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[–] barcaxavi@lemmy.world 110 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"Bricked" in the title feels a bit of a clickbait. In my interpretation if something is bricked, it won't just start working again after a few hours.

RIP my precious HTC Desire...

[–] original_reader@lemmy.zip 59 points 2 days ago

The headline is clickbait.

  • Bricked = totally dead, no recovery without serious intervention; device is completely unusable
  • Malfunctioning = buggy, slow, or misbehaving, but still fixable
[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

like when an escalator breaks; its just stairs now.

(rip mitch)

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

HTC had quite a run there. I still miss my HTC One X, back when it was actually interesting to get a new phone. These days I routinely forget which iPhone it is that I have.