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| <code>adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt</code> will dump a dmesg log (kernel traces) to a file — dmesg.txt — on your computer.  Note this command will drop dmesg.txt where ever you are currently running the command from — watch the path you are at! | <code>adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt</code> will dump a dmesg log (kernel traces) to a file — dmesg.txt — on your computer.  Note this command will drop dmesg.txt where ever you are currently running the command from — watch the path you are at! | ||
| − | <code>adb logcat -v time > logcat.txt</code> will dump a logcat file (userland traces, with timestamps). | + | <code>adb logcat -v time -d > logcat.txt</code> will dump a logcat file (userland traces, with timestamps). | 
| − | <code>adb logcat -b radio -v time > logcat_radio.txt</code> will dump a file radio-specific logs. ([[Wikipedia:Radio Interface Layer|RIL]]) | + | <code>adb logcat -b radio -v time -d > logcat_radio.txt</code> will dump a file radio-specific logs. ([[Wikipedia:Radio Interface Layer|RIL]]) | 
| − | You can also run these on the phone directly. Note:  | + | You can also run these on the phone directly, I recommend doing <code>dmesg > /sdcard/dmesg.txt</code> in order to put the dmesg log to a file on your SD card. | 
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| + | Note: if you want to run the logs continuously, for both logcat commands remove the -d.  You will have to break them (CTRL-C) to get the log to quit and give you back a prompt. | ||
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| + | For a continuous dmesg, you have to use a different command - <code>cat /proc/kmsg > dmesg.txt</code> - again, break with (CTRL-C). | ||
Latest revision as of 02:28, 18 June 2011
rpierce99 actually made a great app called GetLogs. Check it out, makes taking logs much, much easier! (Does things like auto-masking, direct posting to pastebin, etc.)
If you want to pull logs manually, the most popular kind are dmesg, logcat and logcat -b radio.
adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt will dump a dmesg log (kernel traces) to a file — dmesg.txt — on your computer.  Note this command will drop dmesg.txt where ever you are currently running the command from — watch the path you are at!
adb logcat -v time -d > logcat.txt will dump a logcat file (userland traces, with timestamps).
adb logcat -b radio -v time -d > logcat_radio.txt will dump a file radio-specific logs. (RIL)
You can also run these on the phone directly, I recommend doing dmesg > /sdcard/dmesg.txt in order to put the dmesg log to a file on your SD card.
Note: if you want to run the logs continuously, for both logcat commands remove the -d. You will have to break them (CTRL-C) to get the log to quit and give you back a prompt.
For a continuous dmesg, you have to use a different command - cat /proc/kmsg > dmesg.txt - again, break with (CTRL-C).

