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Vertical lines in screen after being dropped in water and dried out

So my wife dropped her Iphone 6 in water a few weeks back, I removed the screen and dried out with a heat gun and left apart for a couple of days.

After reassembly the phone was functioning fine apart from vertical lines on the screen which I hadn't got around to doing anymore with it.

Last weekend she dropped it in water again (I know!) I had my tools so I removed the screen and board. I could find little to no corrosion on anything so I submerged the board in isoproypl and used a soft brush to clean everything up, again I checked everything I could see and found no corrosion.

I have put it back together and it is now functioning again but the screen is still the same.

What is the next step, would it be worth trying a new screen?

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Replacement screen fixed this issue.

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So just to be clear the water damage isn't internal just replacing the screen will fix it?

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Yes after replacing the screen the issue was fully solved@Rey Izz_Official

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I have the same vertical lines on my iPhone XR after water exposure. I need to fix the screen.

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Yes, try another screen. I always replace the screen on water damaged phones, because the backlights or lcd's get damaged. That's what your issue is from the look of the attached photo.

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The new screen fixed the problem, the phone is A1 again as long as it stays out of the toilet.

Thanks William

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I have iphone xr and there are light horizontal line near the notch i m so upset 😭 what should i do now

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I have put it in rice for about a week, which did the trick for my 6s. Replacing the screen wasn’t necessary for me, I know this is solved but please to people with the same problem, try this before buying a new screen!

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Hi @marieducklings,

You may have been lucky using rice. Time will tell if you were or not. Just don't be surprised if problems with the phone do start to occur soon

Here's a link that may be of interest.

Rice is for dinner, not repair

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