diff --git a/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h b/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
index 39ec7ae..cde64a5 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
     int getSocket() { return mSocket; }
 
+    int sendMsg(int code, char *msg, bool addErrno);
     int sendMsg(char *msg);
-    int sendMsg(char *msg, char *data);
 };
 
 typedef android::List<SocketClient *> SocketClientCollection;
diff --git a/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h b/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h
index be97421..30d050d 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     int startListener();
     int stopListener();
 
+    void sendBroadcast(int code, char *msg, bool addErrno);
     void sendBroadcast(char *msg);
-    void sendBroadcast(char *msg, char *data);
 
 protected:
     virtual bool onDataAvailable(SocketClient *c) = 0;
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp
index 9210ca5..2a96e9a 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 }
 
 bool FrameworkListener::onDataAvailable(SocketClient *c) {
-    char buffer[101];
+    char buffer[255];
     int len;
 
     if ((len = read(c->getSocket(), buffer, sizeof(buffer) -1)) < 0) {
@@ -41,15 +41,14 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    int start = 0;
+    int offset = 0;
     int i;
 
-    buffer[len] = '\0';
-
     for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-        if (buffer[i] == '\0') {
-            dispatchCommand(c, buffer + start);
-            start = i + 1;
+        if (buffer[i] == '\n') {
+            buffer[i] = '\0';
+            dispatchCommand(c, buffer + offset);
+            offset = i + 1;
         }
     }
     return true;
@@ -60,11 +59,11 @@
 }
 
 void FrameworkListener::dispatchCommand(SocketClient *cli, char *cmd) {
-
+    LOGD("Dispatching '%s'", cmd);
     char *cm, *last;
 
     if (!(cm = strtok_r(cmd, ":", &last))) {
-        cli->sendMsg("BAD_MSG");
+        cli->sendMsg(500, "Malformatted message", false);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    LOGE("No cmd handlers defined for '%s'", cmd);
-    cli->sendMsg("UNKNOWN_CMD");
+    cli->sendMsg(500, "Command not recognized", false);
     return;
 }
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
index 6db62b3..930fa4c 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #define LOG_TAG "SocketClient"
 #include <cutils/log.h>
@@ -13,29 +14,55 @@
     pthread_mutex_init(&mWriteMutex, NULL);
 }
 
+int SocketClient::sendMsg(int code, char *msg, bool addErrno) {
+    char *buf;
+    
+    if (addErrno) {
+        buf = (char *) alloca(strlen(msg) + strlen(strerror(errno)) + 8);
+        sprintf(buf, "%.3d %s (%s)", code, msg, strerror(errno));
+    } else {
+        buf = (char *) alloca(strlen(msg) + strlen("XXX "));
+        sprintf(buf, "%.3d %s", code, msg);
+    }
+    return sendMsg(buf);
+}
+
 int SocketClient::sendMsg(char *msg) {
     LOGD("SocketClient::sendMsg(%s)", msg);
+
     if (mSocket < 0) {
         errno = EHOSTUNREACH;
         return -1;
     }
 
+    char *bp;
+  
+    if (msg[strlen(msg)] != '\n') {
+        bp = (char *) alloca(strlen(msg) + 1);
+        strcpy(bp, msg);
+        strcat(bp, "\n");
+    } else
+        bp = msg;
+       
+    int rc = 0;
+    char *p = bp;
+    int brtw = strlen(bp);
+
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mWriteMutex);
-    if (write(mSocket, msg, strlen(msg) +1) < 0) {
-        LOGW("Unable to send msg '%s' (%s)", msg, strerror(errno));
+    while(brtw) {
+        if ((rc = write(mSocket,p, brtw)) < 0) {
+            LOGW("Unable to send msg '%s' (%s)", msg, strerror(errno));
+            pthread_mutex_unlock(&mWriteMutex);
+            return -1;
+        } else if (!rc) {
+            LOGW("0 length write :(");
+            errno = EIO;
+            pthread_mutex_unlock(&mWriteMutex);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        p += rc;
+        brtw -= rc;
     }
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&mWriteMutex);
     return 0;
 }
-
-int SocketClient::sendMsg(char *msg, char *data) {
-    char *buffer = (char *) alloca(strlen(msg) + strlen(data) + 1);
-    if (!buffer) {
-        errno = -ENOMEM;
-        return -1;
-    }
-    strcpy(buffer, msg);
-    strcat(buffer, data);
-    return sendMsg(buffer);
-}
-
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
index cb69bfd..57f31f1 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,18 @@
     }
 }
 
+void SocketListener::sendBroadcast(int code, char *msg, bool addErrno) {
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
+    SocketClientCollection::iterator i;
+
+    for (i = mClients->begin(); i != mClients->end(); ++i) {
+        if ((*i)->sendMsg(code, msg, addErrno)) {
+            LOGW("Error sending broadcast (%s)", strerror(errno));
+        }
+    }
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);
+}
+
 void SocketListener::sendBroadcast(char *msg) {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
     SocketClientCollection::iterator i;
@@ -197,16 +209,3 @@
     }
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);
 }
-
-void SocketListener::sendBroadcast(char *msg, char *data) {
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
-    SocketClientCollection::iterator i;
-
-    for (i = mClients->begin(); i != mClients->end(); ++i) {
-        if ((*i)->sendMsg(msg, data)) {
-            LOGW("Error sending broadcast (%s)", strerror(errno));
-        }
-    }
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);
-}
-