Brick: Difference between revisions

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A brick is when a device no longer functions.

A console that can't turn on without additional hardware (for example, a 3DS might need an ntrboot cartridge to fix corrupted firmware partitions or a NAND header)

A console that needs support files to turn on (for example, a 3DS might need boot.firm on the SD card that boot9strap can find)

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-A [[wikipedia:Brick (electronics)|'''brick''']] is when a device no longer fully functions.
+A [[wikipedia:Brick (electronics)|'''brick''']] is when a device no longer functions.
 == What is a brick ==
 * A console that can't turn on without additional hardware (for example, a 3DS might need an [[3DS:ntrboot|ntrboot]] cartridge to fix corrupted firmware partitions or a NAND header)
-* A console that can't boot to its main menu but can to homebrew utilities (like [[3DS:GodMode9|GodMode9]]) which can be used to fix the issue
-* A console that can turn on but is severely reduced in functionality due to a core component not working in stock firmware (such as the software keyboard on the 3DS)
 == What isn't a brick ==
-* A console that needs support files to fully turn on (for example, a 3DS might need <code>boot.firm</code> on the SD card that [[3DS:boot9strap|boot9strap]] can find)
+* A console that needs support files to turn on (for example, a 3DS might need <code>boot.firm</code> on the SD card that [[3DS:boot9strap|boot9strap]] can find)
-== Unbricking guides ==
+[[Category:Unbricking]]
-=== Nintendo 3DS ===
-* {{ml|3DS:BootROM 8046 screen|BootROM 8046 screen}}
-* {{ml|3DS:Keyboard Unbrick|Keyboard Unbrick}}
-* {{ml|3DS:Black screen unbrick|Black screen unbrick}}
-* {{ml|3DS:DS mode unbrick|DS mode unbrick}}
-=== Wii U ===
-* {{ml|Wii U:Hardmod unbrick|Hardmod Unbrick}}
-=== Nintendo Switch ===
-[[Category:Unbricking|*]]