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Ok, we've done our bit to counter brick dilution in the title above.

Appreciated. Bricked used to mean utterly irreparable. The term certainly has seen dilution, and not for the better.

No, they are not bricked. The term has become ridiculously diluted in practice to mean "hard, breaking bug".

It's a soft lock for sure, given it requires a software update to use you could likely consider this a soft brick too.

It's not a hard brick to your point.