(Q) Root and Active Display - X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Will Active Display from the Moto Suite still work once the Moto X Pure is rooted? I know with using certain ROMs you lose this feature...
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Rooting would not break anything except for Android Pay (due to security concerns). Flashing a ROM depends on the features of the ROM. CM and AOSP based ROMs would lack any Moto features like Moto Voice and Active Display but often substitute "stock android" features like Ambient Display instead.

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Stock vs CM vs AOSP vs AOKP ROM's

Hey everyone. After noticing that Moto X Style (Pure) is getting a lot of new ROM's of different base I am starting to be curious .
What is the best advantages and disadvantages of all bases: stock, CyanogenMod, AOSP, AOKP?
I will try to flash some of them, but right now I don't have time to experiment, so I created thread for this question.
Earlier I was Samsung Galaxy S3 proud owner, but after experience with TouchLAG, ou sorry, TouchWiz, I tried a lot of bases, but the main disadvantage of all but stock ROM's was that all "drivers" for my device was gone! - camera quality and speed, audio loudness and quality, screen colours, battery life, and other features was gone. Also battery life on outher ROM's is not so good, and a lot of bluetooth wakelocks was coming to. The main advantage of custom ROM's was speed and ability to modify everything!
So now, I am looking for answer, what will I loose after installing custom ROM to my device.
1) I suppose that Moto features like moto display and all gesture controls will be gone? But is it possible to add ambient display to work with IR sensors of Moto?
2) After my Galaxy S3 experience, I am curious will I loose my camera quality, audio, and other? Will it loose some of its juice?
I am TruPureXMM and Frakenclark user with Xposed (GravityBox) and other stuff, so basically I have all functions that I want, but, maybe with custom ROMS its possible to gain some battery life and some perfomance.
Feel free to write comments, I want to know what is your experience with custom ROM's, what did you like, what not!

Active Display / Moto Display on stock / custom ROMs?

So I'm new to rooting my Pure (not in general, been rooting forever) and I just installed AICP and have a few questions.
I realized right away there is no active display (Moto display? is there a difference?) which I'm guessing is due to the fact that AICP is an AOSP-based rom, which after some searching, I'm finding is incompatible with non-stock roms. This is new to me as I thought Moto's stock firmware WAS AOSP to begin with.
Basically, first of all, what's the major differences between moto's stock FW and AOSP? I'm coming from an LG G2 and a Galaxy S3 before that so I knew those systems were heavily modified and skinned by the manufacturer, but I was under the impression that the moto X was as close to AOSP as you could get - but apparently not *the same thing*.
And, if I can't get moto/active display on AOSP, is there a good alternative? I tried enabling ambient display but it doesn't work at all for some reason. Also if AOSP roms are fundamentally different from stock, does that mean there's some way I can enable DT2W somehow? That was probably my favorite feature of LG's phones and while the moto display didn't fully scratch that itch, I got used to it enough while I was unrooted. If none of this is possible, should I just use a stock ROM? What will I be losing (or unwillingly gaining, through bloatware I guess) by not going the AOSP route?
EDIT: I should probably add that I just disable the lock screen entirely. Hence why I really like being able to just DT2W or wave and swipe to get into the phone. Additionally I never really cared about the battery drain because I always carry a little Anker portable battery with me.
Stock 6.0.1 with franken is the best option. I like aosp but they just can't get it up to par with stock yet.
Your right that the MXPE is not the same as AOSP, but it is very close. Appearance wise, no difference except for some settings items and a few apps. I would recommend sticking with modified stock ROMs. Fewer issues with drivers.
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Moto Display Porting??

Is it possible to port Moto Display to custom roms?? Or is it some proprietary code that is illegal to share?
I've noticed some roms in Moto X forums with this enabled but most seem like stock modded roms instead of being built from stuff like CM.
Also what significant battery difference does it make when comparing Ambient Display on custom roms to the stock Moto Display??

Moto camera support?

What's reason behind the Moto camera not working properly on custom ROM as it works on Stock. Can we hope there will a custom ROM in future which will support Moto camera??
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In my experience, InvictaOS works with the Moto camera from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/themes/stock-camera-t3540473 without requiring any further modifications. I've been able to use video, professional mode and slow motion without issue, and links to Google Photos nicely. Your experience may vary. For point and shoot, the ported HTC camera is very quick too:https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/los-aosp-base-temporal-fix-camera-t3574480
As for your other question, I imagine stock apps have had issues running on some custom ROMs because of differences in the backend camera support of the stock ROM with the custom ROM and/or the proprietary software used in the stock. I also imagine for some custom ROMs, getting one camera app to behave properly isn't a high priority compared to security and general fixes/features for the rest of the ROM, especially given the wealth of camera apps on the market.

Best custom rom pie for G5 Plus (Potter)?

Hello, after probal pixel experience, dot os, extended aosp, and crides based on foot, I can say that the point is the best in terms of battery and performance, since it has published problems and social networks, but I would like to know if someone has tried some better?
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