“Unable to open log device '/dev/log/main': No such file or directory”

Question

I am new to Android development and bought a cheap Huawei Sonic (U8650 apparently) so I could test my first attempts at making an app on an actual device.

However, w

Answer 1

I have a custom rom on my Samsung Captivate, but my approach may work for others as well:

Open up CMD or Terminal and type:

adb shell
logcat-enable
reboot

The rom I have is Continuum v6.1, but this still may work for others.
If you have the terminal emulator on the phone, you also may be able to do:

logcat-enable

and then just reboot the phone. I didn't try that, but it probably would work too. My phone is also rooted - don't know if that makes a difference.