OMG...
Duuudde, that worked for me..my GEAR1 was also bricked. I downloaded the recovery file from here (googled it) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_NSky2D0PQ6Yk9ScUFoSEw4dHM/view , then flashed it through Odin and it came back to life...UFFF!!!
Thanks man!