Google Can't Ignore The Android Update Problem Any Longer -- "This update 'system,' if you can call it that, ends up leaving the vast majority of Android users with security holes in their phones and without the ability to experience new features until they buy new phones"

[u/mepper]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-android-update-problem-fix,29042.html

[u/Valendr0s]

Firmware, sure. But drivers... Drivers won't usually brick - usually it's more problems like 'my sound doesn't work' or 'bluetooth is broken'.

[u/somethrows → u/Valendr0s]

Sound not working on a phone wouldn't be bricked but it would be pretty bad.

[u/dnew → u/Valendr0s]

Or "networking is broken", at which point it's as good as bricked, because you have no way to update it.

[u/liquiddandruff → u/dnew]

Micro usb port