Definition of "bricking" [bricking]

• Present participle of brick. (verb)

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• "It seems that a lot of the problems are from a) firmware not being updated; and/or b) firmware update problems (units "bricking" - I guess circuits overloading and frying) when the units download firmware updates direct from the internet."
• "There are warnings about "bricking" your phone, which renders a device unbootable, and this commonly happens after installing a custom build of Android."
• "Like with most firmware updates, there have been several cases of the process causing problems, with some 'bricking' reports, but nothing out of the ordinary and, seemingly, on a very small scale."