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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I flashed ROMs every week for 5 years and never hardbricked a phone

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you explain what this means?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Android phones have the Android OS from Google(or a modified version by the manufacturer of the phone).
We can install other unofficial versions of Android(modified by other people).

Thid link maybe useful for understanding the term Flashing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware#Flashing

But it is risky, as there is a chance that it can go wrong 'brick' your phone. It's named so, because on failure, your phone may become unresponsive and would only be as useful as a brick or paper-weight.
There's hard-bricking and soft-bricking, where the latter is used when the bricking can be fixed/reversed.

This link maybe better at explaining than I am:
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/6028/what-is-the-meaning-of-flashing-a-custom-rom