Restoring factory settings is an option that we should only resort to in extreme cases. Yesterday we commented on the advantages and disadvantages of carrying out this action and what it really consisted of since on some occasions, the operation of our devices becomes so complicated, that it is necessary to return our tablets and smartphones to their original state after the purchase, either because the devices have been infected by some type of malicious software or because it has serious performance problems that hinder its normal use among other reasons.
On other occasions we have also commented on other very common failures in aspects such as image, the sound or the battery that can also affect the daily use of the supports, however, there are other threats that can seriously cloud our experience of using essential terminals in our day-to-day life, such as the bricking, of which we will solve some doubts below and tell you what it consists of, how it can be avoided and, in the event that any of our terminals, especially the phablets , be affected by it, how to fix it without too much effort to bring it back to normal.
What is it?
The term "bricking»Comes from the English term« brick »which means« brick ». It is a complete stoppage of the devices affected as a result of some interruption on our part or involuntary of the updates that we go down, or from some extremely heavy application. When we download the new version of an operating system, the firmware, that is, the basic tasks that the software incorporates so that the terminal works, it is overwritten and gives way to the newest. Bricking slows down this task and is only partially completed. Usually affect phablets more than larger media.
Some of its consequences
When a device has been bricked, one of the most important damages it can suffer is not its disablement, since in most cases, this can be solved, if not the firmware infection by virus and malicious files that can once again rewrite all the information about the operating system and finally contaminate the device, making it necessary afterwards to full restoration factory settings with all that that entails.
How to solve it?
A few years ago, a phablet that had suffered this incident would have been rendered useless and would have forced the user to purchase a new terminal. However, on many occasions the alarm created is unnecessary and today, it is possible to bring life back to our device without making great efforts. First of all, you have to differentiate between two types of bricking, he "light«, Which is characterized by showing some type of image such as the manufacturer's logo, or light on the screen and that can be solved by clearing the cache and trying a new update without sudden stops, and on the other hand, the«heavy»In which the terminals do not give any signal. The cause of the latter is the fact that the downloaded firmware is not compatible with the device and its solution, therefore, is more complex since requires notions of programming and use of the basic interfaces of operating systems that sometimes only have specialists. Still, and as we have recalled before, a device that has suffered either of the two forms of bricking can be recovered.
Solutions for everyone, but different
Android it is one of the operating systems most prone to this failure. As we have mentioned on other occasions, 90% of today's tablets and smartphones are equipped with this software within dozens of technological brands that market their devices. However the unbrick, which is the name given to the solution to this problem, is different according to brands as some from China have variants of the robot software and incorporate interfaces such as Cyanogen It doesn't fully support Android firmware. On the other hand, it is important to clarify that bricking does not only affect phablets, although these are the media that suffer the most, but it also affects others such as game consoles, laptops and desktops and even electric cars. When trying to solve this problem on our own, we must be cautious and help ourselves from the Internet, which currently contains dozens of tutorials and guides to be able to fix it from home but always looking for the most appropriate formula for our devices.
Whether intentionally by third parties, or by device-specific errors, we have seen how our tablets and smartphones can suffer a large number of failures that, however, on many occasions, are not too important and can be solved with a little patience. . After knowing better what bricking is and what repercussions it has, do you remember having suffered it in your terminals on any occasion? You have more information available on other aspects such as the restoration of the terminals that have Android as standard so that you can judge for yourself whether it is a positive action or that it can nevertheless worsen the use of the media, as well as recommendations on when is the most appropriate time to do it.