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bricked

A device with no program it can boot and no way to fix it remotely.

A device is bricked when no bootable image remains and recovery needs physical access, such as a serial re-flash.

Examples

  • If a power cut stops a write over the only copy of a fan controller's firmware, the device is bricked until someone climbs up to it with a cable.

  • Writing the new image into the spare slot, never over the running one, keeps a dropped Wi-Fi link at 60 % from bricking a device.

See also

over-the-air update firmware image A/B update
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