[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyd9:
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When I saw your first post (in the first quote here), I was going to politely respond that the entire MYTH about wiping battery stats has been debunked and even point you to a few places you could read about it. Then I read that someone already responded with that information, and your not so polite reply to that person. So, instead of a polite reply, I think something a bit stronger is in order...

You People who post like that are an idiot. Plain and simple. It's one thing to be misinformed about something and to share that misinformation with others in an attempt to help them. It's quite another to be misinformed and to refuse to accept correct information and then to CONTINUE preaching that misinformation.

I'll save you people who post this garbage the effort of actually checking your information before spewing it and tell you from FIRST HAND information that "wiping the battery stats" has absolutely NOTHING to do with the so-called "calibration" of a battery in an android device. The "battery stats" file is actually cleared by android itself each and every time you remove your device from the charger. The kernel doesn't reference this file (or any other file in the /data partition.)

So, what does that file contain? Go into settings and tap the battery label. See that nice graph and the list of apps? THAT is what is in the battery stats file. You'll Anyone with half a brain can find a detailed breakdown of the same information with an app such as better battery stats.

If you're people with any clue how to exist on this earth are willing to actually put forth any effort whatsoever to check this out, you they can find postings from google engineers and several others. I'll be nice and save you these people some effort. How about a post from an actual google employee who works on the android system for a living?

https://plus.google.com/u/0/1050519...dVxPT#105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

If, for some reason, you these bad excuses for intelligent life forms aren't able to read that post (maybe it's too complex to read for a simpleton who likes to spread false information), here are links to several well known android websites which refer to it:

http://www.androidcentral.com/wiping-battery-stats-doesnt-improve-battery-life-says-google-engineer

http://pocketnow.com/android/deleting-androids-batterystatsbin-wont-grant-more-jiuce

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/

If you anyone really gave a damn about giving accurate information, you they could also download the full android source code and actually see what the file is used for, when it's used, etc.

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Note to the moderators: Yes, this might be "slightly" over the top. However, this forum is still called "xda-developers" and this is a development topic being answered by someone who is, obviously, both clueless and unwilling to learn. Isn't there a video that new users have to watch that basically tells people like that to just go away?

Edit: Updated so that "it's not aimed at an individual but so it's a general message." Hopefully the moderators will pardon my effort - I'm only a poor dumb American and we're only taught "street english" instead of proper Queen's English.