Crash Log app

[db17k]

Does anyone know of a good app to log system crashes/reboots? Since i've rooted & deodexed my phone i've been having random freezes and reboots, it would be helpful to have an app that logs these crashes and that could tell me which app causes the crash / reboot.

Thanks!

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[Abe21599]

what version are u on? im rooted and havent had a crash/reboot since i went to OTA 2.2..

[db17k]

what version are u on? im rooted and havent had a crash/reboot since i went to OTA 2.2..

I have OTA 2.2, i'm pretty sure it's not the rooting or deodexing causing the crashes, more likely a faulty app. Either way i'd like to hunt it down and uninstall whatever is causing the "soft" reboots. i say "soft" because it won't boot me all the way to the motorola log, just to the boot animation.

[Abe21599]

what apps have u installed lately?

[db17k]

what apps have u installed lately?

hmm let me list them,

wireless tether,
ad free (since uninstalled)
lookout mobile security
shootme
rom manager
appBrain app
Titanium Backup
Droid X Recovery Bootstrap


Those are all the apps i've installed since getting the reboots.

[psychotic_penguin]

Don't know if you got the info you were needing, maybe this app can help SendLog - Android app on AppBrain

[db17k]

^^ thanks man, but yeah i tried that app and it didn't help. From what someone else told me it's probably the theme i'm running conflicting with some of my other apps, gonna try switching themes regretfully.

[gman]

If its a kernel panic (kernel crash) that is causing phone to reboot you can look at /data/dontpanic/apanic_console which will be a text file that contains the last kernel panic log. But that usually just shows where the kernel blew up. Doesn't usually show what app, but it might.

If you can duplicate situation or circumstances that the reboot occurs have had pretty good luck with attaching to phone with "adb shell" (usb cable to phone) and doing a:
logcat -f /sdcard/logfile.txt

Then you end up having a logfile that will persist through a reboot. The general system logfiles get cleared on a reboot so they don't usually do much good in troubleshooting. But by running logcat and piping the log file to the sdcard you often can see the last thing that occurred before the phone goes and reboots. Of course the above is only of use if you can duplicate the problem.

In theory you can do the same think using connectbot and run the logcat command through a local connection through connectbot but I have found that often the connectbot/logcat app gets shutdown during the beginning of the OS crash and then you don't get a log entry.

[db17k]

If its a kernel panic (kernel crash) that is causing phone to reboot you can look at /data/dontpanic/apanic_console which will be a text file that contains the last kernel panic log. But that usually just shows where the kernel blew up. Doesn't usually show what app, but it might.

If you can duplicate situation or circumstances that the reboot occurs have had pretty good luck with attaching to phone with "adb shell" (usb cable to phone) and doing a:
logcat -f /sdcard/logfile.txt

Then you end up having a logfile that will persist through a reboot. The general system logfiles get cleared on a reboot so they don't usually do much good in troubleshooting. But by running logcat and piping the log file to the sdcard you often can see the last thing that occurred before the phone goes and reboots. Of course the above is only of use if you can duplicate the problem.

In theory you can do the same think using connectbot and run the logcat command through a local connection through connectbot but I have found that often the connectbot/logcat app gets shutdown during the beginning of the OS crash and then you don't get a log entry.

That's good information, esp. the adb shell command. I haven't had a reboot since i switched themes. I had the incognito theme installed and what would happen is when i would slide unlock my phone sometimes it would do a soft reboot. I have since switched themes and it hasn't done it yet!, so we'll see, but non the less it's good info for future problems. Thanks!

[db17k]

damn, phone just reset again after slide lock, going to try the galaxy theme.