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Originally Posted by raclimja 
It is true that custom roms have longer battery life when idle. However, they drain the battery faster when you are using the phone compared to stock.
also most custom roms tends to be buggy.
ports like CM10 or MIUI on the other hand are meh.
they use generic drivers instead so its like running an HD 7979 or GTX 680 with windows drivers.
it is very evident especially on the camera. it takes worse pictures with it compared to stock.
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Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er
Custom ROMs just improve non used battery life. If you use the phone its killed the same way. For example my GNex can idle much longer with custom ROM but it will not get 1 second more of screen time.
Custom ROMs just improve non used battery life. If you use the phone its killed the same way. For example my GNex can idle much longer with custom ROM but it will not get 1 second more of screen time.
It is true that custom roms have longer battery life when idle. However, they drain the battery faster when you are using the phone compared to stock.
also most custom roms tends to be buggy.
ports like CM10 or MIUI on the other hand are meh.
they use generic drivers instead so its like running an HD 7979 or GTX 680 with windows drivers.
it is very evident especially on the camera. it takes worse pictures with it compared to stock.
That's not even remotely true. Custom ROMs often run better on idle and on screen due to removal of bloatware and other garbage that carriers install. I have not once ran into a custom ROM based on the same Kernel and source (AOKP, Sense, etc) that didn't run better in both idle and screen on or while using applications.
CleanROM 5, Paranoid Android, Nocturnal, CM10, and any other ROM I've thrown at my One X outlasts the stock ROM by hours.
They're the sole reason I'm even going OneX. They even have full working camera and 720P video camera working on the inspire despite HTC never giving out drivers.
