First of all sorry for the probably "very" noob question (if it is), okay to be on topic:
Recently I was curious about f2fs format and I heard it is better than ext4.
I did a little bit of research but I'm not really satisfied.
I heard only CM roms support f2fs on Galaxy S4 I-9505, for kernel it's not my concern because there are kernel that supports that format.
My questions are these:
-Is it true touchwiz rom are not supported? If so, why it can't. If not, what tw rom is/are supproted?
-Can I really benefit for f2fs format, or better is it really worth to try?
I hope I can be satisfied after being answered so if possible I prefer a very exhaustive answer.
Thank you very much.
P.s. Please don't kill me and be gentle if possible.
From my understanding, F2FS has to be supported by the kernel.
F2FS was also developed by Samsung, as far as I know, so I don't know why their ROMs/kernels would not support it.
F2FS is supposed to improve write speeds. So only writable partitions (data, cache, internal).would benefit from it. The system partition is read only and would not benefit by being converted to F2FS.
The improvements are barely noticeable.
You'll get a better general performance improvement by switching to a custom ROM than switching to F2FS.
GDReaper said:
From my understanding, F2FS has to be supported by the kernel.
F2FS was also developed by Samsung, as far as I know, so I don't know why their ROMs/kernels would not support it.
F2FS is supposed to improve write speeds. So only writable partitions (data, cache, internal).would benefit from it. The system partition is read only and would not benefit by being converted to F2FS.
The improvements are barely noticeable.
You'll get a better general performance improvement by switching to a custom ROM than switching to F2FS.
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First of all thank you for answering.
I actually find kernels that support f2fs so it's not a real problem after all.
I'm still wondering if custom roms actually support it but probably I should ask the rom developer, this is my real concern because I heard touchwiz rom doesn't support f2fs format and maybe having only a supported kernel isn't enough to have it working correctly.
So if I want to convert my phone in f2fs, I should only format data, cache and internal, I understand it so again thanks.
I really want to try converting for my curiousity but I don't know if I should give it a shot.
I had a few problems with F2FS in the past. Problems like data loss, like a complete factory reset of the phone during a reboot.
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I'm looking for any rom that is F2FS compatible, doesn't matter if it is AOSP, some derivative or TouchWiz one. Anything will do.
Some kernels are tagged f2fs compatible but to date I have not been able to boot a system standing on f2fs.
I've decided to try out 5.0 on my N10, and previous to this I was running f2fs with 4.4.4 and saw a huge improvement in performance. So my question is, for those who may have tried this, is it worth it do go with f2fs while running Lollipop, or will Lollipop alone provide such a performance enhancement that f2fs will be unnecessary?
Absolutely worth it.
Are you guys staying on stock 5.x? I know I would have to use kernel that supports F2FS. Which one do you prefer? Thanks
I changed my s4 i9505 over to f2fs to flash lollipop, but I have no idea why f2fs differs, or what the benefits are. Is it supposed to be faster?
I'm using Antaresone's unofficial cm12, and its lightning fast, and I've not unearthed any bugs, and a couple of bugs that have been mentioned don't exist on my install, so I'm a happy guy. Loving lollipop, definitely the best version of android that I've ever used, and I've flashed a huge amount of ROMs on different Samsung Galaxy series phones. Android definitely heading in the right direction I think.
But yeah, f2fs... Anyone know anything about it?
For anyone interested, or wondering whether to change over or not, I found this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697069
Can someone tell me what roms (other than cm 12.1 optimised) for i9505 support F2FS?
thanks
I'm using http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...om-angelcalibur-alucard24s-optimized-t3093919 with f2fs on data and cache partitions with no problems. good rom too
previous to this I was using an older version of resurrection remix with f2fs as well, but I don't know about the current versions.
I don't flash that much so I can't tell you about any more as I don't know...
Pretty much every rom by the JDCTeam supports f2fs.
I havent really given myself time to try out different ROMs past couple months, just been running Validus with BlackScreen kernel. On the X522 I have a Havoc ROM that has a feature I dont think I have on Validus..a Game Mode QS tile that would disable the hardware keys. I also formatted my data partition as f2fs because i had read supposedly it's faster overall than ext4. Anyways, is there a ROM thats designed/geared more towards performance/gaming, or that has a good amount of kernels to choose from? Ive been messing with GameGuardian modifying app and for reasons unknown, some kernels allow you to bypass protection on different games that other kernels will not.