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Froyo vs darch

Newb question here - are these 2 roms comparable to fresh 2.3.3? If so, which is better and why? If not, why not? Thanks for the help - I'm a little new here...

neither have senseUI which allows JIT.. Froyo is android 2.2 and seems to run very smooth. it's still a beta ROM and not everything works 100% yet. for me battery life on Fresh 2.3.3 is MUCH better (28hrs on average with Fresh) on Froyo I got 7 hours before running a battery tweak. that did improve my battery life.

I haven't used darch 2.7 (have it downloaded just not flashed yet) but reports I've seen are favorable.

bottom line.. Froyo isn't 100% but worth playing with.. and if you really have to have SenseUI (and the widgets that go with it), then don't bother flashing either darch or froyo
 
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bottom line.. Froyo isn't 100% but worth playing with.. and if you really have to have SenseUI (and the widgets that go with it), then don't bother flashing either darch or froyo

And that sounds fairly dramatic, but really, when I went to Darch, I didn't even realize it was "Sense-less" until I read about it after Flashing. You really wouldn't notice any difference - except speed. I've got widgets-a-plenty on my screens.
 
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How does zenexp compare with DD in terms of speed and battery life?

There are reports that flashing DD takes away root. How can I avoid this?

My last ROM was Zen. In terms of speed, Darch is much quicker in terms of Linpack benchmarks. You can see the speed difference. As far as battery life goes, both ROMs seemed the same to me.

You can avoid having root taken away by backing up everything and then completely wiping everything and following the directions on the first page of XDA.
 
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