SysLog

Scott Warner

About this app

Records various log types and compresses them as a zip file.
The logs are saved in the application's private cache directory
named by the date and time.

You can access the zip files through the system document picker
- Select the SysLog app to view collected log zips.

Log types supported:

* Kernel logs (dmsg)
* Last kernel log (last_kmsg, if device supports it)
* Main log (Logcat)
* Modem log
* Event logs
* SELinux audit logs

To enable access to some logs (Logcat and Radio) to SysLog, you
will need to grant the READ_LOGS permision using a computer with
ADB.

From a command line with adb available, you can grant the READ_LOGS
permission via the following command:

adb shell pm grant com.tortel.syslog android.permission.READ_LOGS

This command tells the phone's package manager to grant the
READ_LOGS permission to SysLog.

Ratings and reviews

Pretty good app though if I had a means of sending desired logs when my system isn't working right to the right app developers for my business it would help considerably. Sending them to the cloud doesn't get things debugged.

People that complain about this app go read why he even created this app pretty much to help you find the hidden key logger on most phones called carrier iQ and it finds those files no problem so it gets a five stars from me cause those files are very hard to find and hard to remove cause there tracking everything you do so thank you Mark Warner.

Use this command in ADB to grant the permission necessary for reading logs on unrooted phones: adb shell pm grant com.tortel.syslog android.permission.READ_LOGS Thank you for this great little app making saving & sharing logs so fast & easy. My Galaxy Galaxy S3 has ROOT & running LineageOS 14.1 which is based on Android 7.1 (Nougat). I don't understand reviewers giving only 1 star because they can't read the description above which clearly says "Root is required for Android 4.1+". It's not the app's fault if they are blind! Working great also on Galaxy S5 G900M klteub running LineageOS 15.1 (Oreo 8.1) and on Pie 9.0 (LineageOS 16.0). I used the adb permission on a NOT rooted Galaxy S5 Mini G800H running stock Samsung 6.0.1 Marshmallow & it also works fine on it.

What’s new

Version 2.6.0 - May 30, 2026
- Update the Build SDK to 35
- Added Simplified Chinese translation (Thanks to WeiguangTWK via Github)
- Add a monochrome icon so colored icons will work
- Check for the READ_LOGS permission alongside the root check
- Source cleanup

See https://github.com/Tortel/SysLog/blob/master/Changelog.md for full changelog