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 ==Android==
-* For advanced users:
-** Install Android Debugging Tools: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
-** put adb in your path so you can call it from anywhere.
-** Run this:
- adb setprop log.tag.FxSync VERBOSE
+These instructions are for advanced users only - unfortunately there are no simpler instructions which are approachable for general users.
- adb setprop log.tag.FxAccounts VERBOSE
+* Install Android Debugging Tools - the location of this changes over time, [https://developer.android.com/studio installing Android Studio seems the easiest cross-platform way] or [https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux xda-developers has instructions for each desktop platform]
- adb setprop log.tag.FxAccountSyncAdapter VERBOSE
+* Tether your device
+** You also need to enable "developer mode" on your phone and authorize the device - [https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux xda-developers has some instructions for how to configure it].
-** Tether your device and make sure your computer can see it by running:
+** You will know you have successfully configured it when your computer can see your Android device by running, from a terminal or command prompt:
   adb devices
-** Run this
+(Note that you will either need to add the directory containing <code>adb</code> to your <code>PATH</code>, or specify the full path to it in the command above)
-  adb logcat | grep -i 'account'
+* To view sync-related logging, run:
+  adb logcat | grep -i  -E "(sync15|sync_manager|FirefoxAccount)"
-==HTTP Logging==
-This may also be helpful to observe http traffic details:
-* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Debugging/HTTP_logging
-* consider install add-ons such as httpFox