Log file not storing entries when monitoring

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open app.
2. Select to view log file.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
You see a long log file with all monitored node updates in it.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest. OS v.15

Please provide any additional information below.

On my Hero it seems to randomly empty the log, so when I view it it usually
only has the last 5 entries in it. Sometimes it only has 1 entry in it and
that is the entry from when it just automatically updated the node when
launching the app.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by juscla...@googlemail.com on 17 Feb 2010 at 9:15

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the issue is that the android log is a moving window, and quite short. only 
around 50k of log entries which can scroll completely quite fast. this can't be 
modified without setting kernel params.

the only way around this is to keep a non-standard, private log file on the SD 
card. this however raises a host of issues like rolling logs, which can get 
quite complicated.

Original comment by jeffrey.blattman@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2010 at 5:11

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No problem, thanks.

Original comment by juscla...@googlemail.com on 16 Nov 2010 at 4:12

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i'll leave this open in case i can think of a simpler solution. i think being 
able to look back in history and find the cause of a failure is very important.

Original comment by jeffrey.blattman@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2010 at 11:46

• Changed state: Accepted