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).
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.
I flashed ROMs every week for 5 years and never hardbricked a phone
So how did you recover your hardbricked phone 5 years ago when you flashed for the first time?
I never hard bricked a device, only soft brick
Can you explain what this means?
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).
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