That may or may not be true universally. It's not clear exactly what happened in your case, and we probably won't be able to figure out the cause of the problems you experienced since it is now bricked.
Sorry that you had so much trouble, though.
For the purposes of the forum (even though we never got to a real solution) -- If your problem is solved, please consider marking this topic as [Solved]. See How to mark a topic as [Solved] for a short how-to.
Thanks! 