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Android event log

Is there an event log in Android ?
How do I access it ?
I need to find out when my mobile was run.......

If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
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  • Is there an event log in Android ?
    How do I access it ?
    Yes there is, but accessing it is not simple and requires dev tools and often connecting the phone to a PC at the same time.
    I need to find out when my mobile was run.......
    What do you mean by "run", what are you trying to achieve?
  • Vitor
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    run...over?

  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 3,022 Forumite
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    edited 28 December 2025 at 10:20AM
    Is there an event log in Android ?
    How do I access it ?
    Yes there is, but accessing it is not simple and requires dev tools and often connecting the phone to a PC at the same time.
    I need to find out when my mobile was run.......
    What do you mean by "run", what are you trying to achieve?

    I mean a usage log !

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
  • Is there an event log in Android ?
    How do I access it ?
    Yes there is, but accessing it is not simple and requires dev tools and often connecting the phone to a PC at the same time.
    I need to find out when my mobile was run.......
    What do you mean by "run", what are you trying to achieve?

    I mean a usage log !
    What do you mean by "usage log"? If you mean something that shows everything you do then no, that does not exist.

    Again, what are you trying to achieve?
  • Vitor
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    edited 28 December 2025 at 11:35AM
    You need to enable Developer Mode and connect the phone to a PC running adb and use dumpsys  |  Android Studio  |  Android Developers

    Then run "adb shell dumpsys usage stats" or "adb shell dumpsys activity recents"

  • SiliconChip
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    Even if you get access to whatever it is that you think you'd like to see will you be able to make sense of it? I would have thought it's unlikely to be in plain English.
  • Is there an event log in Android ?
    How do I access it ?
    Yes there is, but accessing it is not simple and requires dev tools and often connecting the phone to a PC at the same time.
    I need to find out when my mobile was run.......
    What do you mean by "run", what are you trying to achieve?

    I mean a usage log !
    What do you mean by "usage log"? If you mean something that shows everything you do then no, that does not exist.

    Again, what are you trying to achieve?

    Simply checking when my mobile phone was accessed !

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
  • ballyblack
    ballyblack Posts: 5,171 Forumite
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    not directly answering your question, but there is location history of phone in maps
  • PHK
    PHK Posts: 2,566 Forumite
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    Is there an event log in Android ?
    How do I access it ?
    Yes there is, but accessing it is not simple and requires dev tools and often connecting the phone to a PC at the same time.
    I need to find out when my mobile was run.......
    What do you mean by "run", what are you trying to achieve?

    I mean a usage log !
    What do you mean by "usage log"? If you mean something that shows everything you do then no, that does not exist.

    Again, what are you trying to achieve?

    Simply checking when my mobile phone was accessed !
    What do you mean by accessed?

    Do you mean when there is an incoming connection, such as a notification?

    Do you mean when you unlocked the phone to use it?

    Or something else ?
  • OK - Has someone been getting in to my phone and reading my private stuff ?

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
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