[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NinjR:
Please read the whole thread!

I know there have been some posts on this already, but I feel like there isn't a solution, and I just want a straight answer as to what I need to do, because I have no idea!:(

Hiya guys, sorry about this but I'm seriously new to xda and flashing roms etc.

Back a while ago I decided to root using superuser, I then tried to flash a cm7, and to this day I still don't know what is compatible with what..

Unfortunately for the next few days I don't have access to a pc cable, because one never came with my S5830.

Another quick question, what other recovery mods/roms can I get to use, because I have read some posts that say there are bugs with CWM, and haven't been able to find any others (because I just don't know what to search for apart from recovery roms, and that just gives me OS roms)

I then flashed CWM6.xxxxx to my phone and it seems to be working, I have 2 or 3 SD cards, and every one of them I put in it says:

"E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/ (Can't read, goes off screen)

"E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/ (Can't read, goes off screen)

"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/ (Can't read, goes off screen)

"E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/ (Can't read, goes off screen)

"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/ (Can't read, goes off screen)

When I go to "mounts and storage" on CWM v6, and try to mount any of the /cache,/data,/sdcard,/system,/sd-ext, they all give me the same thing:

"Error mounting /xxxxxx!"

Do I have corrupted SD cards?

I've tried flashing CM9, and it seemed to have worked, got caught in a bootloop, which I then redownloaded and reflashed, then it booted up but:

At startup, I was told the encryption was unsuccessful, and the "Reset Phone" button to fix this, doesn't work at all.

I keep think this is a problem with my SD cards.

I've tried partitioning my SD card to fix this problem, using FAT32 and Ext2 roughly half and half. (I don't know what either of these are but I just tried it anyways)

Do I have to have a specific version of CWM and CM in order to make my Ace work again?

I will be able to get a cable in the next few days, then I will use Odin to try and fix it, but here is the important part:

I don't actually remember what specific version of gingerbread my stock rom was, because I just jumped into flashing, didn't think about anything, yes I know. Stupid move.

I've tried flashing a few different CM version, all of them I wiped data/factory reset AND wiped cache partition AND wiped dalvik.

By the way, when I wipe the dalvik it literally just blips and does nothing, don't know whether that means something?

I have a 4GB SD card and a 2GB sd card, my 4GB is partitioned 3:1. They are both a standard version, I've looked around and have been told to get a "version 6" SD card. No idea why, probably something to do with transfer rate?

I have literally spent about 12 hours searching and flashing/reflashing/wiping, not finding anything really useful as to why this is happening..

I was thinking I need to flash to stock (whichever stock it is!!!:'(, and then start from square one). Another question is, does it matter which version of gingerbread I flash stock to? That's if it decides to actually work.

I really need help guys, could someone please tell me which version of CWM and CM to use, and how to flash through SD card for the moment, as I haven't got a cable yet.

I have looked at threads telling me I should wipe everything FIRST, and I have also seen ones that tell me to wipe AFTER I've installed the ROM. What's the difference?:/

All in all, I'm not very clued up when it comes to this, and I don't know whether this is soft bricked or hard bricked, but I can still access the recovery mode, ramdump mode (whatever that is) and download mode.

If anyone could help me it'd be a godsend.