5s bricked after update

[NitroZip]

Anyone else have a brick after the 8.1 update?

 

[Intell]

It isn't bricked. Put it into DFU mode and restore in iTunes.

 

[NitroZip]

Can't put it in DFU mode

 

[StevenWalker]

5S upgrade, smooth as silk and running way faster.
OTA upgrade within 10mins of release.

 

[Intell]

An iOS device will always go into DFU mode. If it doesn't then it's either user error or a hardware error.

 

[Armen]

Can't put it in DFU mode

Google "DFU mode". You're probably doing it wrong. If not, your phone had a hardware failure in which it's not the update's fault.

 

[I7guy]

5S upgrade, smooth as silk and running way faster.
OTA upgrade within 10mins of release.

This. Good job Apple!

 

[Solver]

Also the battery could be completely discharged. What happens on the screen when an Apple cable in plugged into power?
Although, I have seen at least one iOS device that needed to be fully discharge before it would work again. (The home button did not work)

 

[youknome]

My 2 friends iPhone 5S had problems when it came to OTA update.

The screens went black for roughly 15-20 minutes, on clicking the home button it would say 'verifying update...'.

 

[shinji]

No probs here. Upgraded earlier tonight OTA.

 

[haruhiko]

The OTA update went successfully on my iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air but my iPad mini retina was stuck in the Apple logo and needed a restore. Fortunately I plugged in the device a day ago and there is an iCloud backup.