Q10 got Wet and now screen is black, but phone works
Need some help reviving a Q10.
Yes, before you ask, I've browsed countless posts about similar issues, but none seem to be an exact match for what I'm encountering here.
Last weekend a small bowl of water tipped over and onto my wife's Q10. Immediately I dried the surface, pulled the battery, and went to work on trying to salvage it. 2 Days later, having been stored in uncooked rice, I removed it and tried it out. The phone boots fine, keyboard lights, led flashes, text messages came streaming in, but the screen STAYS black. I took it apart and checked the connections - nothing loose. I figured it must be the screen. Ordered a new screen/digitzier, and it just arrived today. I installed the new screen, and to no avail - screen still black - but fully functional otherwise. I even noticed that swipes would light up the keyboard - but not the screen.
I tried doing the restore option from Blackberry Link, which I saw posted several times (after a backup of course), and here is where I am stuck. Seeing as this restore did NOT fix the screen issue, it's now created a bigger issue. Setup isn't complete - and I can't complete it because I can't use the screen.
Details -
Phone purchased 8/2013 from Amazon thru AT&T upgrade, so it's out of warranty - and we're not far enough along to get a new device - so we have to save the phone :(
Can someone lend something new/advice for a longtime Crackberry user??