[Q] Bricked Phone, any ideas?

ToeJullar

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Accidentally bricked my phone. Changed file called secsettings.apk to secsettings.apk.bak and completely ****ed it up. I can't mount it using my recovery, and when I can somehow manage to get it to connect to my PC, it cant install drivers for some reason. Only way I can really get files onto my phone is via Odin3 and Download Mode. I've tried Converting the rom i was running on into a .tar file and had no luck. Also tried .gz, no luck. I have no idea what to do. I'm kinda screwed for now. Whenever I try sending the rom file across on Odin, I get

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Should I test my luck and take it back to Best Buy? I doubt its under warranty after I rooted and everything.

Also, It has something to do with MTP being corrupted I think. I have tried my phone across multiple computers, running linux, windows, etc. and all have had issues with MTP connection. Not sure if that does anything.
 
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miked63017

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Accidentally bricked my phone. Changed file called secsettings.apk to secsettings.apk.bak and completely ****ed it up. I can't mount it using my recovery, and when I can somehow manage to get it to connect to my PC, it cant install drivers for some reason. Only way I can really get files onto my phone is via Odin3 and Download Mode. I've tried Converting the rom i was running on into a .tar file and had no luck. Also tried .gz, no luck. I have no idea what to do. I'm kinda screwed for now. Whenever I try sending the rom file across on Odin, I get

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Should I test my luck and take it back to Best Buy? I doubt its under warranty after I rooted and everything.

Also, It has something to do with MTP being corrupted I think. I have tried my phone across multiple computers, running linux, windows, etc. and all have had issues with MTP connection. Not sure if that does anything.
Did you try using this to Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2737112 ?
 
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