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[Q] Few questions about flashing custom ROM.

Hi all,
Successfully rooted my Desire today using Unrevoked method.
Since I quite like the Sense UI, I've decided on flashing the "[FroYo Sense] LeeDrOiD V2.3b (17/12 l Official l OC&UV l FAST l STABLE l WWE)" ROM.
My phone software details are as mentioned in the signature.
a. Can I flash Leedroid without upgrading radio, etc?
b. How exactly do I format my SD card in ext3 partition? [Can't find a tutorial/thread to do the same.] --
Also, regarding using gparted in linux, do I directly, say use card reader/connect the phone and format? Since I have a 16GB SD card, I intend to have a 1 GB ext3 partition.
What exactly does "Flash Rom (you may need to toggle signature verifacation)" mean? :-o
and
"# Flash Radio (unless you already have it)"??
I am following the steps/instructions from this link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703
Thanks in advance.

Radio is fine (don't flash any radio until you really know what you are doing), to toggle signature verification go, in recovery, to 'install zip form sd' there is the option to toggle verification.
How to partition your sd cared with gparted is mentioned enough, do some more searching. There are also some videos on youtube on how to do it. If you have the ability to use a cared reader use it.

TheGhost1233 said:
Radio is fine (don't flash any radio until you really know what you are doing), to toggle signature verification go, in recovery, to 'install zip form sd' there is the option to toggle verification.
How to partition your sd cared with gparted is mentioned enough, do some more searching. There are also some videos on youtube on how to do it. If you have the ability to use a cared reader use it.
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Thanks!
So, with the radio version I have, I can still flash LeeDroid ROM, right?

cthdesire said:
Thanks!
So, with the radio version I have, I can still flash LeeDroid ROM, right?
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yes
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Although, it is said that flashing the radios recommended by the dev would be better for battery life, but I guess it is quite open to interpretation.
You could also try using Rom Manager (by ClockworkMod) to partition your SD card through your phone. That's what I did. Less hassle (probably?) than using gparted or installing additional software on your PC.

ROM Manager (from the market) is your friend.....
Will allow you to partition an EXT3 (up to 512mb - Im still trying to figure out how to create a 1GB partition) and then will allow you to flash LeeDroid ROM.
ROM Manager is very simple to use. Just copy the ROM (zip) to a folder on your SD card, use ROM Manager to create your EXT3, do a NANDROID backup (!!!), and then flash the ROM.
Best bet is to backup your apps and data first (use Titanium ?).
LeeDroid ROM is great

wilbur-force said:
ROM Manager (from the market) is your friend.....
Will allow you to partition an EXT3 (up to 512mb - Im still trying to figure out how to create a 1GB partition) and then will allow you to flash LeeDroid ROM.
ROM Manager is very simple to use. Just copy the ROM (zip) to a folder on your SD card, use ROM Manager to create your EXT3, do a NANDROID backup (!!!), and then flash the ROM.
Best bet is to backup your apps and data first (use Titanium ?).
LeeDroid ROM is great
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To easily create your partition up to 1024 MB, you can use an Ubuntu live cd of GParted by either burning it to a cd or boot it from a usb stick: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download.
Or, you use it from within Ubuntu (vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related)
1) Connect your phone to your computer (or use an SD Card adapter...., in this case skip to 4)
2) Pull down the notification bar and mount the phone
3) Start Gparted
4) Gparted will search available drives. (Your phone should show up as a USB drive, and will be something like /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1, etc..)
Warning: double-check you've not selected a hdd by mistake!
5) In the upper right corner, select the correct USB device for your phone. (i.e. check to make sure it is correct size for your SD card)
6) Right click on each partition and select 'unmount'
7) Right click on each partition and select 'delete'
If you know what you are doing, you can re-size the partitions and add a new 2nd partition formatted as ext2/3/4
8) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
9) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = fat32
Free Space Following = 512 (or whatever you want)
10) Click add
11) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
12) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = ext2/3/4 (recommend ext4)
Free Space Following = 0 (or ~32 if you want swap)
Click add
13) Click edit, then 'Apply All Operations' to write changes to disk
14) Quit GParted
15) Unmount your SD Card
16) Reboot your phone
You could also use Amon-Ra custom recovery to do this by flashing it with unrEVOked.

MasDroid said:
To easily create your partition up to 1024 MB, you can use an Ubuntu live cd of GParted by either burning it to a cd or boot it from a usb stick: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download.
Or, you use it from within Ubuntu (vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related)
1) Connect your phone to your computer (or use an SD Card adapter...., in this case skip to 4)
2) Pull down the notification bar and mount the phone
3) Start Gparted
4) Gparted will search available drives. (Your phone should show up as a USB drive, and will be something like /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1, etc..)
Warning: double-check you've not selected a hdd by mistake!
5) In the upper right corner, select the correct USB device for your phone. (i.e. check to make sure it is correct size for your SD card)
6) Right click on each partition and select 'unmount'
7) Right click on each partition and select 'delete'
If you know what you are doing, you can re-size the partitions and add a new 2nd partition formatted as ext2/3/4
8) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
9) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = fat32
Free Space Following = 512 (or whatever you want)
10) Click add
11) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
12) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = ext2/3/4 (recommend ext4)
Free Space Following = 0 (or ~32 if you want swap)
Click add
13) Click edit, then 'Apply All Operations' to write changes to disk
14) Quit GParted
15) Unmount your SD Card
16) Reboot your phone
You could also use Amon-Ra custom recovery to do this by flashing it with unrEVOked.
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cheers
its the Linux bit that scares me I work in IT but have never touched a LINUX OS so im a bit daunted

Hi, if you have win7 use arcronis disc director home, its the easyest way, i did so, and i'm a non it
I have now 1.5gb of ext3, and it works very fine.
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malaivica said:
Hi, if you have win7 use arcronis disc director home, its the easyest way, i did so, and i'm a non it
I have now 1.5gb of ext3, and it works very fine.
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does the demo version allow this ? otherwise it seems to be £35

wilbur-force said:
does the demo version allow this ? otherwise it seems to be £35
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It is very easy to follow the instructions posted above, I even linked a YouTube video for you and gave you a link on how to create the live cd. You should be fine, give it a go
You won't believe how easy it is... its just because you are unfamiliar with the OS platform.
If you are really struggling, then try this method but be careful as you will be connecting via USB to the PC and executing an automated script (batch file). While the batch file i running, do not disconnect the USB cable while in recovery mode:
1. Turn on your phone while holding the volume down button.
2. You will see HBOOT on the screen.
3. Use the volume buttons to move up and down and power button to select the RECOVERY option.
4. You will now see a red triangle on the screen, at this point plug your phone into your PC via your microUSB cable.
5. Wait for 10-15 seconds and then double click on recovery-windows.bat inside the pushfiles_windows.zip folder you unzipped as part of the root process. pushfiles_windows.zip
6. Using the optical trackpad select Partition sdcard > Partition SD
7. Select SWAP=0, EXT2=1024 and allow the rest to be FAT32.
8. Select the SD:ext2 to ext3 option in this menu.
9. Go back to the Recovery Console main menu and select Reboot system now. While rebooting, unplug the Desire from the USB port.
Windows Pushfiles attached below for you.

Thank you all! And MasDroid, thanks for the detailed instructions. I do have Ubuntu on my desktop. Tried formatting on a spare SD card using GParted and seems to be just the perfect thing. I'll do some more reading before flashing the phone. I do have some more doubts. Wanna make sure that I know what am doing.

@ wilbur-force
Dont know, a friend of mine gave my arcronis, think it was the full version. G-parted did not find my cardreader. And the 512mb whit rom manager was not enough space for me. Sorry for my bad english...
Its my 3rd language
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Are the following steps in order and correct (to flash LeeDroid ROM)?
a. Create Nandroid and Titanium backup of the phone.
b. Copy the contents of SD card to a folder onto the PC.
c. Format the SD card with FAT32 and ext3 partition (A2SD+)
d. Copy the LeeDrOiD_V2.3b_A2SD ZIP folder to the SD card (root)
e. Insert the SD card to the phone and boot into recovery
Doubt here: Do I need to 'Wipe Data / Factory Reset' again??
f. Install zip from SD Card.
g. Choose zip from SD Card.
h. Reboot System Now.
Are these steps correct?
Also, after flashing how do I restore the Nandroid/Titanium backup? Do I have to copy the contents (step b) back to the phone and boot into recover and "restore" using Clockwork MOD??
Thanks!

Yes correct order.
Wipe again? In your list I can't find the first factory reset, but yes you should wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache (under advanced) at that point.
After flashing you can restore your apps with titanium, restoring the nandroid (in recovery) will revert your phone back to the state it was of the nandroid so leedroid will be gone. Personally i don't use titanium so can't tell you how to do that, but i sync my apps with appbrain and reinstall them again after flashing.
I do know that is you want to use titanium the backup needs to be copied back to the sd card.

TheGhost1233 said:
Yes correct order.
Wipe again? In your list I can't find the first factory reset, but yes you should wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache (under advanced) at that point.
After flashing you can restore your apps with titanium, restoring the nandroid (in recovery) will revert your phone back to the state it was of the nandroid so leedroid will be gone. Personally i don't use titanium so can't tell you how to do that, but i sync my apps with appbrain and reinstall them again after flashing.
I do know that is you want to use titanium the backup needs to be copied back to the sd card.
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Do I have to do a factory reset from recovery at first?
Also after formatting the SD card with the FAT32 and ext3 partitions, do I copy back the previous contents of the SD card back to the phone along with the LeeDroid ROM?

Not before the nandroid if you meant that, wipe before flashing leedroid. So once you're in recovery to flash the rom, first wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache and then flash leedroid in the same session (without rebooting).
Best is to copy back the contend of the sd card, however if you want to start with a clean cart you can also just copy back the clockworkmod folder and the titanium folder.

TheGhost1233 said:
Not before the nandroid if you meant that, wipe before flashing leedroid. So once you're in recovery to flash the rom, first wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache and then flash leedroid in the same session (without rebooting).
Best is to copy back the contend of the sd card, however if you want to start with a clean cart you can also just copy back the clockworkmod folder and the titanium folder.
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Thanks again mate.
So here's another of my doubt -- say, I copy the LeeDroid ROM to the SD and boot into recovery to flash the ROM and do a factory reset, would this not delete the ROM also from the SD card? My first ROM flashing and hence these doubts :-o
Thanks for your patience.
Can I just copy back the Titanium backup folder after booting into LeeDroid ROM? :-o

Sd card won't be affected by a factory reset nor by flashing.
You can copy the titanium folder whenever you want.

TheGhost1233 said:
Sd card won't be affected by a factory reset nor by flashing.
You can copy the titanium folder whenever you want.
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Thanks again! Can't hit the "Thanks" more than 5 times!
Shall get down to flashing the ROM..
Shall drop by here for any further doubts. You've been a great help!
Cheers!

[Q] HTC Desire bricked?

Hey guys,
I decided to root my HTC desire today but I got a problem. I used this tutorial: http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/20/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-unrevoked-method/
Then I tried to load up this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988570
It said the installation was successful but I am unable to boot up the device now (stuck on the screen where it says 'HTC' in green).
Any help would be appreciated.

First of all try shutting it down and turn it on by holding down vol-down and pressing power while keeping vol-down pressed. This will make your phone enter fastboot. In this menu you use the volume keys and power to chose recovery.
From here you just flash another rom like leedroid(just for now).
And no it's in no way bricked. The reason the rom isn't booting is probably, because you need to make an ext-partition on your sd-card. you can do this from rommanager once you get it to boot again

Yes, I can see the clockwork mod menu.

Dont worry mate, it's not bricked, once you get the hang of it you will be changing ROM's daily =P.... just install another ROM and pay attention to the partitions each ROM require

Did you reformat SD card to have FAT32 + 1GB+ ext3/ext4 partition?
And no its not bricked.. you cannot brick anything just by flashing ROM's its not that easy.
You either flashed CM7 version (you need custom HBOOT and S-OFF for that) or you didnt partitioned SD card.
Just wipe everything and try again.

Look at my reply again edited it, as i didn't read all the way through at first.
edit:
You either flashed CM7 version (you need custom HBOOT and S-OFF for that)
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Not correct the hboot is not required, and the only difference is a larger data-partition, which allows for more user installed apps You are right about the ext-partition though, as this is very likely the problem in this case.

k3lcior said:
Did you reformat SD card to have FAT32 + 1GB+ ext3/ext4 partition?
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No, I didn't. How should I do this?
mortenmhp said:
Look at my reply again edited it, as i didn't read all the way through at first.
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Thanks.

Sumii said:
No, I didn't. How should I do this?
Thanks.
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Backup your data from SD Card. (it will be wiped)
Enter Recovery.
Go Advanced/Partition SD Card.
Choose 1024MB Ext partition size, and 0 for swap. (you dont need that)
Now wipe everything, from the phone (data/factory reset and cache wipe)
Go mounts & storage and mount USB.
Now you can restore your files from PC to SD Card and Flash ROM.
Enjoy.
And if you want RcMixS 2.0, download this: http://rom.robocik.mobi/Desire/RCMixS/v2.0/RCMixS_v2.0_A2SD+_BravoHboot.zip
Do not download CM7 Version. ;-)

k3lcior said:
Backup your data from SD Card. (it will be wiped)
Enter Recovery.
Go Advanced/Partition SD Card.
Choose 1024MB Ext partition size, and 0 for swap. (you dont need that)
Now wipe everything, from the phone (data/factory reset and cache wipe)
Go mounts & storage and mount USB.
Now you can restore your files from PC to SD Card and Flash ROM.
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I don't see the partition SD card option. The only options in the advanced menu are:
- Reboot Recovery
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Wipe Battery Stats
- Report Error
- Key Test
- Restart adbd
- Process dump

Damn you must have some old version, then partition your card just anywhere (im doing it on Ubuntu using gParted)
Just make sure to make 2 partitions:
Primary FAT32 - all available space (-1024MB)
Primary EXT3/4 - 1024MB
Remember Ext partition has to be second partition after FAT32.

k3lcior said:
Damn you must have some old version, then partition your card just anywhere (im doing it on Ubuntu using gParted)
Just make sure to make 2 partitions:
Primary FAT32 - all available space (-1024MB)
Primary EXT3/4 - 1024MB
Remember Ext partition has to be second partition after FAT32.
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Okay thanks a lot. Now I only need to find a way to partition an SD card on a mac.

Download rom manager to make your cwm recovery do it. (cwm does have the tools for it, they are just no present in the interface)
It only allows for 512mb ext though, but usually it's enough.

RCMixS 2.0 requires 1GB+.

can't install CronMod on Bravoc

hi,
well i try install the CronMod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946517
On mi desire CDMA but in boot screen says fasboot in letter red
my htc it's rooted i usually used room CM but i want try something different room,
i follow the steps in the thread, but i don't why the wrong.
i have 4ext Recovery Touch v1.0.05 RC8
my current room : CyanogenMod 7.

htc-desire5 said:
hi,
well i try install the CronMod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946517
On mi desire CDMA but in boot screen says fasboot in letter red
my htc it's rooted i usually used room CM but i want try something different room,
i follow the steps in the thread, but i don't why the wrong.
i have 4ext Recovery Touch v1.0.05 RC8
my current room : CyanogenMod 7.
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You have partitioned your sd-card, haven't you?

Yes, just like says the instructions of thread.

htc-desire5 said:
Yes, just like says the instructions of thread.
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Use 4ext recovery to do partitions. It's easy and creates correct partitions. Make 1gb ext4 partition and rest fat32.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

dvsk69 said:
Use 4ext recovery to do partitions. It's easy and creates correct partitions. Make 1gb ext4 partition and rest fat32.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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Thanks, but my SD is already partitioned.

htc-desire5 said:
Thanks, but my SD is already partitioned.
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Post the exact steps you have done.

Well,
I will put every step I've done
first partitioned my sd as post says
SD Card Partitioning for using INT2EXT
(4EXT Recovery will ask in this order)
- size you want for apps - Ext 2/3/4 (100mb internal is needed for every 500mb ext)
-Skip
-256MB - Swap (recommended)
-Fat32 rest of my SD card
- - - - - -
I have SD of 8gb,
I try with 1gb and 2Gb for EXT
0 for swap
and the rest for anything
After.
Download this room
CDMA
CronMod 2.1.0 HotFix 1 for Bravoc
from this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946517
put this archive into mi sd,
after i turn on mi device on recovery mode
and began with the step of the post
Install
(Instructions based on ClockWorkMod recovery touch)
-Download Appropriate Rom Below
-Place on root of your sdcard
-Reboot Recovery
-Select "wipe data/factory reset"
-Select "mounts and storage" category
-Select "format /boot"
-Select "format /system"
-Return to main page
-Select "advanced" Category
-Select "wipe dalvik cache"
-Select "wipe battery stats"
-Return to main page
-Select "install zip from sdcard"
-Select "choose zip from sdcard"
-Select "CronMod-3.x.x-x-rc_signed.zip"
-Answer when promted
-Reboot
-Enjoy
(If you are using 4EXT recovery and become froze after answering questions just wait a minute and the remove battery then reboot it will work fine "this only happens with older 4EXT recovery")
All steps correct end, well the device don't show me any error when install some thing only when start not turn on only blink the buttons like is turned on but the display is black.
I hope don't forget any step.
I

htc-desire5 said:
Download this room
CDMA
CronMod 2.1.0 HotFix 1 for Bravoc
from this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946517
put this archive into mi sd,
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You do know that that package is a fix, not the rom itself. It has 4mb.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
You do know that that package is a fix, not the rom itself. It has 4mb.
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Yes, sorry, error of copy paste, :laugh:
i used the first link of list
CDMA
CronMod 2.1.0 for Bravoc
120.76 MB its the file size

htc-desire5 said:
Yes, sorry, error of copy paste, :laugh:
i used the first link of list
CDMA
CronMod 2.1.0 for Bravoc
120.76 MB its the file size
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Try using another sd-card, or don't use one at all.

Apparently it was the sd of the problem,
first change of sd and gave 4EXT format and still did not work,
so is it best format gave Linux, first i create the fat32 partition after the 4EXT and end the swap,
now can install the CronMod,
Thanks
Well at the end question,
which is the recommended cpu level or better??

[Q] Rom Galaxy W no space left on sd card

Hi everyone ,
i cannot install this ROM on my galaxy w recovery mode
because of this message " E:short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (no space left on device) "
i cannot use Odin because kies doesn't see the phone.
the ROM installed is CyanogenMod 10.2 - Alpha 4 - 20131123 (4.3.1)

elabaseey said:
Hi everyone ,
i cannot install this ROM on my galaxy w recovery mode
because of this message " E:short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (no space left on device) "
i cannot use Odin because kies doesn't see the phone.
the ROM installed is CyanogenMod 10.2 - Alpha 4 - 20131123 (4.3.1)
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Do a full wife before you install new ROM.
For installation, first, make sure you got your ROM and the correct Gapps on your External SD Card.
After that, enter CWM and:
select "wipe data / factory reset"
go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
under the same menu, format /sdcard (be careful NOT to format /external_sd by mistake)
install ROM (from the external sd)
install Gapps (from the external sd)
reboot your phone
Please, note that every step of this tutorial is mandatory! Credit to Arsradu

select "wipe data / factory reset" i did that but i this line
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1." go to "mounts & storage" and format /system."
2. under the same menu, format /sdcard not there.

i installed CMW
it works i don't know what to say thank you
:good::good::good::good:

elabaseey said:
i installed CMW
it works i don't know what to say thank you
:good::good::good::good:
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NP bro, glad it worked

No space left
Hi
I have a Galaxy i9000 with Gingerbread XWJVI
I have CWM recovery 2.5.1.2
ROM Manager 5.5.3.7 (if I select "New start with recovery" it end with ...verification failed...)
If I restart in Manual mode (loud+start+menu)
then problem with...no space left on device.... message after wiping cache, data/factory reset and trying to "apply update from sdcard"
Sorry but I do not know where to find this:
...go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
....under the same menu, format /sdcard (be careful NOT to format /external_sd by mistake)
I suppose mnt/sdcard but I do not see any /system and what do you mean with format ?
What am I doing wrong ?
thanks

dec0der said:
Do a full wife before you install new ROM.
For installation, first, make sure you got your ROM and the correct Gapps on your External SD Card.
After that, enter CWM and:
select "wipe data / factory reset"
go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
under the same menu, format /sdcard (be careful NOT to format /external_sd by mistake)
install ROM (from the external sd)
install Gapps (from the external sd)
reboot your phone
Please, note that every step of this tutorial is mandatory! Credit to Arsradu
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Thank you so much. Solved my space problem with CM 11! :good::good::good:

[Q] "NO System"

Hi all!,
So, I am trying to downgrade my phone from the unofficial CM12 to the stable CM11 from Sultanxda. I installed the official TWRP over top of Sultan's twrp - all seemed to work well.
Now, I went to do a factory reset to install CM11, and all madness broke out. I now have a phone that can boot into TWRP but has "no system", and my Ubuntu PC sees it as "unformatted". What do I do next?
-David

daviqh said:
Hi all!,
So, I am trying to downgrade my phone from the unofficial CM12 to the stable CM11 from Sultanxda. I installed the official TWRP over top of Sultan's twrp - all seemed to work well.
Now, I went to do a factory reset to install CM11, and all madness broke out. I now have a phone that can boot into TWRP but has "no system", and my Ubuntu PC sees it as "unformatted". What do I do next?
-David
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59093149&postcount=611
you need to reformat your internal sd and it sounds like your system partition.
In TWRP, go to Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> check Internal Storage -> press on "Repair or Change File System" -> press on "Change File System" -> press on "EXT4", and then swipe to start formatting the internal SD card. This can take up to a minute. IF EXT4 doesn't work when you flash a new rom (you get errors) you may need to format it as FAT.
use the same process for the System partition, it is EXT4.
Be sure you have everything you need on the EXT sd card because when you format system and the internal SD you will loose everything, and you need to be able to flash a rom etc from the ext sd...

OldeCrow said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59093149&postcount=611
you need to reformat your internal sd and it sounds like your system partition.
In TWRP, go to Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> check Internal Storage -> press on "Repair or Change File System" -> press on "Change File System" -> press on "EXT4", and then swipe to start formatting the internal SD card. This can take up to a minute. IF EXT4 doesn't work when you flash a new rom (you get errors) you may need to format it as FAT.
use the same process for the System partition, it is EXT4.
Be sure you have everything you need on the EXT sd card because when you format system and the internal SD you will loose everything, and you need to be able to flash a rom etc from the ext sd...
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OldeCrow,
Here's what I ended up finding out. I did that full wipe, and it still didn't work, even after a few reboots in disbelief. So- I downgraded my TWRP to an few versions back and suddenly, everything worked. Not sure what it means, but I got it fixed!
-David