What was your first brick?

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First brick:
PS2, tried modding it myself
Worsed part, it wasn't mine, so i bought him a XboX that was easier to mod :D

Second brick:
N3DSXL when trying to get it's OTP (there was no easy guide around then)

Third brick:
2DS, tried safea9lhinstaller, did only update instead of full install

That's it
 

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My first brick was my Pikachu 3DS XL; I wanted to perform my own hardmod but had no prior experience with soldering (it seemed pretty simple to do, and it is) and I also had no flux so I soldered my wires and it would turn on and immediately turn off. I didn't think that it could be just something soldered incorrectly so I decided to put solder everywhere on the board. I replaced the motherboard shortly after, but I still have that motherboard as a reminder of my first brick and first soldering experience.

(i'm much better at soldering now, btw, and i have opened up systems before to tinker w/ their boards)
 

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The only device I've ever bricked was an iPhone 5s. I had a bunch of tweaks on there, and all of a sudden... Boom. Apple logo. Got a free replacement courtesy of AppleCare, though.


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Xbox I was doing a hdd unlock swap and killed the pc known as a ground backflow

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The only "brick" that i had was when i tried to hack a friend Wii, he brings it to me and i plug it in and nothing on screen. It was as if the Wii had bricked itself when i plugged it in, he got it replaced by Nintendo and i then hacked that Wii
 

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Bricked on hard modding RGH x360. Successfully completed 3 x360 console hard mod. The forth console got unlucky with soldering. Burned up solder point. Fixing requires accessing alternative solder point which requires disassembly x-plate above cpu. Got too lazy coz of exams n stuff. Console happily ends up in the dump.

Still happy though, just learned soldering via youtube. Ahh the excitement after successfully boot up RGHed console with my own hands.
 

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Well, technically, it was already broken, but I made it completely unable to turn on.
It was a Fat PS3, and it randomly turned off.
If I tried to boot a PS2 game the graphics corrupted.
I took it apart to reapply the thermal paste or whatever and the RSX heatsink just randomly came off.
After that I tried to get the CPU heatsink off, but failed.
I probably lost a bunch of screws since it took so long to finally put it back together.
My brother put it back together for me, and it wouldn't turn on.
I think I fucked up the CPU.

Oh, and there was lots of extra screws.
I had no idea what the hell I was doing.

I want to sell it, but I've been procrastinating.

And I actually wanted to put CFW on it, too.
:cry:
rip my dreams


But the other consoles I've got for free were mostly good.
A PS2 Slim I got just needed the lens to be cleaned.
It was later model, though, so I couldn't mod it.
And two Wiis (not sure if both) overheated, but I think they just needed to be cleaned, as well.
 
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