Automatic collection of failure data from the iOS platform

The increasing complexity of smart phones makes them more susceptible to accidental failures. However, there is still little understanding on the dependability behavior of modern smart phones. In this paper, we propose the design and implementation of a logger to collect relevant failure data from iOS devices, such as iPhone and iPad. The preliminary use of the logger on real-world devices shows that it is able to collect meaningful failure data and to provide interesting insight on the dependability behavior of iOS.