Read bug reports

Bugs are a reality in any type of development—and bug reports are critical to identifying and solving problems. All versions of Android support capturing bug reports with Android Debug Bridge (adb); Android versions 4.2 and higher support a Developer Option for taking bug reports and sharing via email, Drive, etc.

Android bug reports contain dumpsys, dumpstate, and logcat data in text (.txt) format, enabling you to easily search for specific content. The following sections detail bug report components, describe common problems, and give helpful tips and grep commands for finding logs associated with those bugs. Most sections also include examples for grep command and output and/or dumpsys output.

Logcat

The logcat log is a string-based dump of all logcat information. The system part is reserved for the framework and has a longer history than main which contains everything else. Each line typically starts with timestamp UID PID TID log-level, though the UID might not be listed in older versions of Android.

------ SYSTEM LOG (logcat -v threadtime -d *:v) ------
--------- beginning of system
Blah
Blah
Blah

--------- beginning of main
Blah 
Blah
Blah

View the event log

This log contains string representations of binary-formatted log messages. It is less noisy than the logcat log but also a little harder to read. When viewing event logs, you can search this section for specific process ID (PID) to see what a process has been doing. The basic format is: timestamp PID TID log-level log-tag tag-values.

Log levels include the following:

  • V: verbose
  • D: debug
  • I: information
  • W: warning
  • E: error

------ EVENT LOG (logcat -b events -v threadtime -d *:v) ------
09-28 13:47:34.179   785  5113 I am_proc_bound: [0,23054,com.google.android.gms.unstable]
09-28 13:47:34.777   785  1975 I am_proc_start: [0,23134,10032,com.android.chrome,broadcast,com.android.chrome/org.chromium.chrome.browser.precache.PrecacheServiceLauncher]
09-28 13:47:34.806   785  2764 I am_proc_bound: [0,23134,com.android.chrome]
...

 

For other useful event log tags, refer to /services/core/java/com/android/server/EventLogTags.logtags.

ANRs and deadlocks

Bugreports can help you identify what's causing Application Not Responding (ANR) errors and deadlock events.

Identify unresponsive apps

When an application does not respond within a certain time, usually due to a blocked or busy main thread, the system kills the process and dumps the stack to /data/anr. To discover the culprit behind an ANR, grep for am_anr in the binary event log.

grep "am_anr" bugreport-2015-10-01-18-13-48.txt
10-01 18:12:49.599  4600  4614 I am_anr  : [0,29761,com.google.android.youtube,953695941,executing service com.google.android.youtube/com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.offline.transfer.OfflineTransferService]
10-01 18:14:10.211  4600  4614 I am_anr  : [0,30363,com.google.android.apps.plus,953728580,executing service com.google.android.apps.plus/com.google.android.apps.photos.service.PhotosService]

You can also grep for ANR in in the logcat log, which contains more information about what was using CPU at the time of the ANR. 

grep "ANR in" bugreport-2015-10-01-18-13-48.txt
10-01 18:13:11.984  4600  4614 E ActivityManager: ANR in com.google.android.youtube
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager: ANR in com.google.android.apps.plus
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager: PID: 30363
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager: Reason: executing service com.google.android.apps.plus/com.google.android.apps.photos.service.PhotosService
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager: Load: 35.27 / 23.9 / 16.18
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager: CPU usage from 16ms to 21868ms later:
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager:   74% 3361/mm-qcamera-daemon: 62% user + 12% kernel / faults: 15276 minor 10 major
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager:   41% 4600/system_server: 18% user + 23% kernel / faults: 18597 minor 309 major
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager:   32% 27420/com.google.android.GoogleCamera: 24% user + 7.8% kernel / faults: 48374 minor 338 major
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager:   16% 130/kswapd0: 0% user + 16% kernel
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager:   15% 283/mmcqd/0: 0% user + 15% kernel
...
10-01 18:14:31.720  4600  4614 E ActivityManager:   0.1% 27248/irq/503-synapti: 0%
10-01 18:14:31.721  4600  4614 I ActivityManager: Killing 30363:com.google.android.apps.plus/u0a206 (adj 0): bg anr

Find stack traces

You can often find stack traces that correspond to an ANR. Make sure the timestamp and PID on the VM traces match the ANR you are investigating, then check the main thread of the process. Keep in mind:

  • The main thread tells you only what the thread was doing at the time of the ANR, which may or may not correspond to the true cause of the ANR. (The stack in the bug report may be innocent; something else may have been stuck for a long time—but not quite long enough to ANR—before becoming unstuck.)
  • More than one set of stack traces (VM TRACES JUST NOW and VM TRACES AT LAST ANR) might exist. Make sure you are viewing the correct section.

------ VM TRACES AT LAST ANR (/data/anr/traces.txt: 2015-10-01 18:14:41) ------

----- pid 30363 at 2015-10-01 18:14:11 -----
Cmd line: com.google.android.apps.plus
Build fingerprint: 'google/angler/angler:6.0/MDA89D/2294819:userdebug/dev-keys'
ABI: 'arm'
Build type: optimized
Zygote loaded classes=3978 post zygote classes=27
Intern table: 45068 strong; 21 weak
JNI: CheckJNI is off; globals=283 (plus 360 weak)
Libraries: /system/lib/libandroid.so /system/lib/libcompiler_rt.so /system/lib/libjavacrypto.so /system/lib/libjnigraphics.so /system/lib/libmedia_jni.so /system/lib/libwebviewchromium_loader.so libjavacore.so (7)
Heap: 29% free, 21MB/30MB; 32251 objects
Dumping cumulative Gc timings
Total number of allocations 32251
Total bytes allocated 21MB
Total bytes freed 0B
Free memory 9MB
Free memory until GC 9MB
Free memory until OOME 490MB
Total memory 30MB
Max memory 512MB
Zygote space size 1260KB
Total mutator paused time: 0
Total time waiting for GC to complete: 0
Total GC count: 0
Total GC time: 0
Total blocking GC count: 0
Total blocking GC time: 0

suspend all histogram:  Sum: 119.728ms 99% C.I. 0.010ms-107.765ms Avg: 5.442ms Max: 119.562ms
DALVIK THREADS (12):
"Signal Catcher" daemon prio=5 tid=2 Runnable
  | group="system" sCount=0 dsCount=0 obj=0x12c400a0 self=0xef460000
  | sysTid=30368 nice=0 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0xf4a69930
  | state=R schedstat=( 9021773 5500523 26 ) utm=0 stm=0 core=1 HZ=100
  | stack=0xf496d000-0xf496f000 stackSize=1014KB
  | held mutexes= "mutator lock"(shared held)
  native: #00 pc 0035a217  /system/lib/libart.so (art::DumpNativeStack(std::__1::basic_ostream<char, std::__1::char_traits<char> >&, int, char const*, art::ArtMethod*, void*)+126)
  native: #01 pc 0033b03b  /system/lib/libart.so (art::Thread::Dump(std::__1::basic_ostream<char, std::__1::char_traits<char> >&) const+138)
  native: #02 pc 00344701  /system/lib/libart.so (art::DumpCheckpoint::Run(art::Thread*)+424)
  native: #03 pc 00345265  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ThreadList::RunCheckpoint(art::Closure*)+200)
  native: #04 pc 00345769  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ThreadList::Dump(std::__1::basic_ostream<char, std::__1::char_traits<char> >&)+124)
  native: #05 pc 00345e51  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ThreadList::DumpForSigQuit(std::__1::basic_ostream<char, std::__1::char_traits<char> >&)+312)
  native: #06 pc 0031f829  /system/lib/libart.so (art::Runtime::DumpForSigQuit(std::__1::basic_ostream<char, std::__1::char_traits<char> >&)+68)
  native: #07 pc 00326831  /system/lib/libart.so (art::SignalCatcher::HandleSigQuit()+896)
  native: #08 pc 003270a1  /system/lib/libart.so (art::SignalCatcher::Run(void*)+324)
  native: #09 pc 0003f813  /system/lib/libc.so (__pthread_start(void*)+30)
  native: #10 pc 00019f75  /system/lib/libc.so (__start_thread+6)
  (no managed stack frames)

"main" prio=5 tid=1 Suspended
  | group="main" sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x747552a0 self=0xf5376500
  | sysTid=30363 nice=0 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0xf74feb34
  | state=S schedstat=( 331107086 164153349 851 ) utm=6 stm=27 core=3 HZ=100
  | stack=0xff00f000-0xff011000 stackSize=8MB
  | held mutexes=
  kernel: __switch_to+0x7c/0x88
  kernel: futex_wait_queue_me+0xd4/0x130
  kernel: futex_wait+0xf0/0x1f4
  kernel: do_futex+0xcc/0x8f4
  kernel: compat_SyS_futex+0xd0/0x14c
  kernel: cpu_switch_to+0x48/0x4c
  native: #00 pc 000175e8  /system/lib/libc.so (syscall+28)
  native: #01 pc 000f5ced  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ConditionVariable::Wait(art::Thread*)+80)
  native: #02 pc 00335353  /system/lib/libart.so (art::Thread::FullSuspendCheck()+838)
  native: #03 pc 0011d3a7  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ClassLinker::LoadClassMembers(art::Thread*, art::DexFile const&, unsigned char const*, art::Handle<art::mirror::Class>, art::OatFile::OatClass const*)+746)
  native: #04 pc 0011d81d  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ClassLinker::LoadClass(art::Thread*, art::DexFile const&, art::DexFile::ClassDef const&, art::Handle<art::mirror::Class>)+88)
  native: #05 pc 00132059  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ClassLinker::DefineClass(art::Thread*, char const*, unsigned int, art::Handle<art::mirror::ClassLoader>, art::DexFile const&, art::DexFile::ClassDef const&)+320)
  native: #06 pc 001326c1  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ClassLinker::FindClassInPathClassLoader(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable&, art::Thread*, char const*, unsigned int, art::Handle<art::mirror::ClassLoader>, art::mirror::Class**)+688)
  native: #07 pc 002cb1a1  /system/lib/libart.so (art::VMClassLoader_findLoadedClass(_JNIEnv*, _jclass*, _jobject*, _jstring*)+264)
  native: #08 pc 002847fd  /data/dalvik-cache/arm/system@framework@boot.oat (Java_java_lang_VMClassLoader_findLoadedClass__Ljava_lang_ClassLoader_2Ljava_lang_String_2+112)
  at java.lang.VMClassLoader.findLoadedClass!(Native method)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.findLoadedClass(ClassLoader.java:362)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:499)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5141)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4748)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4688)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java:-1)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1405)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke!(Native method)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)

  ...
  Stacks for other threads in this process follow
  ...

Find deadlocks

Deadlocks often first appear as ANRs because threads are getting stuck. If the deadlock hits the system server, the watchdog will eventually kill it, leading to an entry in the log similar to: WATCHDOG KILLING SYSTEM PROCESS. From the user perspective, the device reboots, although technically this is a runtime restart rather than a true reboot.

  • In a runtime restart, the system server dies and is restarted; the user sees the device return to the boot animation.
  • In a reboot, the kernel has crashed; the user sees the device return to the Google boot logo.

To find deadlocks, check the VM traces sections for a pattern of thread A waiting on something held by thread B, which in turn is waiting on something held by thread A.

"Binder_B" prio=5 tid=73 Blocked
  | group="main" sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x13faa0a0 self=0x95e24800
  | sysTid=2016 nice=0 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0x8b68d930
  | state=S schedstat=( 9351576559 4141431119 16920 ) utm=819 stm=116 core=1 HZ=100
  | stack=0x8b591000-0x8b593000 stackSize=1014KB
  | held mutexes=
  at com.android.server.pm.UserManagerService.exists(UserManagerService.java:387)
  - waiting to lock <0x025f9b02> (a android.util.ArrayMap) held by thread 20
  at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.getApplicationInfo(PackageManagerService.java:2848)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService.getOpsRawLocked(AppOpsService.java:881)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService.getOpsLocked(AppOpsService.java:856)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService.noteOperationUnchecked(AppOpsService.java:719)
  - locked <0x0231885a> (a com.android.server.AppOpsService)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService.noteOperation(AppOpsService.java:713)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService$2.getMountMode(AppOpsService.java:260)
  at com.android.server.MountService$MountServiceInternalImpl.getExternalStorageMountMode(MountService.java:3416)
  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.startProcessLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:3228)
  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.startProcessLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:3170)
  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.startProcessLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:3059)
  at com.android.server.am.BroadcastQueue.processNextBroadcast(BroadcastQueue.java:1070)
  - locked <0x044d166f> (a com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService)
  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.finishReceiver(ActivityManagerService.java:16950)
  at android.app.ActivityManagerNative.onTransact(ActivityManagerNative.java:494)
  at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onTransact(ActivityManagerService.java:2432)
  at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:453)
...
  "PackageManager" prio=5 tid=20 Blocked
  | group="main" sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x1304f4a0 self=0xa7f43900
  | sysTid=1300 nice=10 cgrp=bg_non_interactive sched=0/0 handle=0x9fcf9930
  | state=S schedstat=( 26190141996 13612154802 44357 ) utm=2410 stm=209 core=2 HZ=100
  | stack=0x9fbf7000-0x9fbf9000 stackSize=1038KB
  | held mutexes=
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService.noteOperationUnchecked(AppOpsService.java:718)
  - waiting to lock <0x0231885a> (a com.android.server.AppOpsService) held by thread 73
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService.noteOperation(AppOpsService.java:713)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService$2.getMountMode(AppOpsService.java:260)
  at com.android.server.AppOpsService$2.hasExternalStorage(AppOpsService.java:273)
  at com.android.server.MountService$MountServiceInternalImpl.hasExternalStorage(MountService.java:3431)
  at com.android.server.MountService.getVolumeList(MountService.java:2609)
  at android.os.storage.StorageManager.getVolumeList(StorageManager.java:880)
  at android.os.Environment$UserEnvironment.getExternalDirs(Environment.java:83)
  at android.os.Environment.isExternalStorageEmulated(Environment.java:708)
  at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.isExternalMediaAvailable(PackageManagerService.java:9327)
  at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.startCleaningPackages(PackageManagerService.java:9367)
  - locked <0x025f9b02> (a android.util.ArrayMap)
  at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$PackageHandler.doHandleMessage(PackageManagerService.java:1320)
  at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$PackageHandler.handleMessage(PackageManagerService.java:1122)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
  at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
  at com.android.server.ServiceThread.run(ServiceThread.java:46)

Activities

An Activity is an application component that provides a screen users interact with to do something such as dial a number, take a photo, send an email, etc. From a bug report perspective, an activity is a single, focused thing a user can do, which makes locating the activity that was in focus during a crash very important. Activities (via ActivityManager) run processes, so locating all process stops and starts for a given activity can also aid troubleshooting.

View focused activities

To view a history of focused activities, search for am_focused_activity.

grep "am_focused_activity" bugreport-2015-10-01-18-13-48.txt
10-01 18:10:41.409  4600 14112 I am_focused_activity: [0,com.google.android.GoogleCamera/com.android.camera.CameraActivity]
10-01 18:11:17.313  4600  5687 I am_focused_activity: [0,com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.launcher.GEL]
10-01 18:11:52.747  4600 14113 I am_focused_activity: [0,com.google.android.GoogleCamera/com.android.camera.CameraActivity]
10-01 18:14:07.762  4600  5687 I am_focused_activity: [0,com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.launcher.GEL]

View process starts

To view a history of process starts, search for Start proc.

grep "Start proc" bugreport-2015-10-01-18-13-48.txt
10-01 18:09:15.309  4600  4612 I ActivityManager: Start proc 24533:com.metago.astro/u0a240 for broadcast com.metago.astro/com.inmobi.commons.analytics.androidsdk.IMAdTrackerReceiver
10-01 18:09:15.687  4600 14112 I ActivityManager: Start proc 24548:com.google.android.apps.fitness/u0a173 for service com.google.android.apps.fitness/.api.services.ActivityUpsamplingService
10-01 18:09:15.777  4600  6604 I ActivityManager: Start proc 24563:cloudtv.hdwidgets/u0a145 for broadcast cloudtv.hdwidgets/cloudtv.switches.SwitchSystemUpdateReceiver
10-01 18:09:20.574  4600  6604 I ActivityManager: Start proc 24617:com.wageworks.ezreceipts/u0a111 for broadcast com.wageworks.ezreceipts/.ui.managers.IntentReceiver
...

Determine if the device is thrashing

To determine if the device is thrashing, check for an abnormal increase in activity around am_proc_died and am_proc_start in a short amount of time.

grep -e "am_proc_died" -e "am_proc_start" bugreport-2015-10-01-18-13-48.txt
10-01 18:07:06.494  4600  9696 I am_proc_died: [0,20074,com.android.musicfx]
10-01 18:07:06.555  4600  6606 I am_proc_died: [0,31166,com.concur.breeze]
10-01 18:07:06.566  4600 14112 I am_proc_died: [0,18812,com.google.android.apps.fitness]
10-01 18:07:07.018  4600  7513 I am_proc_start: [0,20361,10113,com.sony.playmemories.mobile,broadcast,com.sony.playmemories.mobile/.service.StartupReceiver]
10-01 18:07:07.357  4600  4614 I am_proc_start: [0,20381,10056,com.google.android.talk,service,com.google.android.talk/com.google.android.libraries.hangouts.video.CallService]
10-01 18:07:07.784  4600  4612 I am_proc_start: [0,20402,10190,com.andcreate.app.trafficmonitor:loopback_measure_serivce,service,com.andcreate.app.trafficmonitor/.loopback.LoopbackMeasureService]
10-01 18:07:10.753  4600  5997 I am_proc_start: [0,20450,10097,com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping,broadcast,com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping/com.amazon.identity.auth.device.storage.LambortishClock$ChangeTimestampsBroadcastReceiver]
10-01 18:07:15.267  4600  6605 I am_proc_start: [0,20539,10173,com.google.android.apps.fitness,service,com.google.android.apps.fitness/.api.services.ActivityUpsamplingService]
10-01 18:07:15.985  4600  4612 I am_proc_start: [0,20568,10022,com.android.musicfx,broadcast,com.android.musicfx/.ControlPanelReceiver]
10-01 18:07:16.315  4600  7512 I am_proc_died: [0,20096,com.google.android.GoogleCamera]

Memory

Because Android devices often have constrained physical memory, managing random-access memory (RAM) is critical. Bug reports contain several indicators of low memory as well as a dumpstate that provides a memory snapshot.

Identify low memory

Low memory can cause the system to thrash as it kills some processes to free memory but continues to start other processes. To view corroborating evidence of low memory, check for concentrations of am_proc_died and am_proc_start entries in the binary event log.

Low memory can also slow task switching and thwart return attempts (because the task the user was trying to return to was killed). If the launcher was killed, it restarts when the user touches the home button and logs show the launcher reload its content.

View historical indicators

The am_low_memory entry in the binary event log indicates the last cached process has died. After this, the system starts killing services. 

grep "am_low_memory" bugreport-2015-10-01-18-13-48.txt
10-01 18:11:02.219  4600  7513 I am_low_memory: 41
10-01 18:12:18.526  4600 14112 I am_low_memory: 39
10-01 18:12:18.874  4600  7514 I am_low_memory: 38
10-01 18:12:22.570  4600 14112 I am_low_memory: 40
10-01 18:12:34.811  4600 20319 I am_low_memory: 43
10-01 18:12:37.945  4600  6521 I am_low_memory: 43
10-01 18:12:47.804  4600 14110 I am_low_memory: 43

View thrashing indicators

Other indicators of system thrashing (paging, direct reclaim, etc.) include kswapd, kworker, and mmcqd consuming cycles. (Keep in mind the bugreport being gathered can influence thrashing indicators.)

------ CPU INFO (top -n 1 -d 1 -m 30 -t) ------

User 15%, System 54%, IOW 28%, IRQ 0%
User 82 + Nice 2 + Sys 287 + Idle 1 + IOW 152 + IRQ 0 + SIRQ 5 = 529

  PID   TID PR CPU% S     VSS     RSS PCY UID      Thread          Proc
15229 15229  0  19% R      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/0:2
29512 29517  1   7% D 1173524K 101188K  bg u0_a27   Signal Catcher  com.google.android.talk
24565 24570  3   6% D 2090920K 145168K  fg u0_a22   Signal Catcher  com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:search
19525 19525  2   6% R   3476K   1644K  fg shell    top             top
24957 24962  2   5% R 1706928K 125716K  bg u0_a47   Signal Catcher  com.google.android.GoogleCamera
19519 19519  3   4% S      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/3:1
  120   120  0   3% S      0K      0K  fg root     mmcqd/1
18233 18233  1   3% S      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/1:1
25589 25594  1   2% D 1270476K  75776K  fg u0_a8    Signal Catcher  com.google.android.gms
19399 19399  2   1% S      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/2:2
 1963  1978  1   0% S 1819100K 125136K  fg system   android.fg      system_server
 1963  1981  3   0% S 1819100K 125136K  fg system   android.display system_server

ANR logs can provide a similar memory snapshot.

10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager: ANR in com.google.android.apps.magazines
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager: PID: 18819
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager: Reason: Broadcast of Intent { act=android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE flg=0x4000010 cmp=com.google.android.apps.magazines/com.google.apps.dots.android.newsstand.appwidget.NewsWidgetProvider (has extras) }
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager: Load: 19.19 / 14.76 / 12.03
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager: CPU usage from 0ms to 11463ms later:
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   54% 15229/kworker/0:2: 0% user + 54% kernel
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   38% 1963/system_server: 14% user + 23% kernel / faults: 17152 minor 1073 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   11% 120/mmcqd/1: 0% user + 11% kernel
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   10% 2737/com.android.systemui: 4.7% user + 5.6% kernel / faults: 7211 minor 149 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   0.2% 1451/debuggerd: 0% user + 0.2% kernel / faults: 15211 minor 147 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   8.7% 6162/com.twofortyfouram.locale: 4% user + 4.7% kernel / faults: 4924 minor 260 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   6.1% 24565/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:search: 2.4% user + 3.7% kernel / faults: 2902 minor 129 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   6% 55/kswapd0: 0% user + 6% kernel
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   4.9% 18819/com.google.android.apps.magazines: 1.5% user + 3.3% kernel / faults: 10129 minor 986 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   2.8% 18233/kworker/1:1: 0% user + 2.8% kernel
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   4.2% 3145/com.android.phone: 2% user + 2.2% kernel / faults: 3005 minor 43 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   4.2% 8084/com.android.chrome: 2% user + 2.1% kernel / faults: 4798 minor 380 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   3.4% 182/surfaceflinger: 1.1% user + 2.3% kernel / faults: 842 minor 13 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   3% 18236/kworker/1:2: 0% user + 3% kernel
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   2.9% 19231/com.android.systemui:screenshot: 0.8% user + 2.1% kernel / faults: 6119 minor 348 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   2.3% 15350/kworker/0:4: 0% user + 2.3% kernel
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   2.2% 1454/mediaserver: 0% user + 2.2% kernel / faults: 479 minor 6 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   2% 16496/com.android.chrome:sandboxed_process10: 0.1% user + 1.8% kernel / faults: 3610 minor 234 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   1% 3119/com.android.nfc: 0.4% user + 0.5% kernel / faults: 1789 minor 17 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   1.7% 19337/com.jarettmillard.localeconnectiontype:background: 0.1% user + 1.5% kernel / faults: 7854 minor 439 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   0.7% 3066/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin: 0.3% user + 0.3% kernel / faults: 1336 minor 7 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   1% 25589/com.google.android.gms: 0.3% user + 0.6% kernel / faults: 2867 minor 237 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   0.9% 1460/sensors.qcom: 0.5% user + 0.4% kernel / faults: 262 minor 5 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   0.8% 3650/mpdecision: 0% user + 0.8% kernel / faults: 160 minor 1 major
10-03 17:19:59.959  1963  1976 E ActivityManager:   0.1% 3132/com.redbend.vdmc: 0% user + 0% kernel / faults: 1746 minor 5 major

Get a memory snapshot

The memory snapshot is a dumpstate that lists running Java and native processes (for details, refer to Viewing Overall Memory Allocations). Keep in mind the snapshot gives only the state at a specific moment in time; the system might have been in better (or worse) shape before the snapshot.

Total PSS by OOM adjustment:
    86752 kB: Native
               22645 kB: surfaceflinger (pid 197)
               18597 kB: mediaserver (pid 204)
               ...
   136959 kB: System
              136959 kB: system (pid 785)
   220218 kB: Persistent
              138859 kB: com.android.systemui (pid 947 / activities)
               39178 kB: com.android.nfc (pid 1636)
               28313 kB: com.android.phone (pid 1659)
               13868 kB: com.redbend.vdmc (pid 1646)
     9534 kB: Persistent Service
                9534 kB: com.android.bluetooth (pid 23807)
   178604 kB: Foreground
              168620 kB: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (pid 1675 / activities)
                9984 kB: com.google.android.apps.maps (pid 13952)
   188286 kB: Visible
               85326 kB: com.google.android.wearable.app (pid 1535)
               38978 kB: com.google.process.gapps (pid 1510)
               31936 kB: com.google.android.gms.persistent (pid 2072)
               27950 kB: com.google.android.gms.wearable (pid 1601)
                4096 kB: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:interactor (pid 1550)
    52948 kB: Perceptible
               52948 kB: com.google.android.inputmethod.latin (pid 1566)
   150851 kB: A Services
               81121 kB: com.google.android.gms (pid 1814)
               37586 kB: com.google.android.talk (pid 9584)
               10949 kB: com.google.android.music:main (pid 4019)
               10727 kB: com.motorola.targetnotif (pid 31071)
               10468 kB: com.google.android.GoogleCamera (pid 9984)
    33298 kB: Previous
               33298 kB: com.android.settings (pid 9673 / activities)
   165188 kB: B Services
               49490 kB: com.facebook.katana (pid 15035)
               22483 kB: com.whatsapp (pid 28694)
               21308 kB: com.iPass.OpenMobile (pid 5325)
               19788 kB: com.google.android.apps.googlevoice (pid 23934)
               17399 kB: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:search (pid 30359)
                9073 kB: com.google.android.apps.youtube.unplugged (pid 21194)
                7660 kB: com.iPass.OpenMobile:remote (pid 23754)
                7291 kB: com.pujie.wristwear.pujieblack (pid 24240)
                7157 kB: com.instagram.android:mqtt (pid 9530)
                3539 kB: com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel (pid 16186)
   204324 kB: Cached
               43424 kB: com.amazon.mShop.android (pid 13558)
               22563 kB: com.google.android.apps.magazines (pid 13844)
               ...
                4298 kB: com.google.android.apps.enterprise.dmagent (pid 13826)

Broadcasts

Applications generate broadcasts to send events within the current application or to another application. Broadcast receivers subscribe to specific messages (via filters), enabling them to both listen and respond to a broadcast. Bug reports contain information about sent broadcasts and unsent broadcasts, as well as a dumpsys of all receivers listening to a specific broadcast.

View historical broadcasts

Historical broadcasts are those that have already been sent, listed in reverse chronological order.

The summary section is an overview of the last 300 foreground broadcasts and the last 300 background broadcasts.

 Historical broadcasts summary [foreground]:
 #0: act=android.intent.action.SCREEN_ON flg=0x50000010
    +1ms dispatch +90ms finish
    enq=2015-10-29 17:10:51 disp=2015-10-29 17:10:51 fin=2015-10-29 17:10:51
  #1: act=android.intent.action.SCREEN_OFF flg=0x50000010
    0 dispatch +60ms finish
    enq=2015-10-29 17:10:05 disp=2015-10-29 17:10:05 fin=2015-10-29 17:10:05
 ...
 Historical broadcasts summary [background]:
 ...

The detail section contains complete information for the last 50 foreground broadcasts and the last 50 background broadcasts, as well as the receivers for each broadcast. Receivers that have a:

  • BroadcastFilter entry are registered at runtime and are sent only to already running processes.
  • ResolveInfo entry are registered through manifest entries. The ActivityManager starts the process for each ResolveInfo if it is not already running.

Historical broadcasts [foreground]:
 ...
 Historical broadcasts [background]:
 Historical Broadcast background #0:
 ...
 Historical Broadcast background #5:
    BroadcastRecord{18dbb16 u0 android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT} to user 0
    Intent { act=android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT flg=0x24000010 }
    caller=com.android.systemui 2925:com.android.systemui/u0a27 pid=2925 uid=10027
    enqueueClockTime=2015-10-29 17:10:55 dispatchClockTime=2015-10-29 17:10:55
    dispatchTime=-2s321ms (0 since enq) finishTime=-2s320ms (+1ms since disp)
    Receiver #0: BroadcastFilter{8181cc1 u-1 ReceiverList{5d929a8 902 system/1000/u-1 local:eca4dcb}}
    Receiver #1: BroadcastFilter{6371c97 u-1 ReceiverList{2938b16 902 system/1000/u-1 local:840b831}}
    ...
    Receiver #19: BroadcastFilter{93f16b u0 ReceiverList{5c61eba 17016 com.google.android.gm/10079/u0 remote:24083e5}}
 ...
 Historical Broadcast background #37:
    BroadcastRecord{7f6dd6 u0 android.hardware.action.NEW_PICTURE} to user 0
    Intent { act=android.hardware.action.NEW_PICTURE dat=content://media/external/images/media/6345 flg=0x10 }
    caller=com.google.android.GoogleCamera 32734:com.google.android.GoogleCamera/u0a53 pid=32734 uid=10053
    enqueueClockTime=2015-10-29 17:09:48 dispatchClockTime=2015-10-29 17:09:49
    dispatchTime=-45s720ms (+399ms since enq) finishTime=-45s701ms (+19ms since disp)
    resultTo=null resultCode=0 resultData=null
    nextReceiver=4 receiver=null
    Receiver #0: ResolveInfo{33d2857 com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor m=0x608000}
      priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x608000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false
      ActivityInfo:
        name=com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor
        packageName=com.google.android.gms
        enabled=true exported=true processName=com.google.android.gms
        ...
    Receiver #1: ResolveInfo{d9edf44 com.google.android.apps.maps/com.google.android.apps.gmm.ugc.clientnotification.StartPhotoTakenNotifierServiceReceiver m=0x608000}
      priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x608000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false
      ActivityInfo:
        name=com.google.android.apps.gmm.ugc.clientnotification.StartPhotoTakenNotifierServiceReceiver
        packageName=com.google.android.apps.maps
        enabled=true exported=true processName=com.google.android.apps.maps
        ...
    Receiver #2: ResolveInfo{743f82d com.google.android.apps.photos/com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor m=0x608000}
      priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x608000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false
      ActivityInfo:
        name=com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor
        packageName=com.google.android.apps.photos
        enabled=true exported=true processName=com.google.android.apps.photos
        ...
    Receiver #3: ResolveInfo{d5c9162 com.google.android.apps.plus/com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor m=0x608000}
      priority=0 preferredOrder=0 match=0x608000 specificIndex=-1 isDefault=false
      ActivityInfo:
        name=com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor
        packageName=com.google.android.apps.plus
        enabled=true exported=true processName=com.google.android.apps.plus
        ...

View active broadcasts

Active broadcasts are those that have yet to be sent. A large number in the queue means the system can't dispatch the broadcasts fast enough to keep up.

 Active ordered broadcasts [background]:
 Active Ordered Broadcast background #133: // size of queue
 ...

View broadcast listeners

To view a list of receivers listening for a broadcast, check the Receiver Resolver Table in the dumpsys activity broadcasts. The following example displays all receivers listening for USER_PRESENT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY MANAGER BROADCAST STATE (dumpsys activity broadcasts)
..
  Receiver Resolver Table:
    Full MIME Types:
    ..
    Wild MIME Types:
    ..
    Schemes:
    ..
    Non-Data Actions:
    ..
        android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT:
          BroadcastFilter{8181cc1 u-1 ReceiverList{5d929a8 902 system/1000/u-1 local:eca4dcb}}
          BroadcastFilter{6371c97 u-1 ReceiverList{2938b16 902 system/1000/u-1 local:840b831}}
          BroadcastFilter{320c00 u0 ReceiverList{d3a6283 902 system/1000/u0 local:799c532}}
          BroadcastFilter{e486048 u0 ReceiverList{36fbaeb 902 system/1000/u0 local:5f51e3a}}
          BroadcastFilter{22b02 u-1 ReceiverList{b3f744d 902 system/1000/u-1 local:de837e4}}
          BroadcastFilter{3e989ab u0 ReceiverList{f8deffa 2981 com.google.process.gapps/10012/u0 remote:26bd225}}
          BroadcastFilter{fb56150 u0 ReceiverList{22b7b13 2925 com.android.systemui/10027/u0 remote:c54a602}}
          BroadcastFilter{63bbb6 u-1 ReceiverList{ba6c751 3484 com.android.nfc/1027/u-1 remote:5c4a478}}
          BroadcastFilter{95ad20d u0 ReceiverList{d8374a4 3586 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/10029/u0 remote:feb3737}}
          BroadcastFilter{fdef551 u0 ReceiverList{28ca78 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:f23afdb}}
          BroadcastFilter{9830707 u0 ReceiverList{aabd946 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:a4da121}}
          BroadcastFilter{83c43d2 u0 ReceiverList{d422e5d 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:f585034}}
          BroadcastFilter{8890378 u0 ReceiverList{26d2cdb 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:dfa61ea}}
          BroadcastFilter{7bbb7 u0 ReceiverList{214b2b6 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:8353a51}}
          BroadcastFilter{38d3566 u0 ReceiverList{de859c1 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:e003aa8}}
          BroadcastFilter{3435d9f u0 ReceiverList{6e38b3e 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:8dd7ff9}}
          BroadcastFilter{d0a34bb u0 ReceiverList{5091d4a 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:d6d22b5}}
          BroadcastFilter{d43c416 u0 ReceiverList{51a3531 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:d0b9dd8}}
          BroadcastFilter{aabf36d u0 ReceiverList{a88bf84 3745 com.google.android.gms.persistent/10012/u0 remote:a9d6197}}
          BroadcastFilter{93f16b u0 ReceiverList{5c61eba 17016 com.google.android.gm/10079/u0 remote:24083e5}}
          BroadcastFilter{68f794e u0 ReceiverList{4cb1c49 947 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:search/10029/u0 remote:251d250}}
      ..
    MIME Typed Actions:

Monitor contention

Monitor contention logging can sometimes indicate actual monitor contention, but most often indicates the system is so loaded that everything has slowed down. You might see long monitor events logged by ART in system or event log.

In the system log:

10-01 18:12:44.343 29761 29914 W art     : Long monitor contention event with owner method=void android.database.sqlite.SQLiteClosable.acquireReference() from SQLiteClosable.java:52 waiters=0 for 3.914s

In the event log:

10-01 18:12:44.364 29761 29914 I dvm_lock_sample: [com.google.android.youtube,0,pool-3-thread-9,3914,ScheduledTaskMaster.java,138,SQLiteClosable.java,52,100]

Background compilation

Compilation can be expensive and load the device.

09-14 06:27:05.670  2508  2587 E ActivityManager: CPU usage from 0ms to 5857ms later:
09-14 06:27:05.670  2508  2587 E ActivityManager:   84% 5708/dex2oat: 81% user + 2.3% kernel / faults: 3731 minor 1 major
09-14 06:27:05.670  2508  2587 E ActivityManager:   73% 2508/system_server: 21% user + 51% kernel / faults: 10019 minor 28 major
09-14 06:27:05.670  2508  2587 E ActivityManager:   1% 3935/com.android.phone: 0.3% user + 0.6% kernel / faults: 2684 minor 2 major

Compilation might occur in the background when Google Play store updates are downloading. In this case, messages from the Google Play store app (finsky) and installd appear prior to dex2oat messages.

10-07 08:42:33.725 11051 11051 D Finsky  : [1] InstallerTask.advanceState: Prepare to patch com.garmin.android.apps.virb (com.garmin.android.apps.virb) from content://downloads/my_downloads/3602 format 2
10-07 08:42:33.752   495   495 I installd: free_cache(48637657) avail 15111192576
…
10-07 08:42:39.998  2497  2567 I PackageManager.DexOptimizer: Running dexopt (dex2oat) on: /data/app/vmdl436577137.tmp/base.apk pkg=com.garmin.android.apps.virb isa=arm vmSafeMode=false debuggable=false oatDir = /data/app/vmdl436577137.tmp/oat bootComplete=true
…

Compilation might also occur in the background when an application is loading a dex file that has not yet been compiled. In this case, you won't see finsky or installd logging.

09-14 07:29:20.433 15736 15736 I dex2oat : /system/bin/dex2oat -j4 --dex-file=/data/user/0/com.facebook.katana/app_secondary_program_dex/program-72cef82b591768306676e10161c886b58b34315a308602be.dex.jar --oat-file=/data/user/0/com.facebook.katana/app_secondary_program_dex_opt/program-72cef82b591768306676e10161c886b58b34315a308602be.dex.dex
...
09-14 07:29:25.102 15736 15736 I dex2oat : dex2oat took 4.669s (threads: 4) arena alloc=7MB java alloc=3MB native alloc=29MB free=4MB

Narrative

Establishing the narrative of a problem (how it started, what happened, how the system reacted) requires a solid timeline of events. You can use the information in the bug report to sync timelines across multiple logs and determine the exact timestamp of the bug report.

Sync timelines

A bugreport reflects multiple parallel timelines: system log, event log, kernel log, and multiple specialized timelines for broadcasts, battery stats, etc. Unfortunately, timelines are often reported using different time bases.

The system and event log timestamps are in the same timezone as the user (as are most other timestamps). For example, when user taps the home button, the system log reports:

10-03 17:19:52.939  1963  2071 I ActivityManager: START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.HOME] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.launcher.GEL (has extras)} from uid 1000 on display 0

For the same action, the event log reports:

10-03 17:19:54.279  1963  2071 I am_focused_activity: [0,com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.launcher.GEL]

Kernel (dmesg) logs use a different time base, tagging log items with seconds since bootloader completes. To register this timescale to other timescales, search for suspend exit and suspend entry messages:

<6>[201640.779997] PM: suspend exit 2015-10-03 19:11:06.646094058 UTC
…
<6>[201644.854315] PM: suspend entry 2015-10-03 19:11:10.720416452 UTC

Because kernel logs might not include time while in suspend, you should piecewise register the log between the suspend entry and exit messages. Additionally, kernel logs use UTC timezone and must be adjusted to the user timezone.

Identify bugreport time

To determine when a bugreport was taken, first check the system log (Logcat) for the dumpstate: begin:

10-03 17:19:54.322 19398 19398 I dumpstate: begin

Next, check the kernel log (dmesg) timestamps for the Starting service 'bugreport' message:

<5>[207064.285315] init: Starting service 'bugreport'...

Work backwards to correlate the two events, keeping in mind the caveats mentioned in Syncing timelines. While there's a lot happening after the bugreport is initiated, most activity isn't very useful as the act of taking the bugreport loads the system substantially.

Power

The event log contains screen power status, where 0 is screen off, 1 is screen on, and 2 is for keyguard done.

grep screen_toggled bugreport-2015-10-18-16-52-22.txt
10-18 15:05:04.383   992   992 I screen_toggled: 1
10-18 15:05:07.010   992   992 I screen_toggled: 0
10-18 15:23:15.063   992   992 I screen_toggled: 1
10-18 15:23:25.684   992   992 I screen_toggled: 0
10-18 15:36:31.623   992   992 I screen_toggled: 1
10-18 15:36:37.660  3283  3283 I screen_toggled: 2

Bug reports also contain statistics about wake locks, a mechanism used by application developers to indicate their application needs to have the device stay on. (For details on wake locks, refer to PowerManager.WakeLock and Keep the CPU on.)

The aggregated wake lock duration statistics track only the time a wake lock is actually responsible for keeping the device awake and do not include time with the screen on. In addition, if multiple wake locks are held simultaneously, the wake lock duration time is distributed across those wake locks.

For more help visualizing power status, use Battery Historian, a Google open source tool to analyze battery consumers using Android bugreport files.

Packages

The DUMP OF SERVICE package section contains application versions (and other useful info).

...
DUMP OF SERVICE package:
...
Packages:
...
 Package [com.google.android.gms] (3cf534b):
   userId=10013
   sharedUser=SharedUserSetting{98f3d28 com.google.uid.shared/10013}
   pkg=Package{b8f6a41 com.google.android.gms}
   codePath=/system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore
   resourcePath=/system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore
   legacyNativeLibraryDir=/system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/lib
   primaryCpuAbi=arm64-v8a
   secondaryCpuAbi=armeabi-v7a
   versionCode=8186448 targetSdk=23
   versionName=8.1.86 (2287566-448)
   splits=[base]
   applicationInfo=ApplicationInfo{5158507 com.google.android.gms}
   flags=[ SYSTEM HAS_CODE ALLOW_CLEAR_USER_DATA ]
   privateFlags=[ PRIVILEGED ]
   dataDir=/data/user/0/com.google.android.gms
   supportsScreens=[small, medium, large, xlarge, resizeable, anyDensity]
   libraries:
     com.google.android.gms
   usesOptionalLibraries:
     com.android.location.provider
     com.google.android.ble
     com.android.media.remotedisplay
   usesLibraryFiles:
     /system/framework/com.android.media.remotedisplay.jar
     /system/framework/com.android.location.provider.jar
   timeStamp=2015-10-14 15:17:56
   firstInstallTime=2015-09-22 14:08:35
   lastUpdateTime=2015-10-14 15:17:56
   signatures=PackageSignatures{db63be6 [1af63d8]}
   installPermissionsFixed=true installStatus=1
   pkgFlags=[ SYSTEM HAS_CODE ALLOW_CLEAR_USER_DATA ]
   declared permissions:
     com.google.android.gms.permission.INTERNAL_BROADCAST: prot=signature, INSTALLED
     ...
     com.google.android.gms.permission.CAR_VENDOR_EXTENSION: prot=dangerous, INSTALLED
   User 0:  installed=true hidden=false stopped=false notLaunched=false enabled=0
     disabledComponents:
       com.google.android.gms.icing.service.PowerConnectedReceiver
       ...
       com.google.android.gms.icing.proxy.AppsMonitor
     enabledComponents:
       com.google.android.gms.mdm.receivers.GmsRegisteredReceiver
       ...
       com.google.android.gms.subscribedfeeds.SyncService

Processes

Bug reports contain a huge amount of data for processes, including start and stop time, runtime length, associated services, oom_adj score, etc. For details on how Android manages processes, refer to Processes and Threads.

Determine process runtime

The procstats section contains complete statistics on how long processes and associated services have been running. For a quick, human-readable summary, search for AGGREGATED OVER to view data from either the last three or 24 hours, then search for Summary: to view the list of processes, how long those processes have run at various priorities, and their RAM usage formatted as min-average-max PSS/min-average-max USS.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUMP OF SERVICE processinfo:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUMP OF SERVICE procstats:
COMMITTED STATS FROM 2015-10-19-23-54-56 (checked in):
...
COMMITTED STATS FROM 2015-10-20-03-00-00 (checked in):
...
CURRENT STATS:
...
AGGREGATED OVER LAST 24 HOURS:
System memory usage:
...
Per-Package Stats:
...
Summary:
...
  * com.google.android.gms.persistent / u0a13 / v8186448:
           TOTAL: 100% (21MB-27MB-40MB/20MB-24MB-38MB over 597)
             Top: 51% (22MB-26MB-38MB/21MB-24MB-36MB over 383)
          Imp Fg: 49% (21MB-27MB-40MB/20MB-25MB-38MB over 214)
…
          Start time: 2015-10-19 09:14:37
  Total elapsed time: +1d0h22m7s390ms (partial) libart.so

AGGREGATED OVER LAST 3 HOURS:
System memory usage:
...
Per-Package Stats:
...
Summary:
  * com.google.android.gms.persistent / u0a13 / v8186448:
           TOTAL: 100% (23MB-27MB-32MB/21MB-25MB-29MB over 111)
             Top: 61% (23MB-26MB-31MB/21MB-24MB-28MB over 67)
          Imp Fg: 39% (23MB-28MB-32MB/21MB-26MB-29MB over 44)
...
          Start time: 2015-10-20 06:49:24
  Total elapsed time: +2h46m59s736ms (partial) libart.so

Reasons a process is running

The dumpsys activity processes section lists all currently running processes ordered by oom_adj score (Android indicates process importance by assigning the process an oom_adj value, which can be dynamically updated by ActivityManager). The output is similar to that of a memory snapshot but includes additional information about what is causing the process to run. In the example below, the bolded entries indicate the gms.persistent process is running at vis (visible) priority because the system process is bound to its NetworkLocationService.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY MANAGER RUNNING PROCESSES (dumpsys activity processes)
...
Process LRU list (sorted by oom_adj, 34 total, non-act at 14, non-svc at 14):
    PERS #33: sys   F/ /P  trm: 0 902:system/1000 (fixed)
    PERS #32: pers  F/ /P  trm: 0 2925:com.android.systemui/u0a27 (fixed)
    PERS #31: pers  F/ /P  trm: 0 3477:com.quicinc.cne.CNEService/1000 (fixed)
    PERS #30: pers  F/ /P  trm: 0 3484:com.android.nfc/1027 (fixed)
    PERS #29: pers  F/ /P  trm: 0 3502:com.qualcomm.qti.rcsbootstraputil/1001 (fixed)
    PERS #28: pers  F/ /P  trm: 0 3534:com.qualcomm.qti.rcsimsbootstraputil/1001 (fixed)
    PERS #27: pers  F/ /P  trm: 0 3553:com.android.phone/1001 (fixed)
    Proc #25: psvc  F/ /IF trm: 0 4951:com.android.bluetooth/1002 (service)
        com.android.bluetooth/.hfp.HeadsetService<=Proc{902:system/1000}
    Proc # 0: fore  F/A/T  trm: 0 3586:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/u0a29 (top-activity)
  Proc #26: vis   F/ /SB trm: 0 3374:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:interactor/u0a29 (service)
        com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.voiceinteraction.GsaVoiceInteractionService<=Proc{902:system/1000}
    Proc # 5: vis   F/ /T  trm: 0 3745:com.google.android.gms.persistent/u0a12 (service)
        com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.network.NetworkLocationService<=Proc{902:system/1000}
    Proc # 3: vis   F/ /SB trm: 0 3279:com.google.android.gms/u0a12 (service)
        com.google.android.gms/.icing.service.IndexService<=Proc{947:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:search/u0a29}
    Proc # 2: vis   F/ /T  trm: 0 947:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox:search/u0a29 (service)
        com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.sidekick.main.remoteservice.GoogleNowRemoteService<=Proc{3586:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/u0a29}
    Proc # 1: vis   F/ /T  trm: 0 2981:com.google.process.gapps/u0a12 (service)
        com.google.android.gms/.tapandpay.hce.service.TpHceService<=Proc{3484:com.android.nfc/1027}
    Proc #11: prcp  B/ /IB trm: 0 3392:com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/u0a64 (service)
        com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME<=Proc{902:system/1000}
    Proc #24: svc   B/ /S  trm: 0 27071:com.google.android.music:main/u0a67 (started-services)
    Proc #22: svc   B/ /S  trm: 0 853:com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel/1001 (started-services)
    Proc # 4: prev  B/ /LA trm: 0 32734:com.google.android.GoogleCamera/u0a53 (previous)
    Proc #23: svcb  B/ /S  trm: 0 671:com.qualcomm.telephony/1000 (started-services)
    Proc #20: cch   B/ /CE trm: 0 27659:com.android.providers.calendar/u0a2 (provider)
        com.android.providers.calendar/.CalendarProvider2<=Proc{27697:com.google.android.calendar/u0a40}
    Proc #13: cch   B/ /CE trm: 0 653:com.google.android.gms.wearable/u0a12 (cch-empty)
    Proc #10: cch   B/ /S  trm: 0 4067:com.google.android.talk/u0a62 (cch-started-ui-services)
    Proc # 6: cch   B/ /CA trm: 0 27697:com.google.android.calendar/u0a40 (cch-act)
    Proc # 8: cch+1 B/ /CA trm: 0 25675:com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget/u0a81 (cch-act)
    Proc #16: cch+2 B/ /CE trm: 0 1272:com.google.android.keep/u0a106 (cch-empty)
    Proc #15: cch+2 B/ /CE trm: 0 885:android.process.media/u0a9 (cch-empty)
    Proc #14: cch+2 B/ /CE trm: 0 15146:android.process.acore/u0a3 (cch-empty)
    Proc # 9: cch+3 B/ /CA trm: 0 17016:com.google.android.gm/u0a79 (cch-act)
    Proc #19: cch+4 B/ /CE trm: 0 973:com.google.android.apps.maps/u0a66 (cch-empty)
    Proc #18: cch+4 B/ /CE trm: 0 1091:com.google.android.apps.photos/u0a71 (cch-empty)
    Proc #17: cch+4 B/ /CE trm: 0 1141:com.google.android.apps.plus/u0a74 (cch-empty)
    Proc #12: cch+5 B/ /CA trm: 0 22299:com.google.android.apps.dogfood/u0a105 (cch-act)
    Proc #21: cch+6 B/ /CE trm: 0 995:com.google.android.partnersetup/u0a18 (cch-empty)>

Scans

Use the following steps to identify applications performing excessive Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scans:

  • Find log messages for BluetoothLeScanner: 
    $ grep 'BluetoothLeScanner' ~/downloads/bugreport.txt
07-28 15:55:19.090 24840 24851 D BluetoothLeScanner: onClientRegistered() - status=0 clientIf=5
  • Locate the PID in the log messages. In this example, "24840" and "24851" are PID (process ID) and TID (thread ID).
  • Locate the application associated with the PID: 
    PID #24840: ProcessRecord{4fe996a 24840:com.badapp/u0a105}

    In this example, the package name is com.badapp.

  • Look up the package name on Google Play to identify the responsible application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.badapp.

Note: For devices running Android 7.0, the system collects data for BLE scans and associates these activities with the initiating application. For details, see Low Energy (LE) and Bluetooth scans.