How and why does your phone get bricked?

Its rare, but it happens.

How and why does your phone get bricked?

We do everything on our smartphones now, and given how essential they’ve become, a phone that isn’t working will likely send you into a panic spiral. Unless you’re manually installing custom ROMs and tweaking software, official updates that render your device unusable are, luckily, quite rare. It does happen, though, considering the news of a Samsung SmartThings app update that bricked older Galaxy smartphones like the  Galaxy S10, Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy M51, and a few A-series devices. What exactly does a “bricked” phone mean, what causes it, and is there a way to fix it? Let’s take a look.

What does a bricked phone mean?

Image showing a bricked Google Pixel 6 with an error message on screen.