SysLog This is a simple application that records various log types, and compresses them, currently as a tar file. The logs are saved under the primary external storage folders named by the date and time. Enabling Log Access via ADB (No root required) 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. ADB is part of the Android platform-tools, and you need to enable ADB access on you device. From a command line