[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hedgehog90:
What I have just done was very stupid and careless, I know, so please don't remind me...

I'm pretty sure I've fully bricked the phone.

Okay, so this is what happened.

Yesterday I got a new Galaxy Ace Plus.

Last night I successfully rooted my Galaxy Ace Plus and installed CWM on it.

No troubles yet.

This morning I set my task to remove the virgin mobile branding and apps permanently. I figured that installing official Android 2.3.6 firmware would be like a fresh install, like when you reinstall an operating system on a desktop computer.

I used this guide: http://www.androidauthority.com/gala...irmware-74471/

Ok, so I wasn't (and still am not) aware of the significance of the PDA code. But anyway, I saw s7500 and Android 2.3.6 and went ahead.

With some confidence, I flashed the PDA to the phone with Odin.

At about 85% it said it failed.

So now begun a set of actions that would ultimately destroy my phone (I think...)

I found another 2.3.6 firmware from sammobile.com (S7500XXLC3_S7500VIRLC2_VIR), downloaded it, tried flashing it. Again, failed.

I realised I had 2 kies processes running in the background. I ended them

Tried flashing again. This time it worked.

I was relieved... But then I realised that superuser was gone from my apps, however all my old apps were still there. I was confused.

I took this to mean that my phone was now de-rooted (again, still not sure if I was right or not)

I tried recovery mode when it was off and I couldn't get to it...

I then did the cwm and rooting process again...

I used Odin and installed CWM again.

Then, I successfully got into CWM recovery mode.

I used the RootMe.zip with a bat file to root the phone again.

I then pressed reboot now.

But then it reboots in recovery mode again. It was permanently stuck in boot mode.

I then spent ages looking around online, sort of frantically trying anything I found.

Every guide though, suggest you remove your sd card to put the required files on it. I can't do this. the only micro sd card reader I own is the phone.

I then found you could use the ADB push function to add files to the sd card while it was in recovery mode.

I followed the instructions from this thread: http://www.transformerforums.com/for...0-windows.html

This is where I did the stupid thing....

So, I follow the instructions to put exitrecovery.zip (from another CWM recovery thread) on the sdcard. I run the zip from CWM recovery.

I reboot.

Still boots in CWM recovery...

So then, I fail to notice that I am in fact reading instructions for an ASUS transformer and follow steps 1 to 10 in the aforementioned thread like an idiot.

I install the zip provided fro the wrong phone, and then I even more stupidly on the command line execute:

Adb shell

echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0

exit

And then, I rebooted the phone.

And it never turned on again.

It is completely unresponsive.

The phone is literally not even a day old and it's fully bricked.

Well, I assume as much. I've tried recovery mode, download mode, and just plain turning on. Nothing.

I guess the next question should be, what do I do with my 1 day old brick?

Is there a chance that I can return it and get a replacement?

I'm very upset right now, so I remind you, please don't tell me how much of an idiot I am.