Does using a custom ROM and rooting a Nexus 5 really help the

What does being a meme have to do with working or not?
I could actually answer your question, but this "does X work or is it le meme" shit Reddit started is annoying as fuck.

>>55939927
That's literally what a meme is. Remember "Don't leave blutooth on, itll kill the battery!"

m e m e

>>55939949
>Literally what a meme is
No it's not, you fucking retard. A meme is a concept that gets spread through a population and evolves in it. It has no relation to trueness.

>>55939857
If you want better battery life you need to remove GAPP's.

>>55939857
Yes, stuff like GApps are batteryhogs and just bloatware in general.
A custom ROM can also give you other control you might want which can help improve battery life, for example ram management.

>>55939857
>>55940254
>rom
It's a firmware, you idiot.

>>55939949
Remember the meme that said "wipe battery stats, your battery will get calibrated and it will last more"? It turns out a Google engineer debunked it

Android(and iOS too) are so full of memes that, even if they were proved to be fake, there are people still believing in them.

>>55941053
I have an old iPhone 4 as a backup, I still find myself closing every app manually after I'm done with it because of the old myth. It just feels right