[Q] Fixing soft-bricked Samsung Galaxy Ace - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello
Quite a while ago I decided to try modding my old Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830). I got it rooted alright, but when installing a mod something went wrong. If I start the phone normally, it get's stuck at the "Galaxy Ace"-screen, meaning it gets past first "Samsung"-screen. However, after that it just hangs in there. This happened a while ago, but I think the mod I was trying to install was ClockWork mod.
Today I decided to try and resurrect my phone. I followed the instructions here: unbrick.itcse.com/unbrick-soft-bricked-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830/ (can't use links as new user, sorry) and managed to flash it with default firmware. However, now when I try to boot the phone, it goes automatically after "Galaxy Ace"-screen to system recovery mode and gives following error:
Can't access to 'system/csc
d/system'.
(I don't know or how, but it seems to have two empty rows in the message).
If I try to factory reset or wipe cache partition, I get following error:
E: format_volum: rfs format failed on /dev/stl14
(I remember seeing this error before flashing firmware and after the initial try at modding)
I can still access the download mode. What should I do?

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Try to get into download mode, and reflash rom with ODIN.
Go to sammobile.com to download firmware for you device.
Give feedback.
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