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People failing to upgrade their wireless routers with custom/opensource firmware are often referring to them as bricked as well. I think there should be a mention here.
ok, there already is. Masterhand10 (Talk) (Contributions) 04:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Someone should add BRICK refrences about iPods, Cellphones, PCs & Macs, and other various electronic devices, not juts game consoles and 1 wifi router.
Masterhand10 (Talk) (Contributions) 04:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Does using wireless really increase the chance of bricking a router? I'd hope that any firmware update the upload would take place first and be verified before the update process actually started; During the update the network would go down anyway so I don't understand how a botched upload would cause it to brick. Richard cocks 09:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
I think that this article needs an image of a brick, in order to make the comparison with a real brick extra clear. Oh, yeah, it would be a good laugh too, but still encyclopedian.-- Henke37 23:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Of course you know that photo of an old wireless phone has nothing to do with the use of the word Brick as a verb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.124.40 ( talk) 23:23, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
I removed the completely unsourced text about the PSP being bricked by "pressing the wrong button" because i follow the PSP scene(Homebrew and official) almost religiously and have never heard anything about this or anything similar, I looked but couldn't find anything about it so i presume it's someone thinking it's funny or just a DS fanboy. Feel free to revert my edit if you add sources. 78.86.137.237 ( talk) 23:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Can Software be bricked? Cal05000 ( talk) 14:22, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
in regards to tag "dubious" on the ability to change imei numbers here is a source http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1749215.stm actually i was able to locate this link on the imei article hosted on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.60.97.147 ( talk) 05:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
The first sentence in the "Soft Brick" subsection limits usage of the term exclusively to Android-based devices. Does anyone agree with this? I can soft brick anything with an operating system, however simple. 2620:106:6000:20:0:0:0:38 ( talk) 22:46, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Keith
Yes. I agree. SamJakob ( talk) 17:36, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move to any particular title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 22:43, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
Brick (electronics) → Bricking – The word is usually used as a verb, e.g. "don't, or you will brick your device" or "I bricked my device". A "brick" is not a noun, but an adjective (e.g. this phone was bricked!) While it can be used as a noun, that usage is more rare. It would also fall under WP:NATURAL since it would not require a disambiguation. ZXCVBNM ( TALK) 09:09, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
The example of a blown capacitor is rather a hardware failure and not the device having been bricked – at least in my view, 99.99% of the time if one says "my <device> is bricked" people will understand it as the software/firmware failing and rendering the piece of hardware unusable for it's original purpose as it's merely a paperweight in its current state. fancsali ( talk) 09:45, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
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People failing to upgrade their wireless routers with custom/opensource firmware are often referring to them as bricked as well. I think there should be a mention here.
ok, there already is. Masterhand10 (Talk) (Contributions) 04:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Someone should add BRICK refrences about iPods, Cellphones, PCs & Macs, and other various electronic devices, not juts game consoles and 1 wifi router.
Masterhand10 (Talk) (Contributions) 04:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Does using wireless really increase the chance of bricking a router? I'd hope that any firmware update the upload would take place first and be verified before the update process actually started; During the update the network would go down anyway so I don't understand how a botched upload would cause it to brick. Richard cocks 09:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
I think that this article needs an image of a brick, in order to make the comparison with a real brick extra clear. Oh, yeah, it would be a good laugh too, but still encyclopedian.-- Henke37 23:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Of course you know that photo of an old wireless phone has nothing to do with the use of the word Brick as a verb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.124.40 ( talk) 23:23, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
I removed the completely unsourced text about the PSP being bricked by "pressing the wrong button" because i follow the PSP scene(Homebrew and official) almost religiously and have never heard anything about this or anything similar, I looked but couldn't find anything about it so i presume it's someone thinking it's funny or just a DS fanboy. Feel free to revert my edit if you add sources. 78.86.137.237 ( talk) 23:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Can Software be bricked? Cal05000 ( talk) 14:22, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
in regards to tag "dubious" on the ability to change imei numbers here is a source http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1749215.stm actually i was able to locate this link on the imei article hosted on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.60.97.147 ( talk) 05:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
The first sentence in the "Soft Brick" subsection limits usage of the term exclusively to Android-based devices. Does anyone agree with this? I can soft brick anything with an operating system, however simple. 2620:106:6000:20:0:0:0:38 ( talk) 22:46, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Keith
Yes. I agree. SamJakob ( talk) 17:36, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move to any particular title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 22:43, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
Brick (electronics) → Bricking – The word is usually used as a verb, e.g. "don't, or you will brick your device" or "I bricked my device". A "brick" is not a noun, but an adjective (e.g. this phone was bricked!) While it can be used as a noun, that usage is more rare. It would also fall under WP:NATURAL since it would not require a disambiguation. ZXCVBNM ( TALK) 09:09, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
The example of a blown capacitor is rather a hardware failure and not the device having been bricked – at least in my view, 99.99% of the time if one says "my <device> is bricked" people will understand it as the software/firmware failing and rendering the piece of hardware unusable for it's original purpose as it's merely a paperweight in its current state. fancsali ( talk) 09:45, 3 May 2024 (UTC)