It’s really the same definition. The first time i heard it in this context was with modding/rooting smartphones (in the early days). If you fucked up a step, your device could end up in a completely unusable and unrecoverable state. At that point, its only use would be as an expensive brick
Exactly. Bricking is about as serious as it gets when it comes to issues with devices. If you can use it at all at any point in the future (I guess without professional refurbishment), then it’s not bricked.
It’s really the same definition. The first time i heard it in this context was with modding/rooting smartphones (in the early days). If you fucked up a step, your device could end up in a completely unusable and unrecoverable state. At that point, its only use would be as an expensive brick
Exactly. Bricking is about as serious as it gets when it comes to issues with devices. If you can use it at all at any point in the future (I guess without professional refurbishment), then it’s not bricked.