General Is it possible to brick an iDevice?

[dhlizard]

call me an idiot if you want, but i proove it is possible to have an iphone bricked, mine have some kind of hardware problem and it is bricked, stuck for ever and ever in DFU mode and error 16xx on iTunes, and i bet anyone in this whole forum to fix it.

If some one dare on doing it with me by skype i will send 50£ to his account... not kidding... it is a challenge

Stop trying to get attention !

If you revisit your own thread, you will see several of us have already told you the only way to brick an iPhone is if a sudden hardware failure occurs.

So you likely have a hardware failure, so this has already been covered !

For the sake of those of us trying to keep this forum on track and help those with issues that can be solved, let this go.

 

[colocoquillo]

You are right, the only thing I was trying to make my point here is that, sometimes even if it gives same errors as some cases where it is not a brick is just a simply user problem, that doesent mean is a user problem. Everything looks like a normal issue but it is "briked". But i suppose you are right a brick cant be considered when there is hardware problems.

Even tought sometimes a software error can create a "hardware" problem as MastahRiz explained before (in that case wasnt an absolute brick but I guess sometimes it can be)

I just didnt like people refering to others like "But many mental deficients will tell you they bricked it because they don't know how to get out of Recovery Mode. "

 

[thelatinist]

Software issues on an iPhone cannot cause permanent hardware issues. It is always possible to restore your iPhone in DFU mode to the most recent firmware and restore all functionality.

The only exception to this is if you mess with the baseband processor. I understand that it is possible to brick the newer baseband processors if, for instance, power is interrupted while flashing the baseband ROM. Even then the phone is not a complete brick; it will only be the radio that is broken.