[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
This thread will focus on the current roms, and if theres a new version, it'll be back up on here in a week or less.

I encourage other people to make REVIEW's as well to keep the new users updated on the new roms.

Try to do these reviews on ROMS that haven't had reviews done on them yet.

Note: These are

personal

opinions.

NOTE: as another person mentioned below, most of these ROMS do support OVER CLOCK kernels, but make sure by asking the devs or other people using the same ROM.

Disclaimer: By voicing my opinions here, i am not saying 1 dev is greater or better than the other, i'm simply stating my personal opinions and personal experiences.

What does a BETA- (ROM NAME) mean? It means that its a quick review, and not a fully detailed, when the beta is removed, it means the rom has been used for atleast a week, which gives me time to examine its uses etc.

Nero v5 (KA5)

Developers: Team Whiskey (TW)

Nero, is said to be the "best rom for the vibrant" by many users, and this reason is because of the reputation Team Whiskey has, their roms are ALWAYS stable, have incredible speed. Nero comes with VOODOO, the latest one available, and currently has KA5, which i'm guessing is because KA5 is currently loved by many people and serves good reception and speeds, where on KA6 and KA7, people compain about speeds, or TW may be working on their official froyo rom right after the source is released by Samsung.

Nero has the beauty, speeds, and anything else you can say.

If you have problems with lag on Nero, trust me it is NOT the rom, it may be that you do not have VOODOO (lagfix) enabled, or that you flashed it in a incorrect way.

Nero is based on unofficial 2.2 till now.

Nero comes with a sleek ginger-bread looking notification bar.

A little problem very few people have is that Team Whiskey is very "un-user-feedback" meaning they don't usually respond to comments, or questions on their threads unless if its absolutely necessary. Maybe because their more busy? I do not know.

Battery life is good, but i've had to recondition everytime. experiences will be differ.

Nero is recommended to everyone and anyone.

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AXURA Vibrant Edition 2.2.7.1 [KA5] Beauty

Developer: Master and his website is Devs4Android

Axura is EXTREMELY stable, and i admire this rom VERY much, knowing that Master, alone made this entire ROM. The developer Master is a common community member of XDA, and does answer questions, and replies to comments etc. Axura is also on KA5, and the latest VooDoo, and based off of a 2.2 unofficial ROM. Unlike most 2.2 based ROMS out right now, Axura has a sleek silver-grey theme, which makes it one of the most unique roms out. The best thing about Axura is not the beauty, or the speeds, and not even the stability. It is the Battery, even without a recondition, you will get around 20+ hours of battery life on this ROM, but it will all come into how much or how less you use your phone and how heavy you use it. If your need Battery, Stability, Speed, and Dev-to-User feedback then get this ROM NOW.

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Bionix-V (Official OTA 2.2)

Developer: Team Whiskey

Bionix is the latest, and greatest ROM out, as of 1/26/11.

This is the rom i've used for a few weeks and can i just say that this is magical. The battery life is EXCELLENT!(make sure to flash at when your at 100% battery for maximum effects, or recondition after flashing) I can easily last over 20 hours with moderate use and no recondition.

The Design of the theme is, as always, Gingerbread. It has a sleek black notification bar, and all the designs are black as well.

The speed of the rom is incredible, and i cannot tell if its voodoo doing this or the rom itself, because when i tested thsi without voodoo. i felt the same effects, it has absolutely no lag.

When you flash the rom, Voodoo is auto-enabled, so if your coming from a non-voodoo rom-enabled, it will take time to reboot.

It runs a KA7 Modem, which is good as any other modem for me.

IF you want the most out of your Vibrant, then THIS ROM IS A

MUST

TRY.

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Br1ck'd's **no bloat** Froyo

Developer: Einherjar

This is a rom that you'd like if you were more of a "STOCK" person.

This rom is TOTAL stock, but with all the crap (bloatware removed)

It has a KA7 modem, which is NOT the official that came with stock, but KA7 is better than KA6 according to many users.

If your a TouchWiz fan, this has most of that, gone, i'm guessing mostly because TouchWiz is un-used or it created more lag.

A thing with this rom is that the LIVE WALLPAPERS are removed my guess is to bog down the lag, but i'm not 100% sure.

The battery usage on this rom is about 15-20 hours on moderate, but it may vary.

This has a STOCK look, meaning the black notification you usually see, is not here.

It has a grey-ish-black-ish notification bar, like any stock.

The GPS on this thing is incredible, i have not messed with any of my hardware, and trust me on some of the best roms out there (no names) my gps wouldn't work... but this rom right after flashing gave me 7 sattelites in less than 5 seconds and got a lock.

This rom has VOODOO backing it up with its speed. This rom comes with an amazing music player "miui music player" which is NOT created by the devs of this rom but it is the stock music player and just looks BEAUTIFUL.

I love the music player so much, i've already stolen the .apk and put it on my other roms :)

A Problem i've faced during this ROM is that even though its extremely stable, and even runs voodoo, i did experience lag, not a whole lot like the official froyo, but a little bit, enough lag to make me go back to my old rom.

I'm not sure if its just me, or its for everyone.

besides the lag for me, this rom is wonderful, and perfect for anyone looking anywhere close to a STOCK rom.

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M - Flagship V4 BETA

Developers: Einherjar

Did you like Flagship V4? yes? well, you'll just think this beta is x5 better.

I don't know how Jellette makes these stable, while speedy roms, but whatever he does, it keeps improving every rom update!

The Battery Life WITHOUT recondition: 16 hours with light-moderate use.

The Battery Life WITH recondition: 20+ hours with light-moderate use.

The notification bar has been... redone.

As usual the notification bar is transparent and takes the place of any app your using, so it does change colors.

the pull-down is now, which i love, a sleek white-ish-grey-ish pulldown.

The icons, have also been re-done! They look beautiful, their kind of "oval" looking and fit with the whole rom.

It comes with an amazing music player, which includes...

Sound Hound music listener/finder, radio, your own playlists etc, and your videos, and youtube videos. It's a whole media package in 1 app.

The DOCK, i love it! The left side is a phone (we'll talk about this in the next sentence ;) ) and the right is a messaging icon, in the middle is a ... hut? looking icon which you press for your app drawer.

The Dialer or phone call app on this Beta, is a transparent one. You can see all the numbers clearly, and you can see your background as well.

The icons on top are grey-white, and while your charging the battery goes green and starts going up.

The Beta comes with the newly found KB1, which has been giving me pretty good reception.

This rom is recommended to everyone, and anyone who has a vibrant.

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