Hoping for a cure for water

[mustardsteve]

Hi folks.
I have doen a bit of searching for Touch Pros getting wet, but I haven't find a solution yet.
BASICALLY I spilled a half of can of coke on my Touch Pro last night and I woke up to it frozen on the screen I had left it when I went to bed.
I tried buttons and everything but wound up doing a soft-reset with the stylus.
I should have taken out the battery immediately and set everything to dry, I know, but I was in a bit of a panic I guess.
Anyway the phone shut off, then started booting again. Nothing ever appeared on the screen, but I did get the usual vibration when the phone turns on.
Now the backlight comes on when the battery is in. Hitting the power button turns it off for about a second, but then the backlight comes back on. I tried to do a hard-reset, but it wouldn't even let me into that scren.
I googled a bit and found someone had had luck by just putting their phone in a bag of rice and leaving it (to draw out the moisture). It sounded crazy but I tried it.
It didn't change anything, still doing the same thing. I left it for about 12 hours I guess. I'm going to put it in the bag again overnight but I'm not feeling too hopeful about this.

I'm really hoping I can solve this on my own somehow because I have a custom rom loaded on to it, and I can't afford a new phone. I'm on a 3 year contract with Bell
So if anybody knows either a solution to the problem, OR a way to somehow flash the ROM in its current state (though probably not possible), please let me know.

Thanks

[apristel]

You could disassemble it, clean the boards with rubbing alcohol, bake them in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, reassemble and try it.

This prob sounds insane, but i did it to this laptop that i am typing this on..spilled jackncoke all over it. Works...google it.

[mustardsteve]

Hmm. I think I will try that but only if the guy at the store tomorrow believes me when I tell him that it's never been near water. OR if there's a way to open it without making it look like I just totally voided the warranty.

[apristel]

Theres a water indicator under the battery cover!

[mustardsteve]

But I've read on this site and others that it has gone off without contact with water. If I whine enough, who knows what he'll believe, eh?

[gator352]

Check the indicator under the cover, if it's smeared, your hosed...LOL..seriously, just tell them it started acting up. See what they say. It's really the only thing you can do.

I have spilled Jack-n-coke on many things. Luckily most of it went into my mouth everytime.