[OnePlus 7 & 7 Pro Cross Device Development] Freak07:
I can´t help but feel this reply turned a bit personal real quick. My intent was to correct your statement so others don´t get wrong information when searching for it via XDA Search.

There´s no reason to try to turn my own words into something I never said.

The sole reason, why I replied to your previous post was because it´s incorrect.

You said there are no "real world gains" and that´s not correct.

My intention was never to convince you to use F2FS, because I believe its a better solution and you should use it.

You´re free to use EXT4, if you desire to run what´s default and proven stable on this device.

F2FS is bound to be faster than EXT4, because of the way it works and the architecture being designed specifically for NAND-Storage. There´s no competition and no need to back that up.

It´s just how the different filesystem works.

Being able to install a bunch of apps faster is a "real world gain" (quoted from the post I initially replied to) when I set my device up or install any number of apps.

I merely tried to describe a scenario as an example. That´s how I learned to argue properly. I can´t bring you any absolute numbers, as I have no interest in benchmarking this scenario.

Now your reply is refering to "normal usage" instead of "real world gain".

There are many other scenarios was well, but I don´t think you´re interested in discussing them at this point any further anyway.

Not once did I advise or encourage you or anyone in the post you just replied to, to try F2FS. In fact I stated the One Plus 7 Pro is running just fine on EXT4.

So why do you feel the need to put these words into my mouth?

You´re entirely correct with OnePlus giving F2FS a shot on the OP3T. It didn´t work out well, because F2FS wasn´t ready for the aftermarket at that time.

Seemingly OnePlus did try it to get an edge over the competition and took quite a beating. That´s how progress works. They took a risk and didn´t get a reward, because F2FS was still in its infancy.

Did you own a Pixel 3 or a Pixel 4? I used my Pixel 3XL for over half a year as a daily driver without a single slowdown. Maybe there are other users on the internet experiencing the same slowdowns on the OP7 Pro running on EXT4, but due to completely different reasons?

Same with my Pixel 4 XL, there are no issues for me with both devices running F2FS.

Similar experience with my OnePlus 7 Pro converted to F2FS. I didn´t face a single reboot, slowdown or issue with my file system integrity that could be due to F2FS.

Everybody can run whatever they like to choose.

XDA is about being a community, learning from each other and also about opening choices.

Regarding your words, F2FS is around for ages and the implementation being a mess. That´s incorrect too. There is no need to look at kernels on this forum.

If a hobby developer like myself decides to patch kernels and messes up, it´s our own fault if things go wrong.

The f2fs implementation on 4.14 CAF based kernels, is usable for the aftermarket according to Qualcomm. That´s why other OEMs (besides Google and Samsung) like Asus decided to start using it too, with this years devices.

EXT3 exists since 2001, its successor EXT4 since around 2006.

F2FS was introduced in the linux-kernel in 2012. Which makes it around half the age.

Of course F2FS can´t be as mature when EXT3 was available for 11 years at the point F2FS was introduced to the Linux kernel. There was a ton of interesting development in the last two years for F2FS. It´s a lot more mature compared to even a year ago.

It´s still being developed actively and constantly refined/improved.

Furthermore it was developed specifically for NAND-Storage.

I did not lose a single word about any benchmark app or its result in my previous post, yet you bring it to your reply to my post.

I don´t really care about any result of Androbench or similar Benchmark apps and who will achieve the highest score. Any benchmark is a tool used to check specific scenarios and outcomes.

It can be used to identify issues in newly added code or new directions one is trying to explore.

If people use it in a boasting contest, it is simply being ignored.

I hope you understand my reasoning and don´t feel need to defend yourself again.

Like I said, I did not lose a single word about convincing anybody to use F2FS.

It´s perfectly fine to use EXT4 on the OnePlus 7 Pro. If you tried both and feel content with EXT4 on your device use it, be happy about your device and enjoy it.

It´s a very fine piece of hardware.