More importantly, the single line only forces a reboot; even if we consider needing external fixes to be a brick, the title is still incorrect.
> The result is a device that’s soft-bricked, requiring a device erase and restore from backup.
Requiring a device erase isn't a full brick, no, but it's still pretty serious.
> After restarting, as soon as SpringBoard was initialized, the extension would be woken up by the system, since it had failed to produce any widget entries before, which would then start the process all over again.
He totally murdered that guy!
What? Why would you say murdered, he only gave him a black eye?
I know, but that's still pretty serious.