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r/Bitcoin: reports of Coldcard devices bricked by the latest firmware

reddit-firmware-bricking-reports

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1vjg4z3/many_coldcard_users_report_having_their_devices/

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    post: 1vjg4z3
author: bje332013
created_utc: 1786249376
title: Many Coldcard users report having their devices 'bricked' by the latest firmware. What's your situation?
body:
I originally posted the following message on the Coldcard subreddit, but it was immediately blocked by a filter for unknown reasons. Informing the mods about the message getting blocked has not resulted in a reply, much less my post being visible.

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I've been reading some reports which claim that installing the latest firmware for Coldcard devices causes them to brick. These reports seem especially common on X / Twitter, and there are scary looking photos of "BRICKED" messages on Coldcard screens, and I worry about whether those messages are permanent or go away once this device loses power.

**Have you attempted to flash the latest firmware for your Coldcard device** since it was confirmed by Coinkite that their firmware had a bug that effectively disabled the RNG chip? If so, (1) **which model** of Coldcard **did you flash**, and (2) **was the firmware flash successful** or did it brick your device?

comment: p2ni0pc
parent: t3_1vjg4z3
author: indomitus1
created_utc: 1786286005
edited: false
body:
Lol

comment: p2nrwzd
parent: t3_1vjg4z3
author: FavorableMadness
created_utc: 1786288899
edited: false
body:
Q. Successful flash.

comment: p2nuc1r
parent: t3_1vjg4z3
author: Icy_Giraffe_21
created_utc: 1786289589
edited: false
body:
Update and everything went very smooth with the Q model. Rolled dice moved on. 

comment: p2o96zy
parent: t3_1vjg4z3
author: tenuousemphasis

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