diff --git a/adb/log_service.c b/adb/log_service.c
index 6e9bdeee650..24fbb041a10 100644
--- a/adb/log_service.c
+++ b/adb/log_service.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "sysdeps.h"
 #include "adb.h"
 
-#define LOG_FILE_DIR    "/dev/log/"
+#define LOG_FILE_DIR    "/dev/alog/"
 
 void write_log_entry(int fd, struct logger_entry *buf);
 
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstone.c b/debuggerd/tombstone.c
index 592f4f2ec22..d01b69b52b8 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstone.c
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstone.c
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ static void dump_log_file(log_t* log, pid_t pid, const char* filename,
  */
 static void dump_logs(log_t* log, pid_t pid, bool tailOnly)
 {
-    dump_log_file(log, pid, "/dev/log/system", tailOnly);
-    dump_log_file(log, pid, "/dev/log/main", tailOnly);
+    dump_log_file(log, pid, "/dev/alog/system", tailOnly);
+    dump_log_file(log, pid, "/dev/alog/main", tailOnly);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 3f6f51471fa..ee19d868cc0 100755
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ static int console_init_action(int nargs, char **args)
         have_console = 1;
     close(fd);
 
+    // mer-hybris: Don't pollute the console
+#if 0
     if( load_565rle_image(INIT_IMAGE_FILE) ) {
         fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY);
         if (fd >= 0) {
@@ -621,6 +623,8 @@ static int console_init_action(int nargs, char **args)
             close(fd);
         }
     }
+#endif
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/liblog/fake_log_device.c b/liblog/fake_log_device.c
index df4329921bb..d044e59f1f5 100644
--- a/liblog/fake_log_device.c
+++ b/liblog/fake_log_device.c
@@ -176,12 +176,13 @@ static void deleteFakeFd(int fd)
  */
 static void configureInitialState(const char* pathName, LogState* logState)
 {
-    static const int kDevLogLen = sizeof("/dev/log/") - 1;
-
     logState->debugName = strdup(pathName);
 
     /* identify binary logs */
-    if (strcmp(pathName + kDevLogLen, "events") == 0) {
+    // XXX hybris: Just in case we end up here with some app
+    // passing in /dev/log/ instead of /dev/alog/, compare both
+    if (strcmp(pathName, "/dev/log/events") == 0 ||
+            strcmp(pathName, "/dev/alog/events") == 0) {
         logState->isBinary = 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/rootdir/ueventd.rc b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
index cee3e73eee3..ecaa1abdb4f 100644
--- a/rootdir/ueventd.rc
+++ b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 # Anyone can read the logs, but if they're not in the "logs"
 # group, then they'll only see log entries for their UID.
-/dev/log/*                0666   root       log
+/dev/alog/*                0666   root       log
 
 # the msm hw3d client device node is world writable/readable.
 /dev/msm_hw3dc            0666   root       root