I9195 Boot Loop (hard brick?)

Hi everyone.

My wifes i9195 went dead recently, fully stock, latest stock rom, unrooted, a bit over 2 years old.


It worked normally and then just died, wouldnt turn on or charge. I left it on the charger for a while and then I managed to turn it on, but it was stuck in a bootloop.


I googled high and low for a solution, but couldnt manage to find one.


I tried to flash stock firmware via odin several times, including the pit file, but nothing worked. Odin says that everything was flashed ok, but when I try to turn it on I still get the bootloop.


I can enter recovery, but when I try to do a factory reset I get the following message:

--Wiping Data...
Formatting / data...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
Formatting /cache..
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
Data wipe complete.


SOmehwere I read that I should flash twrp and format it to fat and then to ext4, but I cant seem to flash twrp. I used this guide http://ift.tt/1Om87iY and again Odin says it flashed OK, but when I try to enter recovery I again get the stock recovery (KOT49H.I9195XXUCOC1).


Is the phone hard bricked, anything I can do to it?


Thanks for your help.

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