Did you possibly mean one of these? brick, unblock, unpick, unstick
Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To reopen something bricked up.
- v. transitive, slang, computing To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative).
Etymologies
- un- + brick (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Today, the company made good on its promise to quickly deliver an effective firmware update and pointed customers to resources to 'unbrick' their non-responsive drives.”
“Included is a link to what is said to be an advanced version of iTunes v7. 6.3b4 that will allow the stores to "unbrick" the iPhones for in store activation.”
“Hackers have come up with at least one way to "unbrick" iPhones disabled by a firmware update Apple Inc. issued two weeks ago, developers of both paid and free unlock software said Thursday.”
“It's unclear, however, how permanent any "unbrick" fix will be, or whether changes to the hacks that allow modifications will survive the next Apple iPhone update.”
“How to make a magic memory stik and pandora battery to unbrick fully bricked PSP?”
“This is called "bricking" the router, recovery is possible most of the time and I've included a link below for how to unbrick the router.”
“It's a simple homebrew for all the PSP powered by Custom Firmware, which allows to do necessary operations in order to create a Pandora kit, useful to unbrick / downgrade any kind of console (except the new PSP-3000 and the PSP-2000 with TA-088v3 motherboard).”
“The good news is that you do not need to perform an activation / unbrick at the point of purchase, so you can buy [...]”
“The manager at the AT&T store told me the same thing, and though they could not activate it they were able to unbrick it without a problem.”
“Did unbrick long time ago with help from here. .which is the quick easy site to go back to”
Lists
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Umbersorrow
Intangible, anthropic.
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Australian
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VanishedOne's Words
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Un
My favourite unwords. Please feel free to suggest.
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Tweets
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yarb Black Cat, yeah! A frightening word. Oct 14, 2011
bilby What an unrioter doesn't throw through a shop window on Buy Nothing Day. Oct 13, 2011
leaden In my mind this word evokes the final moments of “The Black Cat”. Oct 13, 2011
yarb I wonder what other kinds of "drastic operation" can unbrick. Feb 3, 2009
vanishedone Jargon File on brick: 'This term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be unbricked by performing a hard reset or some other drastic operation.' Feb 3, 2009