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Brick (electronics)

A brick (or bricked device) is an electronic device, specially consumer electronics (such as a mobile device, game console, computer, etc.) that is no longer functional. It could be due to corrupted firmware, failed operating system, a hardware problem, or other damage. The term is an analogy to a construction brick and its lack of modern technological…

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Un-bricking

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Brick (electronics)

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples5
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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DVD firmware which only plays DVDs sold in a particular regioninstance ofor installing firmware incompetently patched0.80text
can also cause bricking.Devices can also be bricked by malwareinstance ofor installing firmware incompetently patched0.80text
wipinginstance ofwhich becomes corrupted during certain operations0.80text
flashing on some Android devicesinstance ofwhich becomes corrupted during certain operations0.80text
the Tesla Roadsterinstance ofElectric cars0.80text

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