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