nightmare brick

A smartphone. Called a nightmare brick as a reference to media consumption (usually accessed via smartphone) being connected to increased levels of anxiety and depression.

I couldn't fall asleep so I started scrolling Instagram and realized why some of my friends call it a nightmare brick.

by Russellsroughneck July 01, 2024

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Eric

the great brick wall of china is a person you know named Eric.

by Eric grade7 April 12, 2018

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soft brick

When a phone's system is unusable or not bootable at all, but you can access the recovery or download mode, you can call it a soft brick/it gets soft-bricked. After downloading the original software, it should return to the usable state. It often happens after flashing a custom system.
A hard brick is similar, yet the very opposite. - A hard brick is a literal brick, because the firmware is well fucked up and you cannot even access the download mode.

"flashing" -> Copying/downloading a (custom) system onto an Android phone
"ROM" -> system
"Fastboot/Download mode" -> a mode on an Android phone that allows you to flash files directly into a phone's filesystem

I have a soft bricked phone. I was just going to flash the stock software on it.

by slvkrt April 08, 2024

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