iPhone not activating after update failure
My iPhone was working perfectly fine yesterday morning. I decided to update to iOS 14.0.1 using Finder on Mac. The update failed midway (error 14) and the update and restore function failed the same way, so I restored it. iOS successfully installed, but now it says “It may take a few minutes to activate your iPhone.” It has said this for hours. I have tried restoring it with a PC as well, but had the same problem.
Some water damage occurred back in March, mostly affecting the screen and speaker. I took it apart and cleaned and dried it well, and then it worked fine (except for the speaker) up until yesterday morning. I was on call with Apple for a few hours and the best they could do is let me send it in, but because of the water damage they quoted >$300. Could it be possible that the water damage is causing this issue? Should I take it apart and check for corrosion and other issues?