I have now gone through a second cleaning with the Radio Shack Electronics
Cleaner. On the first round, I sprayed, lightly brushed, and sprayed again,
and didn't really notice any discernable change in the rate of discharge. I
guess I envisioned that the solution would dissolve the contaminated residue
without a great deal of brushing.

On the second round, I sprayed, more vigorously brushed, and sprayed again.
After this I did see an improvement. It is probably not 100% cured, but I
think that I am going to live with it as is. I'm afraid that during one of
these sessions, I may create another problem that I didn't have before. In
addition, perhaps the remaining conductive residues will dissipate with
time. Yeh right --- well it's nice to have hope.

Again, thanks to all.

Dan

"Dan Dubosky" wrote in message
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I am attempting to rescue my LG cell phone which spent about 15 minutes in
about six feet of water in a fresh water lake. I took it apart, dried
everything out, and everything now works except the battery discharges much
more rapidly even when the cell phone is OFF. This is not the same battery
that was in the lake. Could it be the circuit board itself that is still
wet, and if so, will it ever dry out?

Dan