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Water damage any change to revive?

Friends,

Please tell me whether I should give up or not. Story:

My 6S has seen a washing machine from inside. 1 hour later he was clean and smelled good but didn't turn on anymore. Removed the screen and I dried it, I put him in a bag of rice for 24h.

No sign of life so I bought a new one. A month or so later he still didn't turn on but I read it's a good idea to lay him in a bath of alcohol 96% for 10min and let it dry. No luck. - I did remove the battery first.

Another month later, I gave him a bath in a descaling fluid used to clean espresso machines. In order to remove excess chalk. I gave it another bath in alcohol. Of course without battery and screen. No luck.

Then I realized I can try to charge the battery using another iPhone 6s. The OK iPhone turned on and charged the battery, but stopped charging at 14%. Yet, it did power on without cable.

I put back the battery in the dead iPhone (knowing it was at least 14%) but still no luck. It doesn't turn on.

I assume that, since the battery is directly connected to the logic-board, that the logic board has died. Therefor it would be nonsens to buy a new dock-connector. Please confirm.

Even though the battery doesn't charge, it still has a minimal 14% - so it should be enough to boot up the dead phone. Buying a new battery is therefor also not needed.

And oh, I tested the screen and it works (with some water damage marks). So that's not the issue.

Please advise me what else I can try, or if I should trash the 6S.

/w.t.f. .... it is recognized by iTunes when in DFU mode.

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Aviv Goldstein besides all the great points @refectio makes I would at least try it with the battery from another 6S and see what you get. Just because your battery said it was at 14% does not mean it is. The battery is water damaged and most probably lying

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The iPhone was shortly recognized by iTunes while in dfu-mode. I tried to restore it but it kept on "waiting for iPhone".

Does this mean that the dock-connector is 100% fine?

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Other than the mistake of leaving it in rice right from the outset, which allows the corrosion to take hold on the logic board, you pretty much did everything a non-professional could try.

This phone is probably not worth saving for the sake of the phone as you will need a new battery, a new screen and some micro-soldering performed on the logic board. The cost of all that will be pretty much the same as exchanging it at the Apple store. If the data is important and you don't have a backup, then you should definitely send it to a shop that specializes in this kind of repair.

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Aviv, if you want someone to see your comment, then you either tag their username or comment on a specific answer. I just caught this by chance.

The Dock is probably fine. All of the surface mount components are covered in epoxy so the Dock is rarely the issue in water damaged phones.

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