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TL;DR - Dropped in pool, cleaned and dried, battery lasts about 3 days while not used and in airplane mode.
Is the battery actually being drained by something busted on the logic board, or just the battery busted.


So, I dropped my kindle in the pool on vacation, and pulled it out really fast.

It crashed and restarted and crashed again , and eventually it stopped responding - classic water problems.


I pull the front face of it off and let it sit in the sun for about 4 hours, so I'm convinced it was dry before I tried to plug it in again.

Plugged it in and charged it up till it came on - and everything appeared to work.

Unplugged it, and in a matter of hours the battery was fully drained, and was on a Battery Icon With Exclamation Point - not the normal "your battery is dead".

I can not find any images of this online, so I have attached a recreation.

When I got back home, I bought some distilled water and rubbing alcohol, and did some more work.

I took it completely out of the frame and removed the battery, but did not separate the screen from the logic board, because I didn't have a small enough screw driver.

I soaked it in distilled water for a bit, then rinsed it with distilled water, while brushing gently with a new toothbrush.

Then I repeated the process with 91% rubbing alcohol.

Then I blow dried it for a few minutes to evaporate the alcohol, and let dry again overnight.

Everything put back together, and everything still works - Wifi, touchscreen, usb and all.

But the battery is still draining super fast ( not as fast as when it first got wet ), and I don't know enough about water damage and shorted batteries to determine if I just need a new battery, or if something on the chips and logic boards are actually draining it.

It isn't hot to the touch or anything.

Any advice is appreciated.