2OP: I ran Vin's ROMs of various flavors for the better part of 2 years, tried Lead, Sharkie, Energy at some points and didn't quite like one thing or another. Then I flashed back to OEM for whatever stupid reason, and discovered that the links to Vin's 6.5.x Sense & Titanium ROM were dead. So I flashed the latest 6.5.x Energy (Sense, no CHT) and this time I am hooked - it's stable, snappy, and not too bad on battery life. And the links to it work
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