Favorite ROM and why? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

As the title says, what's your favorite ROM and why? Why didn't you stay on that rom and go to the one your on? Or you can explain a short review/experience with them.
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Eugenes gingerclone.
It is really fast
Too bad its a little outdated
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Hmm, I've always flashed roms by Team Whiskey.
I think out of all of them, Nero v5 and Bionix-V 1.2 would tie as my favorites as of now.
Both are extremely snappy and smooth. The battery life is incredible. As of now, I'm currently running Bionix-V 1.2 and as of this last charge, my phone has been off the charger for 51 hrs (17% left) with light/moderate usage.
TBH, I could've stayed on Nero v5, but I just moved on because I wanted to experience the new hotness from TW.
(Actually, that's a pro and a con when it comes to TW: everytime you flash one of their roms, it takes only 4-5 days before a new one comes out and then you've got to debate whether or not to flash the new one, lol.)

my Rom of choice : Di11igaf
Smooth, fast, and good looking.. oh wait.. sorry guys i was looking in the mirrror..
haha JK.. yea this rom is dope.. Blue Version!

Eugene.
Game over
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murdamo305 said:
Eugene.
Game over
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If it wasn't for eugene we wouldn't have progressed like now
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As expected, anything by Einherjar Dev Team will be my choice.
That said, this is going to be different for everyone. It depends what you want in a Rom.
Masters roms are always very visually appealing.
TW is who I studied. They make a solid rom, everytime. They also have access to every kerneler there is, except for freelance supercurio.
EDT is very young but growing fast. These roms are set out to be created as something that does yet exist.
Eugene is the hero of anyone who has ever had to recover from a soft brick. Solid roms.
The lone rom-ers are starting to bring out some very solid products.
Lol, I guess thats all I have to say right now.

jellette said:
That said, this is going to be different for everyone. It depends what you want in a Rom.
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it also depends on which device ur using.. unless these roms are avalible for my captivate as well ive never heard of them..

Thanks for all your answers guys!
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Alanrocks15 said:
If it wasn't for eugene we wouldn't have progressed like now
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francous said:
it also depends on which device ur using.. unless these roms are avalible for my captivate as well ive never heard of them..
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Dude, this is a Samsung Vibrant forum....you can assume that any ROM mentioned here is for the Vibrant.

team whiskeys bionix ftw!

Trigger V2.0.1, because it's amazing.

TopShelf10 said:
Dude, this is a Samsung Vibrant forum....you can assume that any ROM mentioned here is for the Vibrant.
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Ha I seemed to have missed that..my bad.. I guess that's wat happens when you search
Samsung captivate running d11igaf 5.6

francous said:
Ha I seemed to have missed that..my bad.. I guess that's wat happens when you search
Samsung captivate running d11igaf 5.6
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Lol I was like "what rom is that?"
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Nabeel10 said:
Lol I was like "what rom is that?"
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Lol I thought it was a general thread for some reason..was wondering why everybody had tmobile under there names lol
Samsung captivate running d11igaf 5.6

I'm a big fan of the team einherjar Roms. they seem to be the most stable to me and have the least amount of issues. i recently flashed bionix V 1.2.1 but i has issues trying to download apps from the market even after reflashing like three times. needless to say i flashed back to trigger 2.0. thats just my 2 cents.

Nero v3 because it had the best battery life. But i dont want to revert back because bionix has some things that nero did not and i will take them over the battery. But yea i love battery and have heard that axura has excellent battery life.

Cyanogen mod 7
Pretty stable, fast and statusbar widgets.

Oniyuri said:
Hmm, I've always flashed roms by Team Whiskey.
I think out of all of them, Nero v5 and Bionix-V 1.2 would tie as my favorites as of now.
Both are extremely snappy and smooth. The battery life is incredible. As of now, I'm currently running Bionix-V 1.2 and as of this last charge, my phone has been off the charger for with light/moderate usage.
TBH, I could've stayed on Nero v5, but I just moved on because I wanted to experience the new hotness from TW.
(Actually, that's a pro and a con when it comes to TW: everytime you flash one of their roms, it takes only 4-5 days before a new one comes out and then you've got to debate whether or not to flash the new one, lol.)
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With about 41 of those hours you sleeping...

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What ROM is everybody using

Hey everybody, I just order a Fascinate today and was interested in what ROM you guys/girls prefer to use. Im switching from a droid 2, and previously a droid 1, which had a great ROM community. I think its fantastic that there are so many Galaxy S phones but I think it is unfortunate that Roms are not applicable across models.
In addition to selecting what rom you are using it would be great to say what works great and what is still buggy. Please let me know if I forgot anything.
Ke1evraTi said:
Hey everybody, I just order a Fascinate today and was interested in what ROM you guys/girls prefer to use. Im switching from a droid 2, and previously a droid 1, which had a great ROM community. I think its fantastic that there are so many Galaxy S phones but I think it is unfortunate that Roms are not applicable across models.
In addition to selecting what rom you are using it would be great to say what works great and what is still buggy. Please let me know if I forgot anything.
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Welcome to the community!
Personally, I've been using jt1134's Super Clean with AOSP. Bubby323's Magic with AOSP is looking very promising. I tested version 0.2 for a couple days. and I think 0.3 will be a winner.
We're just getting started here in month 2 of the Fascinate's release, and there has already been some spectacular progress, mainly in the kernel department. There are some familiar names from the D1 community at work over here, and once FroYo drops for this phone, things should REALLY take off! (Seriously, who wants to work on a version of the OS that is already out of date, and will be replaced any minute now?)
I am loving that Blue Breeze!
Actually thought there would be more out there by now. Or at least some themes. I am sure, in time!
Zennmaster said:
... who wants to work on a version of the OS that is already out of date, and will be replaced any month now?)
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fify
lol, etc..
Ocsirf said:
fify
lol, etc..
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Well, I just finished an Android app that would have taken most devs about a half an hour. It took me a week, and I now have bald spots.
So I guess time is relative!
stock rom and just remove what you want
Add option for stock lol.
None of the above? I ran the update on my phone, reapplied root and continued on from there.
voodoo .02
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voodoo .02
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is not a ROM.
I am running blue breeze
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I'm using the stock rom with some slight modifications. Haven't felt compelled to use a custom rom yet.
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AOSP Magic. I like the black mods.
I've been using jt1134's super clean with voodoo lagfix and the 1250 Mhz kernel and i have almost 0 fc's. I am in absoloute love with this phone. Best free phone friday ever.
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super clean rom is definitely the best
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JT's clean rom with voodoo 1200 oc with blue minimalism circle battery theme is awesome........
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ctjameson said:
Best free phone friday ever.
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Me too! I know Best Buy can be shady, but God bless 'em for giving me this awesome phone for free. Well, almost, had to add a line to get it, haha.
Super Clean ROM with the puzzle lock screen running Dirk's D02_SV1200 kernel with lagfix turned on. So fast, and so much faster than my Eris.
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so how are you liking it compared to your droid 2?
using Zinc V1.0 right now. So far i'm liking it, but there's not a whole lot of difference in anything right now. I've tried jt's clean, blue breeze, aosp magic and Zinc, and they're pretty much all variations on a theme. not that there's anything wrong with that, i'm simply saying whatever you pick you can't go wrong, and it's easy to change anything you don't like about any one of them.

Trigger or Bionix

Which do you prefer?
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I think the question should be CM7 or Darky? Check the Dec section ;-)
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Bionix v 1.3! I have been using it moderately since 9:00 and it is now 12:10, only had time to charge it to 87 this morning. Now, 3 hours later; the battery is still at 76, so 11 percent with moderate usage. Amazing battery!! Would be on frost, but it didmt work very well on my phone for some reasons dn I love the black of bionix v
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Both roms are fast, and have used both for at least 3 days(Trigger 2.6.2); both have excellent battery life.
I like Trigger's theme and look more.
BUT, Bionix 1.3 has 343mb Ram.
So, my vote goes to Bionix on that virtue.
Can't go wrong with either though
Trigger, with the OverStock Kernel = Heaven for me.
True...
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Holeblocker said:
Both roms are fast, and have used both for at least 3 days(Trigger 2.6.2); both have excellent battery life.
I like Trigger's theme and look more.
BUT, Bionix 1.3 has 343mb Ram.
So, my vote goes to Bionix on that virtue.
Can't go wrong with either though
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To be fair, you can get 343mb on any rom you choose. It's the overstock kernel that allows the 343mb ram
With that said, choose which you like better
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Right now I'm on Trigger. Bionix was my favorite, however I had some issues keeping connectivity to my company e-mail with it that I haven't had on Trigger. Otherwise, Bionix was fast and the battery life was amazing.
I have been using Bionix since Nero V and haven't encountered a problem yet. Yes Bionix. I tried Trigger once, i like them, but went back to Bionix.
does both ROMs support ffc?
Yes
chase15 said:
does both ROMs support ffc?
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I believe both do. I don't think what ROM you are using will affect the FFC if you have have SGSTool or something along the lines of that and other softwares you need on your phone for FFC.
Trigger, stable, fast, reliable. Add overStock to it and you will fall in love with your phone all over again, just like the day you got it! Plus, Birg makes sure the ROM gets only better and better with every release, just when you thought it doesn't get better than that!
Can't go wrong!
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I've been running trigger for a few days now. It really is a top notch rom. Plus if you read thru the trigger thread you will see how much the devs help people out. Give it a shot you wont be sorry.
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birgertime said:
To be fair, you can get 343mb on any rom you choose. It's the overstock kernel that allows the 343mb ram
With that said, choose which you like better
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Ah, my bad. Didn't see that 2.6.4 has the option of Rom w/Overstock in 1 flash =)
This thread was kind of pointless. Of course people are going to choose what they currently run. If they didn't, why would they run it?
So, basically.... let's go ahead and sum up everyone's opinion on XDA. More people have downloaded and installed the Bionix series. Is this because it's been around longer? Possibly. Is it because Team Whiskey followers are persistent? Possibly.
I have personally tried both. I'm sticking to what I know and what I know are Team Whiskey's ROM's. Trigger is a machine though, I can assure you.
Happy choosing
Alanrocks15 said:
Which do you prefer?
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You really need to try them both for looks and feel. What I like best may not look good to you. Flashing is a big part of the fun running a vibrant
Yea both a good!
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bionix... its super fast, and looks so slick
The key here is the overstock kernel, you can flash either bionix, trigger, axura rom then flash the lastest overstock kernel over it. Then start kicking ass!
I flash overstock on top of axura, got a quarant score of 1839 and a neocore of 64.9.
I was a steady user of Bionix for quite sometime but I must say, Trigger has made a believer out of me. As it's been stated, the Overstock kernel will crank your phone up to 11 no matter which rom you use, but I dunno, Trigger just seems to hit a sweet spot for me.
Try them both, it's insanely easy to switch roms these days. Haven't ran into a bootloop or anything in ages.

What's the best ROM out right now???

I'm currently using the latest Sombionix Rom and I want to check out some others. Can u guys point me in the right direction please... Thank u!!!
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All of them lol cm7 , trigger, bionix, and bi winning with bullllllllllet .
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I started with Bionix but I just recently flashed Trigger. Trigger is pretty rad.
Same here. Ran several versions of Bionix, got bit by the flashing bug and switched to Trigger. Been running the Overstock kernel for a while but am about to try out Bali.
Let me answer your question with a question:
Which make of car is the best?
If this thread stays serious long enough you will find, like most "Which is the best (insert any tangible object here)?" threads, every ROM will get a few hits.
/sarcasm off
On a serious note I have gone between Eugene's ROMs, Sombionix's ROMs and a few of EDT's ROMs. They all have their perks and for some they all have their short comings. If you want the custom ROM feel with a relatively painless installation, go with the one of the above. If you want something a little more custom go with MiUi or CM7 or a few of the other projects.
I personally use Trigger 2.9.4 with OverStock 2.x and enjoy it quite a lot. In the past I've enjoyed Eugene's MacNut series, nearly all of Som's 2.1 and 2.2 ROMs and EDT's Flagship and Trigger.
tl;dr
Pick one yourself and see how it goes, restoring from a backup isn't all that difficult.
CamachoInc said:
I'm currently using the latest Sombionix Rom and I want to check out some others. Can u guys point me in the right direction please... Thank u!!!
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The devs in this forum are so amazing, and their ROMs of such quality, that you owe it to yourself to try them all to find out which you like the most.
well since its already been said like 5 times, I'm just going to agree that I put on trigger 3 rom a few weeks ago and have been running overstock kernel for a while before that. but the 2 together. un-freaking believably awesome.
I repeat.. *ehem*
UN-FREAKING BELIEVABLY AWESOME
Try vibrace
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Get the new toxic 7.
It's awesome.
Eugenes GingerBread Clone 7 ! ,4 day battery life FTW ! ! ! and stability is out of this world this Rom You can count on ,and wont fail You whenever You need Your phone to work , and 86 MB rom , mii amore need i say more ?
Thanks to all of you!!! I'm going to try of you guys suggested.
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Simply galaxy has veen my fav so far. I started out with axura that was also sexy. Ive been dying to try some tw work but I can't sway away from simply galaxy I love it to much
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seedofchaos said:
Simply galaxy has veen my fav so far. I started out with axura that was also sexy. Ive been dying to try some tw work but I can't sway away from simply galaxy I love it to much
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Same with me
Cyanogenmod is good, but its buggy.
I personally like trigger, but my friend likes biwinning
Soo. You'll have to decide for yourself to meet your requirements.
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Don't leave me behind Gingerbread! (best standby rom on GB)

Ok, so I made a thread about a month ago asking for a battery saving Froyo ROM, most suggested was Bi Winning, and i've been on it since.
While on Bi Winning I noticed something..
Sometimes my phone would be at 50% at night when i recharge it, or most of the time 70's and 80's
I know I don't use my phone extensively as most of you do, but MORE than HALF of the time, my phone is on standby. Are there any good GB roms that have good standby battery? I'm planning on going to the new ROM JETPACK, because I think it looks beautiful. Any suggestions guys?
Yes. Simply Honey just calibrate your battery. Trust me. But try jetpack
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Gingerzen. I get about 18 hrs daily and for the most part my phone is in stand by. Its also not themed out with a bunch of junk like simply honey or any of those roms.
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Alanrocks15 said:
Yes. Simply Honey just calibrate your battery. Trust me. But try jetpack
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mr.johnsexydavis911 said:
Gingerzen. I get about 18 hrs daily and for the most part my phone is in stand by. Its also not themed out with a bunch of junk like simply honey or any of those roms.
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Simply Honey just... is not my look. the status bar freaks me out and i dont even understand it? Is there a theme that makes it look like a normal GB rom? or something similar?
@Johnsexydavis (nicenamelol)
I can't find Gingerzen on Vibrant Dev forum, and i just noticed your on GT-I9000... are you sure your from this phone? you might be suggesting me a I9000 rom lol
Actually gingerzen is on rootzwiki and I think xda. Brick'd made it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197805
Also all gingerbread roms are based off the i9k well at least the TW are.
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duboi97 said:
Actually gingerzen is on rootzwiki and I think xda. Brick'd made it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197805
Also all gingerbread roms are based off the i9k well at least the TW are.
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Oh my bad. I searched GingerZen and it didn't show up, there were no results.
guess the xda search thing still sucks bawls.
thanks guys

Best FroYo ROM

I havent used a FroYo ROM in quite sometime because i moved onto CM7 and now ICS, but i got my mom a Vibrant today and i was wondering what the most solid and fastest ROM is, I remember Bionix 1.3.1 was always great, but has anyone made a super killer FroYo ROM that you would suggest?
P.S. I am just looking for something that works with no kinks, GPS Working and good battery life.
Bionixxxx
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Yep, I'd go with Bionix if you want a good, solid ROM with no kinks. I ran it for more than six months, and I loved it. Good GPS, great battery, just a solid ROM all around.
Link to thread here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925548
I've run the gamut from 2.1-4.0 roms for our Vibrant, but Deranged 9 is my favorite. Great Battery life, working GPS, support for tons of themes once it hits final and as fast as CM7....
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Nero v5 is better than Bionix
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mikka06 said:
Nero v5 is better than Bionix
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Umm, you do know the Nero series are old and depreciated right?
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I have been running Toxic8 for the past six months. Very fast, smooth, best battery life I've had out of the 4-5 ROMS I have run. Lots of options and flexibility. Definitely worth looking at.
Speedy, Snappy, Smooth, Stable & Sexy
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Bionixxxx
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Hands down the best rom rocking on my Vibrant with all of the working bells and whistles. Speedy, Snappy, Smooth, Stable & Sexy
Try ZenDroid as well.
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Umm, you do know the Nero series are old and depreciated right?
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What you mean?
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Mdtolic said:
Try ZenDroid as well.
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+1
Seriously, I know its my rom, but its probably the most stable and up to date (last updated on Black Friday) froyo rom we have rolling around. I am running ICS currently, but I do still support ZD, in the rare occasion that support is needed. There are also vanilla froyo and gb themes available, with or without a multitude of lock screens thanks to contributions from the community.
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+ 1 to zendroid. Still my fallback when I need everything to work.
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What you mean?
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he meant deprecated, not depreciated. meaning, it is old, out of use, and has been replaced (i.e. obsolete due to a newer, better version). i'm guessing 'deprecated' got autocorrected.
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Br1cK'd said:
its probably the most stable and up to date (last updated on Black Friday) froyo rom we have rolling around. I am running ICS currently, but I do still support ZD, in the rare occasion that support is needed.
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wow. i did not know that. that's awesome.
Project V
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you should try all the ROMS...then you can say which one is best for you. We have different expectations maybe you'll find which is best for you...
gl3nng said:
you should try all the ROMS...then you can say which one is best for you. We have different expectations maybe you'll find which is best for you...
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That's true. It's like asking which ice cream flavor is best. So try a few and see what floats your boat. But be careful though - if you start with ZenDroid you probably won't get around to flashing anything else.
Br1cK'd said:
+1
Seriously, I know its my rom, but its probably the most stable and up to date (last updated on Black Friday) froyo rom we have rolling around. I am running ICS currently, but I do still support ZD, in the rare occasion that support is needed. There are also vanilla froyo and gb themes available, with or without a multitude of lock screens thanks to contributions from the community.
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I agree with Br1ckd. Zendroid is stable, smooth and the battery life is amazing. Bionixx is good too no doubt but Zendroid seemed to give me better battery life.
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Best
I think Bionix is the most solid to date, but thats stating that we haven't perfected a 2.2.1 rom!!!
I am surprised no one has mentioned either Toxic8 or Deranged9. I have had nothing but solid, stable experiences on both if them. I feel that nearly all the Froyos are about as stable as they can get at this point.
ICS has taken over as the flavor most wanted, so not much on the future horizon for Froyo.
They all felt the same....just different features...

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