful and thorough.

And don't forget to put the tiny sticker over the part you soldered. It will short if you don't and it can easily do some seriously damage.

Its not a hard or complicated fix.

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Awesome, didn't realize that was possible. So you think it probably wont be possible to dry the liquid out of the existing assembly?

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Nope I've never seen trying to dry out the backlight area to ever work unless you separate the backlight from the screen.

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I guess anything is possible but its not any kind of likely.

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Thank you! Can one fix this problem by just replacing the front panel assembly, or is this backlight issue a separate issue?

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If you have those water marks inside the screen replacing the screen will do the trick.

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Hey guys, my iphone 5s was dropped in water, i took it immediately and put it in some rice for a day, now when i turned it on it gives out the apple logo and then turns off, noticing that i can see water stains behind the screen what should i do to get it working again?

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