bricked

IT support

Rendered as functional as a brick - a device so broken it will not even boot.

A failed firmware update is the classic cause: half-written flash, no bootloader, no recovery. Soft-bricked means a rescue path exists (safe mode, TFTP boot, console); hard-bricked means it is now a paperweight with ports.

Also known as: brick, bricking, soft-brick, hard-brick

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