IPhone Constantly Searching. After Water Damage?

Okay so I dropped my iPhone 4S in the toilet about 6 months ago. I immediately removed it from the toilet and thoroughly dried it, but seeing as it wouldn't turn on, I assumed it was broken. One day I decided to charge it and see, and to my surprise, it appeared to work perfectly! I then realized the iPhone couldn't connect to the phone service, and constantly said "searching…". After restoring and connecting to iTunes multiple times with no change, I'm at a complete loss as to what to do next. Since I restored the phone, whenever I go to set it up, I'm unable to due to the lack of connection. Since the phone works perfectly other than the connection error, I would love to still be able to use it as an iPod. How do I bypass the section of setup that does not connect so that I can continue to use the phone's features that DO work?

Does it have a sim card in it still? Or did you take it out? It might be 'searching' for that in order to advance past. You can try these exploits. Best luck.

Does the SIM card work? Put in a new one and see if that solves your problem?

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