diff --git a/debuggerd/backtrace.cpp b/debuggerd/backtrace.cpp
index d08242e..50bc167 100644
--- a/debuggerd/backtrace.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/backtrace.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   }
 
   if (!attached && ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, tid, 0, 0) != 0) {
-    LOG_ERROR("ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", tid, strerror(errno));
+    _LOG(log, logtype::ERROR, "ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", tid, strerror(errno));
     *detach_failed = true;
   }
 }
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
   log_t log;
   log.tfd = fd;
   log.amfd = amfd;
-  log.quiet = true;
 
   dump_process_header(&log, pid);
   dump_thread(&log, tid, true, detach_failed, total_sleep_time_usec);
diff --git a/debuggerd/debuggerd.cpp b/debuggerd/debuggerd.cpp
index dde8f90..c2ef264 100644
--- a/debuggerd/debuggerd.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/debuggerd.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   char exe[PATH_MAX];
   int count;
   if ((count = readlink(path, exe, sizeof(exe) - 1)) == -1) {
-    LOG_ERROR("readlink('%s') failed: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+    ALOGE("readlink('%s') failed: %s", path, strerror(errno));
     strlcpy(exe, "unknown", sizeof(exe));
   } else {
     exe[count] = '\0';
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@
   }
 
   // Explain how to attach the debugger.
-  LOG_ERROR(    "********************************************************\n"
-          "* Process %d has been suspended while crashing.\n"
-          "* To attach gdbserver for a gdb connection on port 5039\n"
-          "* and start gdbclient:\n"
-          "*\n"
-          "*     gdbclient %s :5039 %d\n"
-          "*\n"
-          "* Wait for gdb to start, then press the VOLUME DOWN key\n"
-          "* to let the process continue crashing.\n"
-          "********************************************************\n",
-          pid, name, pid);
+  ALOGI("********************************************************\n"
+        "* Process %d has been suspended while crashing.\n"
+        "* To attach gdbserver for a gdb connection on port 5039\n"
+        "* and start gdbclient:\n"
+        "*\n"
+        "*     gdbclient %s :5039 %d\n"
+        "*\n"
+        "* Wait for gdb to start, then press the VOLUME DOWN key\n"
+        "* to let the process continue crashing.\n"
+        "********************************************************\n",
+        pid, name, pid);
 
   // Wait for VOLUME DOWN.
   if (init_getevent() == 0) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     uninit_getevent();
   }
 
-  LOG_ERROR("debuggerd resuming process %d", pid);
+  ALOGI("debuggerd resuming process %d", pid);
 }
 
 static int get_process_info(pid_t tid, pid_t* out_pid, uid_t* out_uid, uid_t* out_gid) {
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@
   socklen_t len = sizeof(cr);
   int status = getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, &cr, &len);
   if (status != 0) {
-    LOG_ERROR("cannot get credentials\n");
+    ALOGE("cannot get credentials\n");
     return -1;
   }
 
-  XLOG("reading tid\n");
+  ALOGV("reading tid\n");
   fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
 
   pollfd pollfds[1];
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
   pollfds[0].revents = 0;
   status = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(poll(pollfds, 1, 3000));
   if (status != 1) {
-    LOG_ERROR("timed out reading tid (from pid=%d uid=%d)\n", cr.pid, cr.uid);
+    ALOGE("timed out reading tid (from pid=%d uid=%d)\n", cr.pid, cr.uid);
     return -1;
   }
 
@@ -160,14 +160,13 @@
   memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
   status = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(fd, &msg, sizeof(msg)));
   if (status < 0) {
-    LOG_ERROR("read failure? %s (pid=%d uid=%d)\n", strerror(errno), cr.pid, cr.uid);
+    ALOGE("read failure? %s (pid=%d uid=%d)\n", strerror(errno), cr.pid, cr.uid);
     return -1;
   }
   if (status == sizeof(debugger_msg_t)) {
-    XLOG("crash request of size %d abort_msg_address=0x%" PRIPTR "\n",
-         status, msg.abort_msg_address);
+    ALOGV("crash request of size %d abort_msg_address=%p\n", status, msg.abort_msg_address);
   } else {
-    LOG_ERROR("invalid crash request of size %d (from pid=%d uid=%d)\n", status, cr.pid, cr.uid);
+    ALOGE("invalid crash request of size %d (from pid=%d uid=%d)\n", status, cr.pid, cr.uid);
     return -1;
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@
     struct stat s;
     snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "/proc/%d/task/%d", out_request->pid, out_request->tid);
     if (stat(buf, &s)) {
-      LOG_ERROR("tid %d does not exist in pid %d. ignoring debug request\n",
+      ALOGE("tid %d does not exist in pid %d. ignoring debug request\n",
           out_request->tid, out_request->pid);
       return -1;
     }
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@
     status = get_process_info(out_request->tid, &out_request->pid,
                               &out_request->uid, &out_request->gid);
     if (status < 0) {
-      LOG_ERROR("tid %d does not exist. ignoring explicit dump request\n", out_request->tid);
+      ALOGE("tid %d does not exist. ignoring explicit dump request\n", out_request->tid);
       return -1;
     }
   } else {
@@ -217,13 +216,13 @@
 }
 
 static void handle_request(int fd) {
-  XLOG("handle_request(%d)\n", fd);
+  ALOGV("handle_request(%d)\n", fd);
 
   debugger_request_t request;
   memset(&request, 0, sizeof(request));
   int status = read_request(fd, &request);
   if (!status) {
-    XLOG("BOOM: pid=%d uid=%d gid=%d tid=%d\n",
+    ALOGV("BOOM: pid=%d uid=%d gid=%d tid=%d\n",
          request.pid, request.uid, request.gid, request.tid);
 
     // At this point, the thread that made the request is blocked in
@@ -237,12 +236,12 @@
     // See details in bionic/libc/linker/debugger.c, in function
     // debugger_signal_handler().
     if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, request.tid, 0, 0)) {
-      LOG_ERROR("ptrace attach failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+      ALOGE("ptrace attach failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
     } else {
       bool detach_failed = false;
       bool attach_gdb = should_attach_gdb(&request);
       if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(fd, "\0", 1)) != 1) {
-        LOG_ERROR("failed responding to client: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        ALOGE("failed responding to client: %s\n", strerror(errno));
       } else {
         char* tombstone_path = NULL;
 
@@ -261,20 +260,20 @@
           switch (signal) {
             case SIGSTOP:
               if (request.action == DEBUGGER_ACTION_DUMP_TOMBSTONE) {
-                XLOG("stopped -- dumping to tombstone\n");
+                ALOGV("stopped -- dumping to tombstone\n");
                 tombstone_path = engrave_tombstone(request.pid, request.tid,
                                                    signal, request.original_si_code,
-                                                   request.abort_msg_address, true, true,
+                                                   request.abort_msg_address, true,
                                                    &detach_failed, &total_sleep_time_usec);
               } else if (request.action == DEBUGGER_ACTION_DUMP_BACKTRACE) {
-                XLOG("stopped -- dumping to fd\n");
+                ALOGV("stopped -- dumping to fd\n");
                 dump_backtrace(fd, -1, request.pid, request.tid, &detach_failed,
                                &total_sleep_time_usec);
               } else {
-                XLOG("stopped -- continuing\n");
+                ALOGV("stopped -- continuing\n");
                 status = ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, request.tid, 0, 0);
                 if (status) {
-                  LOG_ERROR("ptrace continue failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+                  ALOGE("ptrace continue failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
                 }
                 continue; // loop again
               }
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@
             case SIGSTKFLT:
 #endif
             case SIGTRAP:
-              XLOG("stopped -- fatal signal\n");
+              ALOGV("stopped -- fatal signal\n");
               // Send a SIGSTOP to the process to make all of
               // the non-signaled threads stop moving.  Without
               // this we get a lot of "ptrace detach failed:
@@ -300,13 +299,12 @@
               // makes the process less reliable, apparently...
               tombstone_path = engrave_tombstone(request.pid, request.tid,
                                                  signal, request.original_si_code,
-                                                 request.abort_msg_address, !attach_gdb, false,
+                                                 request.abort_msg_address, !attach_gdb,
                                                  &detach_failed, &total_sleep_time_usec);
               break;
 
             default:
-              XLOG("stopped -- unexpected signal\n");
-              LOG_ERROR("process stopped due to unexpected signal %d\n", signal);
+              ALOGE("process stopped due to unexpected signal %d\n", signal);
               break;
           }
           break;
@@ -322,14 +320,14 @@
         free(tombstone_path);
       }
 
-      XLOG("detaching\n");
+      ALOGV("detaching\n");
       if (attach_gdb) {
         // stop the process so we can debug
         kill(request.pid, SIGSTOP);
 
         // detach so we can attach gdbserver
         if (ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, request.tid, 0, 0)) {
-          LOG_ERROR("ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", request.tid, strerror(errno));
+          ALOGE("ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", request.tid, strerror(errno));
           detach_failed = true;
         }
 
@@ -341,7 +339,7 @@
       } else {
         // just detach
         if (ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, request.tid, 0, 0)) {
-          LOG_ERROR("ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", request.tid, strerror(errno));
+          ALOGE("ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", request.tid, strerror(errno));
           detach_failed = true;
         }
       }
@@ -353,7 +351,7 @@
       // actual parent won't receive a death notification via wait(2).  At this point
       // there's not much we can do about that.
       if (detach_failed) {
-        LOG_ERROR("debuggerd committing suicide to free the zombie!\n");
+        ALOGE("debuggerd committing suicide to free the zombie!\n");
         kill(getpid(), SIGKILL);
       }
     }
@@ -399,16 +397,16 @@
     return 1;
   fcntl(s, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 
-  LOG_ERROR("debuggerd: " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ "\n");
+  ALOGI("debuggerd: " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ "\n");
 
   for (;;) {
     sockaddr addr;
     socklen_t alen = sizeof(addr);
 
-    XLOG("waiting for connection\n");
+    ALOGV("waiting for connection\n");
     int fd = accept(s, &addr, &alen);
     if (fd < 0) {
-      XLOG("accept failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+      ALOGV("accept failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
       continue;
     }
 
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstone.cpp b/debuggerd/tombstone.cpp
index 37839aa..725fd54 100755
--- a/debuggerd/tombstone.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstone.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
   DIR* d = opendir(task_path);
   // Bail early if the task directory cannot be opened
   if (d == NULL) {
-    XLOG("Cannot open /proc/%d/task\n", pid);
+    ALOGE("Cannot open /proc/%d/task\n", pid);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 
     // Skip this thread if cannot ptrace it
     if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, new_tid, 0, 0) < 0) {
-      LOG_ERROR("ptrace attach to %d failed: %s\n", new_tid, strerror(errno));
+      _LOG(log, logtype::ERROR, "ptrace attach to %d failed: %s\n", new_tid, strerror(errno));
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
     log->current_tid = log->crashed_tid;
 
     if (ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, new_tid, 0, 0) != 0) {
-      LOG_ERROR("ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", new_tid, strerror(errno));
+      _LOG(log, logtype::ERROR, "ptrace detach from %d failed: %s\n", new_tid, strerror(errno));
       detach_failed = true;
     }
   }
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
     android_name_to_log_id(filename), O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK, tail, pid);
 
   if (!logger_list) {
-    XLOG("Unable to open %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+    ALOGE("Unable to open %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
     return;
   }
 
@@ -474,17 +474,17 @@
         // non-blocking EOF; we're done
         break;
       } else {
-        LOG_ERROR("Error while reading log: %s\n",
+        _LOG(log, logtype::ERROR, "Error while reading log: %s\n",
           strerror(-actual));
         break;
       }
     } else if (actual == 0) {
-      LOG_ERROR("Got zero bytes while reading log: %s\n",
+      _LOG(log, logtype::ERROR, "Got zero bytes while reading log: %s\n",
         strerror(errno));
       break;
     }
 
-    // NOTE: if you XLOG something here, this will spin forever,
+    // NOTE: if you ALOGV something here, this will spin forever,
     // because you will be writing as fast as you're reading.  Any
     // high-frequency debug diagnostics should just be written to
     // the tombstone file.
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
   }
 
   if (oldest < 0) {
-    LOG_ERROR("Failed to find a valid tombstone, default to using tombstone 0.\n");
+    ALOGE("Failed to find a valid tombstone, default to using tombstone 0.\n");
     oldest = 0;
   }
 
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
   snprintf(path, sizeof(path), TOMBSTONE_TEMPLATE, oldest);
   *fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600);
   if (*fd < 0) {
-    LOG_ERROR("failed to open tombstone file '%s': %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+    ALOGE("failed to open tombstone file '%s': %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
     return NULL;
   }
   fchown(*fd, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM);
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
 }
 
 char* engrave_tombstone(pid_t pid, pid_t tid, int signal, int original_si_code,
-                        uintptr_t abort_msg_address, bool dump_sibling_threads, bool quiet,
+                        uintptr_t abort_msg_address, bool dump_sibling_threads,
                         bool* detach_failed, int* total_sleep_time_usec) {
 
   log_t log;
@@ -744,11 +744,11 @@
   log.crashed_tid = tid;
 
   if ((mkdir(TOMBSTONE_DIR, 0755) == -1) && (errno != EEXIST)) {
-    LOG_ERROR("failed to create %s: %s\n", TOMBSTONE_DIR, strerror(errno));
+    _LOG(&log, logtype::ERROR, "failed to create %s: %s\n", TOMBSTONE_DIR, strerror(errno));
   }
 
   if (chown(TOMBSTONE_DIR, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM) == -1) {
-    LOG_ERROR("failed to change ownership of %s: %s\n", TOMBSTONE_DIR, strerror(errno));
+    _LOG(&log, logtype::ERROR, "failed to change ownership of %s: %s\n", TOMBSTONE_DIR, strerror(errno));
   }
 
   int fd = -1;
@@ -756,11 +756,11 @@
   if (selinux_android_restorecon(TOMBSTONE_DIR, 0) == 0) {
     path = find_and_open_tombstone(&fd);
   } else {
-    LOG_ERROR("Failed to restore security context, not writing tombstone.\n");
+    _LOG(&log, logtype::ERROR, "Failed to restore security context, not writing tombstone.\n");
   }
 
-  if (fd < 0 && quiet) {
-    LOG_ERROR("Skipping tombstone write, nothing to do.\n");
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    _LOG(&log, logtype::ERROR, "Skipping tombstone write, nothing to do.\n");
     *detach_failed = false;
     return NULL;
   }
@@ -770,7 +770,6 @@
   // being closed.
   int amfd = activity_manager_connect();
   log.amfd = amfd;
-  log.quiet = quiet;
   *detach_failed = dump_crash(&log, pid, tid, signal, original_si_code, abort_msg_address,
                               dump_sibling_threads, total_sleep_time_usec);
 
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstone.h b/debuggerd/tombstone.h
index 3574e84..7e2b2fe 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstone.h
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstone.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * Returns the path of the tombstone, which must be freed using free(). */
 char* engrave_tombstone(pid_t pid, pid_t tid, int signal, int original_si_code,
                         uintptr_t abort_msg_address,
-                        bool dump_sibling_threads, bool quiet,
-                        bool* detach_failed, int* total_sleep_time_usec);
+                        bool dump_sibling_threads, bool* detach_failed,
+                        int* total_sleep_time_usec);
 
 #endif // _DEBUGGERD_TOMBSTONE_H
diff --git a/debuggerd/utility.cpp b/debuggerd/utility.cpp
index f0d9220..a163344 100644
--- a/debuggerd/utility.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/utility.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     int written = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(fd, buf + len - to_write, to_write));
     if (written < 0) {
       // hard failure
-      LOG_ERROR("AM write failure (%d / %s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+      ALOGE("AM write failure (%d / %s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
       return -1;
     }
     to_write -= written;
@@ -57,12 +57,10 @@
 }
 
 void _LOG(log_t* log, enum logtype ltype, const char* fmt, ...) {
-  bool write_to_tombstone = log && log->tfd;
-  bool write_to_logcat = (!log || !log->quiet) && is_allowed_in_logcat(ltype);
-  if (log != NULL) {
-    write_to_logcat &= (log->crashed_tid == log->current_tid);
-  }
-  bool write_to_activitymanager = log && log->amfd >= 0 && is_allowed_in_logcat(ltype);
+  bool write_to_tombstone = (log->tfd != -1);
+  bool write_to_logcat = is_allowed_in_logcat(ltype)
+                      && (log->crashed_tid == log->current_tid);
+  bool write_to_activitymanager = (log->amfd != -1);
 
   char buf[512];
   va_list ap;
@@ -98,25 +96,25 @@
     if (n < 0) {
       if (errno == EAGAIN)
         continue;
-      LOG_ERROR("waitpid failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+      ALOGE("waitpid failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
       return -1;
     } else if (n > 0) {
-      XLOG("waitpid: n=%d status=%08x\n", n, status);
+      ALOGV("waitpid: n=%d status=%08x\n", n, status);
       if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
         return WSTOPSIG(status);
       } else {
-        LOG_ERROR("unexpected waitpid response: n=%d, status=%08x\n", n, status);
+        ALOGE("unexpected waitpid response: n=%d, status=%08x\n", n, status);
         return -1;
       }
     }
 
     if (*total_sleep_time_usec > max_total_sleep_usec) {
-      LOG_ERROR("timed out waiting for tid=%d to die\n", tid);
+      ALOGE("timed out waiting for tid=%d to die\n", tid);
       return -1;
     }
 
     // not ready yet
-    XLOG("not ready yet\n");
+    ALOGV("not ready yet\n");
     usleep(sleep_time_usec);
     *total_sleep_time_usec += sleep_time_usec;
   }
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@
   siginfo_t si;
   while (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, tid, 0, &si)) < 0 && errno == ESRCH) {
     if (*total_sleep_time_usec > max_total_sleep_usec) {
-      LOG_ERROR("timed out waiting for tid=%d to stop\n", tid);
+      ALOGE("timed out waiting for tid=%d to stop\n", tid);
       break;
     }
 
diff --git a/debuggerd/utility.h b/debuggerd/utility.h
index fdfb2ec..ee4f035 100644
--- a/debuggerd/utility.h
+++ b/debuggerd/utility.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
     int tfd;
     /* Activity Manager socket file descriptor */
     int amfd;
-    /* if true, does not log anything to the Android logcat or Activity Manager */
-    bool quiet;
     // The tid of the thread that crashed.
     pid_t crashed_tid;
     // The tid of the thread we are currently working with.
@@ -51,10 +49,6 @@
 void _LOG(log_t* log, logtype ltype, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format(printf, 3, 4)));
 
-/* Further helpful macros */
-#define LOG_ERROR(fmt...) _LOG(NULL, logtype::ERROR, fmt)
-#define XLOG(fmt...) do {} while(0)
-
 int wait_for_signal(pid_t tid, int* total_sleep_time_usec);
 void wait_for_stop(pid_t tid, int* total_sleep_time_usec);