[T-Mobile LG G2x] oOo B0XeR oOo:
+1 on that. Word.

---------- Post added at 01:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 PM ----------

Ok so basically you're opening TMobs Pandoras BOX(er):D... This is where the marketing and legal loopholes come into play. To you, what exactly is 4G? The truth is (probably) that you have no idea... it's just "really fast" right?... because thats what everyone says and thats what we're (the public) are told, so its gotta be fast. But in all actuality 4G is just a loose term now thats overused. It's like going to a TV store that is having a "SALE!" -Have you ever been in a TV store? How many TV's are on Sale? ...ALL OF THEM, right. Of course they are because now you (as a consumer) believe that you're getting some kind of a deal. You dont know how much the TV could actually retail for,...but since it says "sale" it must be cheaper than normal. Thats basically where I'm going with this whole "4G" thing...

Point being, TMob doesn't really have a 4G network like (eh hum, Sprint & Verizon do), and thats who they're competing against. TM has a 3.5G network, that has patchy spots on a clear day, with no clouds, the right wind and the perfect solar alignment where you may get 'above average' data speed. For the most part though you're like the rest of us and you actually get HSPA+ (3.5G) which is what that "H" means. Because if it said 4G and you were paying supposedly for a 4G Network and all you see is H, whats the first thing you're gonna do?... tell them 'wtf I want some money back on this crap'. Therefore they speak 4G talk, yet on the devices (aside from maybe the really new ones) it will show "H" as being their premier network. They purposely try to use big words and acronyms because the average consumer in not educated well on the product nor service. By saying, "Hey you're on the HSPA+ bandwidth, thats the fastest we have", now you all of a sudden think your phone is great. Little fun fact, AT&T uses HSPA too.... but thats their ""3G"" Network... that "+" must make a HUGE difference :cool:

So its not the ROM, its not your phone, its not your shoe size,... its the company that is misrepresenting the true data speed by using the word "4G". If you notice, usually on stock builds, you make occasionally see a "4G" on your phone... well go look at the APN or Mobile Provider... you'll see that you hotlinked over to an AT&T signal (since its the same checkbook now, might as well share right). I'm in Southern California and aside from unrooting/flashing stock for a few minutes, I've never seen 4G on my phone, only H. Doesnt matter what is says though... its could say 10G... the bandwidth speed numbers dont change and thats what shows the true story.

If you want to look more into it, you can look on Tmobs site HERE and this article HERE.

---------- Post added at 02:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 PM ----------

A simple thought, yet its honestly more technically challanging than that. The /system partition is actually formatted ext4, the others are FAT & vFAT, lastly the External SD Card is FAT32. The problem is with the diversity in ROMs and Kernels... if you could "wing it" and structure the filesystem however you wanted to then the kernel wouldn't know where to look for data that needs to get to the hardware. In turn, its current structure is kind of like a computer capsuled inside a 'weaker' computer. Internal SD being the master and External SD being the slave. Think of it this way, if you wear a snorkel mask in your pool, you can see pretty clearly... but can you see 'inside the mask' like where your eyes & nose are? No right. Its kinda like that concept, the internal is the gatekeeper only keeping track of whats going on inside and occasionally letting some things go in and out. The kernel cant look 'whithin itself' for things.

You can always create ext2/3 on the SD anyway and thats all you'd be accomplishing anyway. Except then when the kernel runs through the libraries etc it has to dig through a pile of trash instead of just a stack of papers (the way it currently works now), which would end up slowing things down. Also when you flash ROMs and Kernels, all of your goodies on SD stay, you can just flash something else and your belongings like pics and music stay on the SD. It would also require the data to be transferred back and forth across the 'contact connectors' on the SD... which is much slower than embedded memory onboard. Same reason why a 32GB HCSD can only go 'just as fast if not slower' than a 16GB HCSD; same Class... Because it uses the same number of contact points as 'buses'... just 2 layers of memory sandwiched within the card.