Unable to open log for Persistent Connection, i.e. push log on iPhone

Question

I have tried to enable push notification logging on my iPhone according to these instructions: Apple Technical Note 2265.

I have managed to install the PersistentConnectionLogging.mobileconfig file without any problems. When looking in the console window for my device, I get the following warning:

<Warning>: Unable to open logging file '/var/mobile/Library/Logs/PersistentConnection/com.apple.syncdefaultsd-syncdefaultsd-APSClient.log'

What does this really mean? It seems to me like that it is failing to create the logging file on my computer :(

I have created the path on my computer.

Has anyone encountered the same problem? Is it possible to set the path where the log shall be saved?

Answer 1

As it turns out, the logging via the Organizer does not seems to be working. According to the technical note, console logging is not available in iOS 6.x. However I could read the log using iTunes.

You must connect your device and synchronize it. After this the crash log should be found here (on Mac OS X):

~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/<DEVICE_NAME>/PersistentConnection/

I hope this helps someone.