diff --git a/include/sysutils/FrameworkListener.h b/include/sysutils/FrameworkListener.h
index 142f50c..756bacf 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/FrameworkListener.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/FrameworkListener.h
@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@
 class FrameworkListener : public SocketListener {
 public:
     static const int CMD_ARGS_MAX = 16;
+
+    /* 1 out of errorRate will be dropped */
+    int errorRate;
 private:
+    int mCommandCount;
+    bool mWithSeq;
     FrameworkCommandCollection *mCommands;
 
 public:
     FrameworkListener(const char *socketName);
+    FrameworkListener(const char *socketName, bool withSeq);
     virtual ~FrameworkListener() {}
 
 protected:
@@ -37,5 +43,6 @@
 
 private:
     void dispatchCommand(SocketClient *c, char *data);
+    void init(const char *socketName, bool withSeq);
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h b/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
index 7d2b1d6..6473b3a 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../../../frameworks/base/include/utils/List.h"
 
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 class SocketClient {
@@ -24,20 +25,27 @@
     pthread_mutex_t mRefCountMutex;
     int mRefCount;
 
+    int mCmdNum;
+
+    bool mUseCmdNum;
+
 public:
     SocketClient(int sock, bool owned);
+    SocketClient(int sock, bool owned, bool useCmdNum);
     virtual ~SocketClient();
 
     int getSocket() { return mSocket; }
     pid_t getPid() const { return mPid; }
     uid_t getUid() const { return mUid; }
     gid_t getGid() const { return mGid; }
+    void setCmdNum(int cmdNum) { android_atomic_release_store(cmdNum, &mCmdNum); }
+    int getCmdNum() { return mCmdNum; }
 
     // Send null-terminated C strings:
     int sendMsg(int code, const char *msg, bool addErrno);
-    int sendMsg(const char *msg);
+    int sendMsg(int code, const char *msg, bool addErrno, bool useCmdNum);
 
-    // Sending binary data:
+    //Sending binary data:
     int sendData(const void *data, int len);
 
     // Optional reference counting.  Reference count starts at 1.  If
@@ -46,6 +54,11 @@
     // decRef() when it's done with the client.
     void incRef();
     bool decRef(); // returns true at 0 (but note: SocketClient already deleted)
+
+private:
+    // Send null-terminated C strings
+    int sendMsg(const char *msg);
+    void init(int socket, bool owned, bool useCmdNum);
 };
 
 typedef android::List<SocketClient *> SocketClientCollection;
diff --git a/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h b/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h
index 6592b01..8f56230 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/SocketListener.h
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@
 #include <sysutils/SocketClient.h>
 
 class SocketListener {
-    int                     mSock;
+    bool                    mListen;
     const char              *mSocketName;
+    int                     mSock;
     SocketClientCollection  *mClients;
     pthread_mutex_t         mClientsLock;
-    bool                    mListen;
     int                     mCtrlPipe[2];
     pthread_t               mThread;
+    bool                    mUseCmdNum;
 
 public:
     SocketListener(const char *socketName, bool listen);
+    SocketListener(const char *socketName, bool listen, bool useCmdNum);
     SocketListener(int socketFd, bool listen);
 
     virtual ~SocketListener();
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@
     int stopListener();
 
     void sendBroadcast(int code, const char *msg, bool addErrno);
-    void sendBroadcast(const char *msg);
 
 protected:
     virtual bool onDataAvailable(SocketClient *c) = 0;
@@ -46,5 +47,6 @@
 private:
     static void *threadStart(void *obj);
     void runListener();
+    void init(const char *socketName, int socketFd, bool listen, bool useCmdNum);
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp
index 90be754..6731cf1 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/FrameworkListener.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,21 @@
 #include <sysutils/FrameworkCommand.h>
 #include <sysutils/SocketClient.h>
 
+FrameworkListener::FrameworkListener(const char *socketName, bool withSeq) :
+                            SocketListener(socketName, true, withSeq) {
+    init(socketName, withSeq);
+}
+
 FrameworkListener::FrameworkListener(const char *socketName) :
-                            SocketListener(socketName, true) {
+                            SocketListener(socketName, true, false) {
+    init(socketName, false);
+}
+
+void FrameworkListener::init(const char *socketName, bool withSeq) {
     mCommands = new FrameworkCommandCollection();
+    errorRate = 0;
+    mCommandCount = 0;
+    mWithSeq = withSeq;
 }
 
 bool FrameworkListener::onDataAvailable(SocketClient *c) {
@@ -69,6 +81,7 @@
     bool esc = false;
     bool quote = false;
     int k;
+    bool haveCmdNum = !mWithSeq;
 
     memset(argv, 0, sizeof(argv));
     memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
@@ -115,9 +128,20 @@
         *q = *p++;
         if (!quote && *q == ' ') {
             *q = '\0';
-            if (argc >= CMD_ARGS_MAX)
-                goto overflow;
-            argv[argc++] = strdup(tmp);
+            if (!haveCmdNum) {
+                char *endptr;
+                int cmdNum = (int)strtol(tmp, &endptr, 0);
+                if (endptr == NULL || *endptr != '\0') {
+                    cli->sendMsg(500, "Invalid sequence number", false);
+                    goto out;
+                }
+                cli->setCmdNum(cmdNum);
+                haveCmdNum = true;
+            } else {
+                if (argc >= CMD_ARGS_MAX)
+                    goto overflow;
+                argv[argc++] = strdup(tmp);
+            }
             memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
             q = tmp;
             continue;
@@ -140,6 +164,12 @@
         goto out;
     }
 
+    if (errorRate && (++mCommandCount % errorRate == 0)) {
+        /* ignore this command - let the timeout handler handle it */
+        SLOGE("Faking a timeout");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     for (i = mCommands->begin(); i != mCommands->end(); ++i) {
         FrameworkCommand *c = *i;
 
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
index 722dcb2..d9fc48c 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
@@ -10,16 +10,25 @@
 
 #include <sysutils/SocketClient.h>
 
-SocketClient::SocketClient(int socket, bool owned)
-        : mSocket(socket)
-        , mSocketOwned(owned)
-        , mPid(-1)
-        , mUid(-1)
-        , mGid(-1)
-        , mRefCount(1)
-{
+SocketClient::SocketClient(int socket, bool owned) {
+    init(socket, owned, false);
+}
+
+SocketClient::SocketClient(int socket, bool owned, bool useCmdNum) {
+    init(socket, owned, useCmdNum);
+}
+
+void SocketClient::init(int socket, bool owned, bool useCmdNum) {
+    mSocket = socket;
+    mSocketOwned = owned;
+    mUseCmdNum = useCmdNum;
     pthread_mutex_init(&mWriteMutex, NULL);
     pthread_mutex_init(&mRefCountMutex, NULL);
+    mPid = -1;
+    mUid = -1;
+    mGid = -1;
+    mRefCount = 1;
+    mCmdNum = 0;
 
     struct ucred creds;
     socklen_t szCreds = sizeof(creds);
@@ -41,26 +50,32 @@
 }
 
 int SocketClient::sendMsg(int code, const char *msg, bool addErrno) {
+    return sendMsg(code, msg, addErrno, mUseCmdNum);
+}
+
+int SocketClient::sendMsg(int code, const char *msg, bool addErrno, bool useCmdNum) {
     char *buf;
-    const char* arg;
-    const char* fmt;
-    char tmp[1];
-    int  len;
+    int ret = 0;
 
     if (addErrno) {
-        fmt = "%.3d %s (%s)";
-        arg = strerror(errno);
+        if (useCmdNum) {
+            ret = asprintf(&buf, "%d %d %s (%s)", code, getCmdNum(), msg, strerror(errno));
+        } else {
+            ret = asprintf(&buf, "%d %s (%s)", code, msg, strerror(errno));
+        }
     } else {
-        fmt = "%.3d %s";
-        arg = NULL;
+        if (useCmdNum) {
+            ret = asprintf(&buf, "%d %d %s", code, getCmdNum(), msg);
+        } else {
+            ret = asprintf(&buf, "%d %s", code, msg);
+        }
     }
-    /* Measure length of required buffer */
-    len = snprintf(tmp, sizeof tmp, fmt, code, msg, arg);
-    /* Allocate in the stack, then write to it */
-    buf = (char*)alloca(len+1);
-    snprintf(buf, len+1, fmt, code, msg, arg);
     /* Send the zero-terminated message */
-    return sendMsg(buf);
+    if (ret != -1) {
+        ret = sendMsg(buf);
+        free(buf);
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 int SocketClient::sendMsg(const char *msg) {
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
index 3f871ea..0361641 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
@@ -29,18 +29,25 @@
 #include <sysutils/SocketListener.h>
 #include <sysutils/SocketClient.h>
 
+#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+
 SocketListener::SocketListener(const char *socketName, bool listen) {
-    mListen = listen;
-    mSocketName = socketName;
-    mSock = -1;
-    pthread_mutex_init(&mClientsLock, NULL);
-    mClients = new SocketClientCollection();
+    init(socketName, -1, listen, false);
 }
 
 SocketListener::SocketListener(int socketFd, bool listen) {
+    init(NULL, socketFd, listen, false);
+}
+
+SocketListener::SocketListener(const char *socketName, bool listen, bool useCmdNum) {
+    init(socketName, -1, listen, useCmdNum);
+}
+
+void SocketListener::init(const char *socketName, int socketFd, bool listen, bool useCmdNum) {
     mListen = listen;
-    mSocketName = NULL;
+    mSocketName = socketName;
     mSock = socketFd;
+    mUseCmdNum = useCmdNum;
     pthread_mutex_init(&mClientsLock, NULL);
     mClients = new SocketClientCollection();
 }
@@ -73,13 +80,14 @@
                  mSocketName, strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         }
+        SLOGV("got mSock = %d for %s", mSock, mSocketName);
     }
 
     if (mListen && listen(mSock, 4) < 0) {
         SLOGE("Unable to listen on socket (%s)", strerror(errno));
         return -1;
     } else if (!mListen)
-        mClients->push_back(new SocketClient(mSock, false));
+        mClients->push_back(new SocketClient(mSock, false, mUseCmdNum));
 
     if (pipe(mCtrlPipe)) {
         SLOGE("pipe failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
@@ -164,11 +172,11 @@
                 max = fd;
         }
         pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);
-
+        SLOGV("mListen=%d, max=%d, mSocketName=%s", mListen, max, mSocketName);
         if ((rc = select(max + 1, &read_fds, NULL, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
             if (errno == EINTR)
                 continue;
-            SLOGE("select failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
+            SLOGE("select failed (%s) mListen=%d, max=%d", strerror(errno), mListen, max);
             sleep(1);
             continue;
         } else if (!rc)
@@ -184,6 +192,7 @@
             do {
                 alen = sizeof(addr);
                 c = accept(mSock, &addr, &alen);
+                SLOGV("%s got %d from accept", mSocketName, c);
             } while (c < 0 && errno == EINTR);
             if (c < 0) {
                 SLOGE("accept failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
@@ -191,7 +200,7 @@
                 continue;
             }
             pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
-            mClients->push_back(new SocketClient(c, true));
+            mClients->push_back(new SocketClient(c, true, mUseCmdNum));
             pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);
         }
 
@@ -217,6 +226,7 @@
              * connection-based, remove and destroy it */
             if (!onDataAvailable(c) && mListen) {
                 /* Remove the client from our array */
+                SLOGV("going to zap %d for %s", c->getSocket(), mSocketName);
                 pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
                 for (it = mClients->begin(); it != mClients->end(); ++it) {
                     if (*it == c) {
@@ -238,19 +248,8 @@
     SocketClientCollection::iterator i;
 
     for (i = mClients->begin(); i != mClients->end(); ++i) {
-        if ((*i)->sendMsg(code, msg, addErrno)) {
-            SLOGW("Error sending broadcast (%s)", strerror(errno));
-        }
-    }
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);
-}
-
-void SocketListener::sendBroadcast(const char *msg) {
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
-    SocketClientCollection::iterator i;
-
-    for (i = mClients->begin(); i != mClients->end(); ++i) {
-        if ((*i)->sendMsg(msg)) {
+        // broadcasts are unsolicited and should not include a cmd number
+        if ((*i)->sendMsg(code, msg, addErrno, false)) {
             SLOGW("Error sending broadcast (%s)", strerror(errno));
         }
     }