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There is a lot of interesting stuff in the Android system log, that is helpfull in many ways

  • find root causes of problems
  • identify misbehaving apps

How can I view and examine the Android log?

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You can either download the SDK and use adb logcat or get aLogcat from the Market, which shows the log directly on your phone.

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Alternatively, you can use Terminal Emulator with command "logcat > /sdcard/log.txt" for continuous writing of the log to a file on the SD Card. This can help figure out issues with random reboots. – Chahk Oct 11 '11 at 15:07
Good point. Some phones tend to spam the log full of trivial information, so if you wish to minimize the filesize and data to go through check out the section "Filtering Log Output" on developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#logcat – onik Oct 11 '11 at 16:31
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A found that CatLog displays the Android log a little bit better then aLogcat. Besides adb logcat, that's what I am using.

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