[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arikx:
Hello. I am currently in hold of a soft-bricked Galaxy S Plus smartphone, and i've been encountering several problems during my 'Rom' expedition. I'm not quite sure if there is any thread out there that presents a similar issue such as mine, and if it is, i couldn't find it, therefore i apologize in advance for any misunderstanding. My smartphone currently won't boot and gets stuck on the Samsung Logo - Along the way i have managed to make the recovery mode work, somewhat, and the download mode works flawlessly.

It all started when i first acquired my Galaxy S plus and stumbled upon an article on how i could simply upgrade my android version to Android 4.0.4 ICS via CyanogenMod 9, aka Ice Cream Sandwich and to be honest, it startled me and i was eager to try it out. After spending a couple of hours into informing myself on this procedure, because yes, i was pretty scared to even consider it. Clockworkmod gave me several headaches during the way, and so did Odin, before i got used to it, but in the end i made a Nadroid backup and i successfully installed the rom and could gladly enjoy my new Ice Cream Sandwich. However, the rom had it's issues(Other than that, it worked amazingly), and some people pointed them out( I'm not the brightest man when it comes to phone performance ), so i decided to look further into it. I found the xda forums, and browsed them for a couple of hours, in search for the perfect rom and decided to try out the CM10. I thought it would be a piece of cake, since the last installation went briefly, but i was oh-so-wrong.

I backed up my Sms, contact history and such, and simply turned on the recovery mode, with the intention of wiping the data and cache -- And boom! Clockworkmod froze and the phone shut down, just for me to realise that it was now impossible to go past the logo. I panicked and spent most of my time into searching for a solution, but there were couple of things which i simply couldn't do! First, the clockworkmod (I used CWM 5 when installing the first rom) wouldn't allow me to wipe the data and cache; Second, odin would simply get stuck when trying to install a stock rom (I tried a couple of gingerbread roms before that); I even let the PC open the whole night, just to let odin do it's work, but it still couldn't work. A stock rom that /worked/, though, was the I9001BUKP2 / CNXKP1 - Romania(Vodafone) Android 2.3.5 which i came across on another forum post. After installing the gingerbread rom, i booted into the recovery mode(original one) and tried wiping the data - But it would only freeze and shut down.

- I must add, that the clockworkmod gives me errors on mount cache (Command) and whenever i try to restore my original firmware(backup) it would just freeze on the data restore. (I had issues with several other roms when using Odin multidownloader, since they simply wouldn't get past the "System.img.ext4")

I honestly don't know if i missed out on anything, and/or if i missed out on any thread that could simply smack the answer right in my face, but once again, i'm sorry. If anyone could provide help to my issues, i would be grateful - Thank you very much !

edit: I have just now tried to install a firmware[ I9001 XEN I9001XXKF8 ], and after odin did it's job, and the SGS+ booted into recovery mode to finish the installation, i have noticed something very interesting - It gets stuck at "Formating /data..." - I can only assume this is perhaps a primary issue.