[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsanotaku:
[MENTION=6462859]macsbig[/MENTION], How come you are ended up with outdated ( 2012 ) s5830i in the first place ? Any particular problems with your s5839i original firmware ( do you know your original CSC/PDA/MODEM parts ) ? Are you absolutely sure this is not re-branded version ( "About Device" info of the original phone would be nice to see though ) Did you take any Nandroid back up of all of the original partitions of your s5839i through temporary CWM zip file ( files will be stored inside your Clockworkmod directory inside the root of the SD card )

Do you still have access to Recovery stock e3 console and Download mode ?

Another important subject in need of clarification are ".pit" files ( partition table info ) and Re-partition option. Playing around with wrong .pit file such as totoro and incorrect usage of Re-partition will lead into hard bricking of your device .

Since you already did modify partition table couple of time partially without success , I would suggest the following process :

1. Download one of the newest non wipe xxx.tar.md5 s5830i firmware from here < It is free, but registration is required > Probably 2013 xxMD1 is the right one for our experiment.

2. Make your wipe flash able zip package through splitfus2 tutorial provided here, my comment @ post 9 or simply you may use European/Russian pre-made package from here , your choice though ( I would advise the first method , but the latter also will work ) .

3.Get the following files:

3.1 - Odin3.v3.07.Cooperve.exe from either places would be fine : 1 , or any sticky post in general/development section will do ( correct cooperVe .pit file will be resided inside the package )

3.2- Get the Temp-CWM 5.0.2.6 or 5.0.2.8 zip file from here or here < put the zip file inside the root of your SD card for flashing later >

3.3- Boot loader <DefaultCalDataWithBoot_S5830iXXLB1_REV00.tar.rar from post#27 , my attachment .

3.4 - SLIM_CM7.2_Cooperve #4 Rom < put it inside the root of SD card >

3.5- This kernel is also goes into Root of SD card for later usage .

3.6- EXT4 Formatter Tool , into the root of SD card again.

4- Now , if you don't have proper drivers installed inside your Windows PC , you can get then form here .

Ok, assuming you have at least access to Download mode , provided the combo keys work (pressing Vol(+) + Vol(-) + Power Keys) Go there according to manual :

-Power off your Phone.

-Get into "Download mode" by pressing Vol(+) + Vol(-) + Power Keys.

-press volume up

-Open Odin3.v3.07.Cooperve.exe

-Connect your phone to PC via USB cable.

-Make sure that your phone is detected in "ID:COM" area.

- Put your wipe PDA/CSC/MODEM/ boot loader/pit files into their proper places , Re-partition is ticked , Factory reset and reboot selected by default >> push the START !

- DO NOT disconnected nor disturb the flashing Nand process , until the process being terminated . Now you must be out of boot loop .

For completing our partition conversion and also put some cm7.2 custom Rom into the test at the same time , do the following :

- Boot into stock e3 recovery >> wipe data and flash your Temp CWM

- CWM > wipe data > wipe cache > wipe Dalvik cache

- Flash the EXT4 Formatter tool, so whole system will be converted to EXT4. (Stock filesystem is RFS).

- Flash kernel_CM7_v4.0_cooperVe .

- When the Kernel is installed, go to the advanced menu --> "reboot recovery" (this will reboot the device, thus you will be directed into your new CWM built-in, which is implanted inside Kernel ).

- Wipe data, cache and Dalvik

- Go to "mounts and storage", and make sure /system partition is mounted (will show -unmounted ; it is like ON/OFF switch)

- Main menu > "Install zip from SD Card" > choose "zip from SD card" and install the ROM, you have already got inside your SD <SLIM_CM7.2_Cooperve #4>

- Reboot

waiting for some good news ............