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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrtausif2004:
Hi,

I made this guideline for those who want to convert filesystem from EXT3 / EXT4 to F2FS on lavendar, for amazing speed & performance.

I already had MIUI EU beta working on my phone.

Note: Internal data storage will be wiped. Make sure to have a backup.

Steps:

1. Install Orange Fox Recovery (latest one)

2. Reboot to recovery

3. Go to Manage Partition

4. Select "Cache" and click orange tick button, then choose F2FS as the file

system and proceed.

5. Again, select "Data" and click orange tick button, then choose F2FS as the file

system and proceed.

6. Reboot to Recovery again.

7. Install a custom kernel which support F2FS (i.e Evira)

8. Install Universal F2FS support patch file. (otherwise causing boot loop)

9. Reboot

Enjoy the speed.>>>>>>>>>>>
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] White_Lion:
Hi! Filesystem F2FS keeps always even if you make full wipes + format data? For example, if i do the process but later i want to change my device's ROM, system will still have F2FS after wipes and format data? Sorry i've never changed my device's Kernel so i don't know if the system keep the new kernel (and the F2FS support patch file mentioned in this post) after a wipe + format data or they have to be re-flashed. Thank you in advance.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Plast0000:
Did as instructed. got a boot loop : (

Are you sure that fstab flags are properly set? I don't see 'nofail' option or maybe there's some other option that substitutes?

I use miui eu 9.8.9

I reformatted back to EXT4 and it boots again.

If you are not so sure (neither am I, I will go research mount command options) then I recommend 3 separate zips

One that's F2FS only for cache and data

One that's all EXT4 for cache and data in case someone needed to revert without reflashing rom

And one that's F2FS cache and EXT4 data because migrating data partition can be a lengthy process for some people. But formatting cache is always easy.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jalzate94:
I had the same problem, to solve it do the partitions process, flash first evira, reboot to recovery again and flash the patch. It worked for me and booted succesfully into the rom. I use xiaomi eu 9.8.9 too.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Plast0000:
So I do it like this?

1- change partition fs

2- reboot into recovery

3- flash evira

4- reboot into recovery

5- flash fstab.zip

6- reboot into rom
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gardiol:
Is there actually any benefit at all in using F2FS on Lavender since the flash type is not one of ones supported by F2FS?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Plast0000:
What do you mean when you say that its flash type is not supported by F2FS?

also see these posts:

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...o-perfomance-after-formatting-to-f2fs.441177/

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2697069
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gardiol:
See, F2FS works on NAND flash memories.... Lavender ilis NOT a NAND flash, so there is no advantage in using it. At least this is the rationale if I am not wrong.

As speed goes, F2FS is no benefit as your link said, but also for the wear and tear there is not much benefit
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Plast0000:
Hmm? according to mi website and wikipedia it uses eMMC 5.1 which is a NAND storage. why wouldn't it work?

As for my link they all agree that F2FS is a bit slower for read but hellalot faster for write. overall gain is considerable.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gardiol:
... Well, my info is wrong then... In this case it would be useful
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] vexa:
No, the data partition will be converted back to ext4 everytime you do "format data".

Not formatting your data could keep the f2fs status, but it's risky to not formatting data when changing ROM in lavender due to it's strict encryption issue.

Miui.eu ROMs doesn't fully support F2FS. The rom does, but the kernel doesn't.

You need to make sure both the ROM and kernel has F2FS support.

if one of them don't, you'll get bootloop. :eek:

I've been on F2FS since.. April I think, and I've installed and tried so many roms without any problem.

here's what I normally do and it works all the time:

- Make sure data & cache are ext4

- format data

- reboot recovery,

- wipe cache, dalvik, system, data, internal,

- flash firmware

- flash ROM

- flash gapps (optional)

- flash magisk

- flash kernel that has f2fs support (optional, if the rom's kernel doesn't support F2FS)

- reboot system

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it's necessary to install the rom in EXT4 because automatic encryption doesn't work in f2fs partition (I think... based on my experience). granted, you can do the encryption manually from settings, but it's require to have 80%++ battery and the more stuff you have in your internal, the longer it'd take to manually encrypt the device. automatic encryption is just easier to do. You can leave your internal decrypted as well, but you won't be able to use your fingerprint or any screen lock methods. That's just how redmi 7 family works.

————————————————————————

- once you get into system, reboot to recovery once again

- convert cache & data to f2fs

- flash magisk

- flash universal f2fs patch

- reboot

now your /data and /cache are in f2fs.

If you're already on a rom and kernel that support f2fs, you can just do the later half of this tutorial without the need to reinstall rom and everything, but you'd lose all your data. good luck!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Broloff:
What's the benefit of changing cache into F2FS?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] droors52710:
begging

Seeking flash tutorial videos
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mirdem:
Thanks

thx for guide.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KChrist30:
Which custom rom that support f2fs?
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] fireheart2008:
This is the global rom as bought from AliExpress a month ago (july 19). It has unlocked bootloader and i can't update it from the settings app
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Robbo.5000:
That's because it's not a global phone. It's a Chinese phone with a fake global ROM. Go to this post to get an official ROM https://xdaforums.com/k20-pro/how-to/redmi-k20-pro-firmware-10-3-8-0-9-6-13-t3939647/post79726515

The second post in the thread has a guide on how to flash.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] fireheart2008:
Thanks
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] JovenMaka:
which seller are you bought this K20 PRO? He came with unlocked bootloader?
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Robbo.5000:
Most sellers on AliExpress give the option to buy either a factory sealed phone with the original Chinese ROM or to buy one with an unlocked bootloader and 'global' ROM.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] ritchea:
If I want to run the August os with full wipe, is there any reason to unroot or re-install stock boot before running the .bat? I want a complete return to stock and new set-up. Before Pixel/Pie, this was never an issue but wanted to be sure
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] TENN3R:
Nope, when flashing the stock factory image with the "flash-all.bat" it automatically wipes everything (even the internal storage), and then it flashes the all stock system.

No need to do it manually since it does that itself.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] sic0048:
Tenn3r is spot on.

Just to reinforce what he said however, you will loose ALL data on the "SD card" if you run the full install. Make sure you copy anything you want to keep to another device prior to wiping. I'm use to running phones with a physical SD card and you could wipe the main memory/drive without effecting the SD card. But since the Pixels don't have a physical SD card, that space is on the main memory/drive and it does get wiped.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] ritchea:
Thank you both. I'm aware of what a full wipe does but the warnings are always applicable. This dual slot thing on Pie is new for me (owned most Nexus devices from GNex on) as is Magisk.

I've been having issues that I want to make sure do not relate to "stuff" I have done or installed. Safe Mode hasn't provided me with any clues so waited for this Aug update to wipe.
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] KendyTan:
talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-1/55-0-A-6-16/td-p/1385000

There are user reported in Sony official forum that they received new firmwave update 55.0.A.6.16, anyone receive the update? Any improvement and changes in changelog?
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] iArvee:
No changelog as Sony tends to not release changelog. One thing for sure is that it contains the August security update. So far, it's released only in RU and UA (J9110) and EE UK (J8110).

Hoping for a lot of improvements, especially that they bumped the version number from 0.A.2 to 0.A.6.
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] el_sur:
Prepare to be disappointed... again

I received the August update for J9110. The file size was about 100MB, so it's just a security update.
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] decomposed:
:(

I am so disappointed in software treatment of Xperia 1.

So far no pics in 21:9 no matter mid rangers like X10 has it... No 4k 60 fps recording. No pics quality improvement, no bug fixes for 4k video stabilization... No night mode or improvement to overblown light sources.

Not only camera. No fixes to nothing, just a poor copy paste of Google's security patch...

Hence no changelog (in fact there is no any other change).

I think this may be my last Xperia device after so many years being loyal to this brand...

:(
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] Mackay53:
Phones only been out a couple months, give it time
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] snake218:
Only change I noticed is the time it takes the camera to process a picture, 2 sec now.
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] tomo100brt:
That is from firmware 55.0.A.2.314.
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] snake218:
Was 4 seconds on that firmware
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] tomo100brt:
Not for me. Mybe it is faster now but it was already fast after 55.0.A.2.314 firmware. About 2 second.
[Sony Xperia 1 Questions & Answers] paulwang323:
Form xperia china team（Google Translate）

·Screen touch experience enhancement

·960fps super slow motion video focus performance improvement

·Photo zoom out lose frame problem improvement

· Solved the problem that the recognition rate is reduced when the finger is put on the fingerprint recognition module for a long time.

·Improved the performance of fingerprint recognition sensor after fingerprint recognition test
[Connected Car] Pxdev:
Chinese 10.1 inch Android 2Din would have to be one of the best stereos that I have ever fitted to my car.

BIG display, slim design that easily attached over the top of the original car radio fascia, looks great, big sound, terrific net connectivity from my phone- Youtube on my dash, superior GPS from my phone, nice playback from usb stick, resume etc.

And cheap!!

But, no AM band, SteeringWheelControl will not save, no IR remote-so cannot interface to IR accessory that hooks on steering wheel (or interface that I can adapt)

The model is YT9217B.

I understand that YT9218 version has those wanted features.

Could somebody decode the model that actually delivers on promised features?

i.e. 10.1inch Android slim includes AM band and SWC learn that saves, ideally with IR remote too.

Many Thanks, Cheers
[Connected Car] Pxdev:
It seems that many of the claims in the adverts are best described as "rubbery".

Android versions, number of CPU cores, inclusion of AM band, and functions that do not work!

A veritable minefield!

Anybody else have similar experiences?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myka_1997:
hey mine battery when was 1% and turned off, just screen goes black and reboot sometimes to logo or not, ans not restarting ,sometimes goes off with samsung logo shut down shows, and vibrate, but sometimes when got 1% phone black screen and turned off without vibrate and shut down logo not appear, now when was 1% battery phone restarting and restarting, i see lockscreen on 1% and reboot itself about 10times, and after that phone doesnt turn on when i dont plug to charge, fault battery or motherboard? how known??? sometimes phone shuts down with samsung logo whne shutting down and i hear vibrate when phone power off:)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venkat xero:
Try a new battery that might fix your problem and keep you phone charged
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myka_1997:
so you thought battery bad at 1%? and when i reboot from 2% phone turned on, lockscreen when i used phone freeze ant restarted again and turned off and shows 0 battery . xd

now with one percent shut down random, sometimes turned off correctly with shutting down animation and power off with vibrate. but sometimes just off screen when used the phone or sometimes restarting itself and power off, or restart and restart when itself turned off when juice not too much load phone
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venkat xero:
I have faced similar issues , Just try a new battery it will mostly fix the problem and stop using your phone at 1% just keep it charged . and maintain a minimum of 15 % battery charge
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myka_1997:
i can on 2 charged or 3 or 5 , 6 , 7 , , 9 , 10 ,11 doesnt matter :D:D i can charge 40 , 42 :D:D
[Galaxy S6 Active] Island_Lass:
Hi everyone,

I'm new here but I hope someone can help.

I bought an old S6 Active from the US for my husband to use on the EE network in the UK. It all works fine, no issues at all, but I really need to activate the WiFi Calling option which is currently greyed out under Settings>Connections.

I've been doing quite a bit of reading around and from the EE forums they suggest flashing EE firmware onto the phone and this should allow the WiFi Calling option.

First question, is this correct?

Second question is, I cannot find any non-AT&T firmware that is specific to the S6 Active model that I have (SM-G890A). There is plenty of firmware for the S6, of various model numbers, including UK EE firmware from Sammobile.com. The question is can I use an S6 firmware on the S6 Active and if so what model's firmware can I use?

Details of the phone I have are:

Model No. Samsung-SM-G890A

Android version: 7.0

Baseband version: G890AUCS7DRA2

Kernel version: 3.10.61-12599862

dpi@SWDG9823 #1

Build number: NRD90M.G890AUCS7DRA2

I've not logged into any accounts or used the phone in any way yet, so if anything needs doing that may wipe the phone it is not a problem.

Thanks very much for any help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and ] llupi77:
hello everybody, im not finding how to install this costum ROM on my S7 Edge G935T.

Can someone help me or give me info?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and ] Abdulzxx:
Cos the custom Rom is not fully
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and ] llupi77:
What does this mean ?
[Android Auto General] JTHM:
Hi Folks,

My Ford has Sync3. The old AA UI would let me flip in and out of AA to the Sync3 interface to let me take advanced control the car heating, audio and other settings. How do I do that on the new UI with unplugging my phone and plugging it back in again?

Many thanks.
[Android Auto General] keydes:
Hi
[Android Auto General] mike.s:
If you press the white circle in AA, it should take you to the available apps. One should be "Exit". That should take you out of AA and into the head unit's interface.

(that's from memory, it may be the same, only different)
[Android Auto General] Hakan 3:
You can use exit icon
[Android Auto General] JTHM:
Thanks, I don't know why I didn't see that, darn it. I must be getting old!
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] a4abbas:
Please help me I am stuck. My international version of one plus 6t after Rooting using the oneclick root tool here on XDA my device is rebooting and going into recovery mode - the TWRP isn't installed by itself. Please advise me on what to do. I have important data that i missed to backup so I dont want to do something stupid. Shall I install TWRP with the tool? Is there a way to run the device in safe mode? please advice

Here is a video of me trying to get into the system: https://youtu.be/WZKhjJhivmg

Here is a fastboot info:
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] OhioYJ:
No need to panic yet. I don't know about this tool, never used them. What I would do at this point personally is try and boot (BOOT) the TWRP IMG file. That is the first step in TWRP installation. This will get you into TWRP, with a USB cable hooked to the PC you should be able to transfer any data you need.

Then you can try and fix the issue, likely an easy fix. Might be as easy as flashing TWRP, rebooting to recovery and then Magisk. Or you might need to reflash the ROM, but if you do it as is, reflash TWRP, reboot to recovery, flash Magisk, boot, you shouldn't lose anything.

If you aren't sure at this point, ask, as you will lose data if you do the wrong thing. Also the MSM Tool (since I'm sure this will come up) should always be your last resort as that will lock your bootloader. So I always recommend the Fastboot ROM first before that, especially since you have Fastboot working, but try the other stuff first.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
Just fastboot twrp on your phone. Install the installer again. Reboot and, you will be good to go.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] a4abbas:
Thanks for your reply.

Shall I use this tool here: https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/development/root-oneplus-6t-using-oneplus-6t-rooter-t3864238 to flash TWRP using this tool: or you recommend using something else? and what point should I flash it? after going into stock recovery or fastboot screen? One more thing I almost forgot adding that my phone was already rooted but after doing OTA update and then I use the tool to root again which caused me to stuck in this loop of auto power off.

BTW I have set a password on my phone will that cause any issue accessing TWRP if I do manage to flash it? Please advice
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Libraplum:
Hello

Try this, it may help you out and you should have twrp back on your phone:

Download "minimal and adb fastboot" to your pc

Find this folder and open it and you should see twrp image in it, rename it "twrp. img"

In a blank space hold shift button and right click to bring up command window.

Once in this window, you should see fastboot. Type "fastboot boot twrp.img" and hit enter.

you should then have twrp on your phone.

Do this and let me know what happens :
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Striatum_bdr:
Using 'tools' is a bad habit 'cause you don't know what they do.

Read in twrp thread how to install it manually.

The idea is to temporary boot twrp using the .img file in fastboot (fastboot boot twrp.img) then when you're in twrp flash the installer (file name ending with .zip)
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
Exactly, hopefully the member has the twrp installer on his pc so that it can be moved to the device and, installed to maintain twrp after a reboot.

---------- Post added at 11:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:24 AM ----------

The msm tool is a definite must have if you own a oneplus device. It has saved many lives here, lol
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] OhioYJ:
As stated the tool is probably a bad idea. You should install ADB and Fastboot and use these yourself. The password is not an issue at all, TWRP will just ask you for a password and decrypt your data. You just need the correct version of TWRP for your ROM. Most likely you need:

TWRP 3.3.1-6, from here. As mentioned boot the img, using fastboot. Get your data, then try installing TWRP. Do not install the IMG, you install the zip.

Do not use OTA, with a modified device. Use the instructions for TWRP located here. Download the Zip, install in TWRP. Install TWRP again, reboot to recovery again, flash magisk again. The instructions say to uninstall Magisk, and it's probably a good idea to follow the instructions, but personally I never uninstall Magisk. However I don't have a bunch of a mods installed or anything like that.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Frozilla:
I've experienced the same and it sounds like you rebooted to a slot without an operational OS

This is what I did. You can also use MSM recovery tool, very handy when you brick

install google SDK platform on your PC if you don't already have it

Download the latest TWRP zip installer and TWRP img boot image, rename them to TWRP.zip and TWRP.img respectively

I create a folder on my C: Drive as ADB and install the contents of the SDK there and the TWRP zip and TWRP img

you can also place your OOS version there, i name mine OOS_90XX.zip

while fastboot screen is open, connect your phone to your PC

Open Command Prompt window

type "cd \ADB"

"adb devices" to ensure that your phone is connected

"fastboot boot TWRP.img"

TWRP should boot

when in TWRP, go to advanced, then ADB sideload

swipe right to intiate sideload

Type "adb sideload TWRP.zip"

after sideload completes, reinitiate sideload

Type "adb sideload OOS9015.zip"

reboot to recovery

you can then reboot to the other slot, repeat steps above and reboot to system
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] OhioYJ:
He's already said he wants to get data off of it. The MSM Tool will wipe the device, and lock the bootloader. The MSM Tool is a handy tool but it should always be a last resort. This device has a working Fastboot, it can very likely be fixed by many other options that don't include locking the bootloader.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Frozilla:
Agreed, it's more of a last resort when the device is unresponsive. That's why i said handy when bricked. The steps that I laid out were intended for him to forego that and retrieve his info.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
Agreed
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] OhioYJ:
Yep, and those where great. I just wanted to make sure it was very clear to the OP that the MSM Tool would wipe his data as it would appear the OP is still learning this device, and the MSM Tool has become lots of people's go to, and while it's handy, it needs to be conveyed it should be used only after all other options have been exhausted.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] a4abbas:
Yo

Thanks for the detailed instructions however the link you have given me only has IMG (twrp-3.3.1-6-fajita.img) Where do I get the TWRP ZIP file and when I follow the link the instructions are different:

Install guide:

1. Install fastboot tools from google's sdk on your PC

2. Enter fastboot mode

3. Unlock your bootloader

4. Run "fastboot boot recoveryimgfilename.img" in command line

5. Copy the recoveryimgfilename.img in the phone memory

6. Go in advanced menu

7. Click on "Install Recovery Ramdisk"

8. Choose the recoveryimgfilename.img

9. Swipe to install

So I wonder where is the TWRP ZIP part?

I still couldn't find it
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Striatum_bdr:
There is a thread about twrp in ROM section everything is in there
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] OhioYJ:
There are two links there, the top one is the IMG file the one marked "installer" is the ZIP file.

I honestly haven't looked at the instructions in quite some time. It appears the new instructions are to avoid the step rebooting to recovery and reflashing Magisk. As if you just flash the recovery ZIP it will wipe out Magisk. I always do the way I listed, I haven't tried it the "new" way. mauronofrio, the developer of TWRP for our device won't steer you wrong. You can do that if you want.