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Help SM-G900T Stock Update Through Kies 3 Problem

johnny_reb

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I have a non-branded, stock firmware Galaxy s5 - I wanted to update it to Lollipop - and downloaded Kies 3.. Followed the directions... And my phone is bricked..

It downloaded the update, and said that the device would restart, and that I would have to disconnect and reconnect the USB..

Problem is, that the phone only boots as far as the Galaxy S5 screen and says "Recovery Booting...." in the upper left hand screen.

I have tried rebooting, tried to reboot into safe - (holding home+power+volume +/-) and all it does is boot directly to the same screen mentioned above.

Kies does not even act like the phone is connected to it anymore, and leaving the battery out for 5+ minutes has yielded no results other than mentioned above.

Any thoughts?
 
I have a non-branded, stock firmware Galaxy s5 - I wanted to update it to Lollipop - and downloaded Kies 3.. Followed the directions... And my phone is bricked..

It downloaded the update, and said that the device would restart, and that I would have to disconnect and reconnect the USB..

Problem is, that the phone only boots as far as the Galaxy S5 screen and says "Recovery Booting...." in the upper left hand screen.

I have tried rebooting, tried to reboot into safe - (holding home+power+volume +/-) and all it does is boot directly to the same screen mentioned above.

Kies does not even act like the phone is connected to it anymore, and leaving the battery out for 5+ minutes has yielded no results other than mentioned above.

Any thoughts?

Hello and welcome to Android Forums johnny_reb :)

Sorry to learn you are having problems. Can you boot into Download Mode, (see video below)? If so, you can download the stock Samsung firmware for your model of phone, see below, and flash it using Odin and by carefully and thoroughly following the instructions and video in #1.11 of 42 Galaxy S5 models - Dummies Guide


Model SM-G900T
Model name GALAXY S5
Country USA (T-Mobile)
Version Android 5.1.1
Changelist 5406928
Build date Mon, 14 Dec 2015 03:46:09 +0000
Product code TMB
PDA G900TUVS1FOL1
CSC G900TTMB1FOL1
 
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