Just wondering what the voodoo does in a nutshell. Is it a kernel replacement that allow the OS to write everything in ext4, totally replacing HFS on disk? Or, is it a kernel that allows for the native writing of a ext4 data partition only?
Does it require the flashing of a stock ROM from scratch? Or, can you use it to simply flash your existing stock kernel?
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Hi,I installed topogigi's rom because it had webtop and everything seemed fine,and THEN I read this
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you can simply use ext4 conversion directly from recovery(THE CWM ONE!) just go in advanced and upgrade to ext4 system;data;cache...
DON'T UPGRADE OSH TO EXT4(WEBTOP PARTITION) CAUSE IT WILL CAUSE THE OSH NOT TO BE MOUNTED (AKA DELETED!)...
I THINK THERE IS A BUG IN RECOVERY EXT4 SCRIPT CAUSE OSH SHOULD WORK EVEN WHEN EXT4"
But...of course I had already converted the file system even the osh...
What to do now people?
I don't have a clue,do I need to reflash something ,to convert the ext4 osh into something else? How?
I'm pretty lost ....
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Easiest is to reinstall the osh partition (I assume you likely have no files you really care about on it).
Find a webtop.zip for the ATT rom that top's stuff is based on (I assume it is a 2.3.6).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
Once you have that on your phone, just go to recovery and reformat the OSH partition (to put it back as EXT3) and install the zip.
If you really want to keep the webtop you have, it can be done but it more difficult and likely not worth the effort .
EDIT: If you are not certain if it is broken, take a look to see /osh has anything in it. If it is empty, it is broken (not being mounted). If you see a standard looking unix tree, it is fine. It actually can be mounted as an EXT4, but that would take some playing around with system files (see how "webtop to sdcard" gets around the mount problem).
Why is it not possible to RUN stock ROMS on EXT4 system file??
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Since we have .50GB ROM
why cant v repartition it and increase out internal storage??
is it poss??
You can run stock rom on ext4 system partition - you just need to use a kernel that can support ext4 system partition - stock kernel cannot
Hi,
I've been seeing all the new F2FS ROMs and Kernel's being developed for the N7. I'm very interested in trying it out, but I'm also getting very confused. I know what it is in principle, "a different file system created to be more optimized to the characteristics of NAND memory in flash devices." (as explained in the XDA article) - but what's the difference between 'F2FS' and All-F2FS'; which partitions does each modify? is there a performance difference between them? which ROMs/Kernel's can be used on each? etc?
Thanks!
F2FS means only the /data partition is formatted with the filesystem, while All-F2FS means all of the partitions are.
AFAIK, for F2FS one only needs a compatible kernel (and recovery) and can use any rom.
For All-F2FS one need a compatible kernel, recovery and rom.
(I'm not using f2fs myself, so someone with more experience can correct me if I'm wrong.)
Thanks Erovia, that helps
Now the question remains, is there much/any performance difference between F2FS and All-F2FS..?
I'm sure there is, but since the most used partition (in I/O perspective) the ext4->f2fs/all-f2fs gain is bigger than the f2fs->all-f2fs gain.
Im using stock rom and hell fusion kernel, i made an ext4 swap partition but when i try to use swapper2 to use that swap partition, it say function not implemented. Is there any rom/kernel support ext4 and swap partition? since i also used gyperion 9 and it's not working too
pipyakas said:
Im using stock rom and hell fusion kernel, i made an ext4 swap partition but when i try to use swapper2 to use that swap partition, it say function not implemented. Is there any rom/kernel support ext4 and swap partition? since i also used gyperion 9 and it's not working too
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I think Merruk's Kernel supports swap partition.
Give it a try.
Is it possible to make a full f2fs converted Rom for the A500? I know that we need a special Kernel and a supported recovery. what must be change inside the kernel for f2fs?
Any Ideas?
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Yes its possible and thors roms had this but dropped out as file system overhead was too large and there was not enough space on ssytem partition for gapps.
If we had smaller gapps, it should work?
pointless to have system f2fs... since its read only...theres little gain....
f2fs on data is much more effective since its actively used for read/write...