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by jdietrich 677 days ago
>Would mineral deposits be sufficiently large and conductive that they would cause an actual issue between components?

A good proportion of water-damaged cellphones can be revived just by washing the logic board thoroughly in isopropyl alcohol. It's possible that this is due to small amounts of water trapped in crevices, but I've seen it work on boards that looked bone-dry under the microscope.

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Crevices could be inside components. Alcohol will extract the water by diluting it and then evaporating