maybe but i think it unusual to read and then flash with the same image. and it dont really brick because you can always reflash with official (irish form of "fischl"? lol) which is more or less functional. i suspect a fuse gets accidentally changed which is actually the main cause of bricking.
Paul__B:
you might care to provide the link to the fischl.de source (or any better one) and link-ify your eBay references.
used to be many years ago on the old forum just posting a link was clickable. now they look like inline text. id greatly appreciate if anybody can tell me how to properly "link-ify".