Everything about F2FS for our device (Recoveries, patches, info,...)
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Is it possible to make tool like this : http://xdaforums.com/nexus-7/development/tool-grouper-ext4-to-f2fs-rom-converter-t2801653 for our device?
u wot m8, F2FS for my phone from the past! well, unbelievable, @laufersteppenwolf , I hope that Your next phone will be the LG G2 
Once again. Any benefits in f2fs system. It's not that i'm to lazy to try but really don't have time at the moment. At least for few weeks. I read soooooo much and there is sooo many good and bad things. But mostly benchmarks. I want to hear from first hand how is it in real life, daily usage. Probably i never use f2fs on /system but only on /data and /cache. So if anybody use this combo, i would like to hear his experience. Thanks
As far as I know, @EB20XY already did give it a try. If I remember right, he didn't notice any remarkable differences.
I decided to give a try to f2fs, but i see 2 posts were twrp causes some problems, so does anybody tried cwm, since @laufersteppenwolf said that there are some issues. Thanks
So. It's seems to me that you tried f2fs. And what is your opinion? At the end i didn't have time time to experiment so i'm still on ext4 for now. Maybe next week i'll have time to try it.
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Well as far i can tell,there is not a big difference in the terms of visible speed,you might get some bigger I/O scores in benchmarks ,but not much noticable stuff tho,now im back to EXT4 until everything is stable and the file system is widely supported by ROMS.
OK,thanks. I'll do the same. Let everything stabilize a bit, then i'll try it.
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Can someone please provide me with a link to a twrp version which is compiled to support f2fs?
The link in OP isn't working.
The link in OP isn't working.
Hm, after changing any partition to f2fs it says it was successful, but the filesystem is still shown as ext4 (even immediately in recovery)...
Btw - cwm showed a lot of errors, but twrp flashing worked.
Any ideas?
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23Alright guys, as most of you most likely already noticed, we are preparing our device to run completely on F2FS. This task, however, needs some information and tools, which I will try to provide in this thread. It is WIP, so don't expect too much yet
First of all, we need a F2FS capable recovery. I have compiled both, CWM and TWRP, but CWM seems to have some issues, so please use TWRP for now
The only ROM running on F2FS for now is our unofficial CM11, but I will update the following list as soon as I get to know about another ROM
- Unofficial CM11
To install a F2FS ROM coming from an ext4 filesystem (default), you have to do the following steps:
0) make backups (including titanium backup)
1) flash the F2FS TWRP recovery image
2) manually format /system /data and /cache to F2FS (WARNING: internal sdcard will be wiped as well)
3) flash the F2FS ROM
4) flash GAPPS
5) boot
Regarding custom kernels, if you don't use the default kernel, please don't make bug reports. If we know that the ROM and kernel are working properly, then we can go on. But for now, if you run into problems using a custom kernel, please keep it to yourself.
I assume you will want to restore your data after formatting to F2FS, but keep in mind that if you restore your /data partition via recovery, the old filesystem will be restored as well (ext4). This means, you cannot restore your old backup via recovery. However, if you have a Titanium Backup backup, you sure can restore this.
ROM devs
In order to compile a flashable zip, the updater-script has to be altered. But don't worry, you don't have to do this manually I edited the script creating the updater-script and made a patch, which can be found in the 2nd post
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F2FS related tools/info/..., Tool/Utility for the LG Optimus 4X HD
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laufersteppenwolf
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Status: Stable
Created 2014-06-29
Last Updated 2014-06-307Reserved
Updater-script patch:
The patch in the attachment patches the updater-script (generator) to be compatible with F2FS partitions (proper mounting and formatting).
Save it inside the build dir, then open a shell and cd to the correct path. Now run "git apply <patchname>.patch" and you're good to go
Example:
Code:cd /path/to/ROM_sources/CM11/build git apply F2FS_updater-script.patch cd ..6
Nice to hear, that you like my work. Well the thing is, i'll get a new PC for christmas and i'll surely try to help you, cause i have more time lately, but keep in mind this isnt my main device anymore and i dont really have any benfit from building roms for it, but i'll surley will give it a try. The other thing is, i'm not sure wether i can test anything, cause my device doesnt seem to work anymore, but for that, i'll upload my stuff and you guys could try out.
Stay focused and wait to hear from me.
@oF2pks If you have any further question, pls hit me up via PM!
