diff --git a/.githooks/post-commit b/.githooks/post-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..39b8c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/post-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+exec python3 "$ROOT/scripts/header-post-commit.py"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashReportStore.java b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashReportStore.java
index 3363cd4..3e6f70c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashReportStore.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashReportStore.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ package com.foxx.androidcast.crash;
 **********************************************************************/
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
+import com.foxx.androidcast.util.IoUtils;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ public final class CrashReportStore {
 
     public static JSONObject readJson(File file) {
         try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file)) {
-            return new JSONObject(new String(fis.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            return new JSONObject(new String(IoUtils.readAllBytes(fis), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashWatcherService.java b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashWatcherService.java
index 25c7bb2..20175e4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashWatcherService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/crash/CrashWatcherService.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.foxx.androidcast.util.IoUtils;
+
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ public final class CrashWatcherService extends Service {
             try {
                 byte[] buf;
                 try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(stub)) {
-                    buf = fis.readAllBytes();
+                    buf = IoUtils.readAllBytes(fis);
                 }
                 String text = new String(buf, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 String signal = "UNKNOWN";
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaBundleInstaller.java b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaBundleInstaller.java
index a69500d..afb198b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaBundleInstaller.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaBundleInstaller.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ package com.foxx.androidcast.ota;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.foxx.androidcast.util.IoUtils;
+
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ public final class OtaBundleInstaller {
             File signFile = new File(extractDir, ENTRY_SIGN);
             if (signFile.isFile()) {
                 try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(signFile)) {
-                    byte[] buf = fis.readAllBytes();
+                    byte[] buf = IoUtils.readAllBytes(fis);
                     OtaSignBundle sign = OtaSignBundle.fromJson(
                             new JSONObject(new String(buf, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
                     expectedSha = sign.sha256Hex;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaSettingsStore.java b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaSettingsStore.java
index 18e117d..fbd0151 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaSettingsStore.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/ota/OtaSettingsStore.java
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ package com.foxx.androidcast.ota;
 import android.content.Context;
 
 import com.foxx.androidcast.AppPreferences;
-import com.foxx.androidcast.crash.CrashSettings;
 import com.foxx.androidcast.BuildConfig;
+import com.foxx.androidcast.crash.CrashSettings;
+import com.foxx.androidcast.util.IoUtils;
 
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ final class OtaSettingsStore {
     private static JSONObject readSettingsJson(Context context) {
         File f = new File(context.getFilesDir(), SETTINGS_FILE);
         try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f)) {
-            byte[] data = fis.readAllBytes();
+            byte[] data = IoUtils.readAllBytes(fis);
             String text = new String(data, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             return new JSONObject(text);
         } catch (Exception ignored) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/settings/AppSettingsJson.java b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/settings/AppSettingsJson.java
index 1886171..f9b1fca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/settings/AppSettingsJson.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/settings/AppSettingsJson.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import android.content.Context;
 
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
+import com.foxx.androidcast.util.IoUtils;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -31,8 +33,8 @@ public final class AppSettingsJson {
             return new JSONObject();
         }
         try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f)) {
-            return new JSONObject(new String(fis.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            return new JSONObject(new String(IoUtils.readAllBytes(fis), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        } catch (Throwable ignored) {
             return new JSONObject();
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/util/IoUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/util/IoUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..734d1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/foxx/androidcast/util/IoUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.foxx.androidcast.util;
+
+/*********************************************************************
+ * IoUtils.java
+ * Created at: Wed 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200
+ * Contributors:
+ *    - Cursor Agent (project assistant)
+ **********************************************************************/
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/** Stream/file reads compatible with minSdk 29 (no {@code InputStream.readAllBytes()}). */
+public final class IoUtils {
+    private static final int BUF_SIZE = 8192;
+
+    private IoUtils() {}
+
+    public static byte[] readAllBytes(InputStream in) throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        byte[] buf = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
+        int n;
+        while ((n = in.read(buf)) != -1) {
+            out.write(buf, 0, n);
+        }
+        return out.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] readAllBytes(File file) throws IOException {
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+            return readAllBytes(fis);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pull_stats.sh b/pull_stats.sh
index b81632e..87a37d6 100755
--- a/pull_stats.sh
+++ b/pull_stats.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,37 @@ DEVICES_LIST="$(adb devices -l)"
 echo "${DEVICES_LIST}"
 
 LOG_ROOT="log_capture/session_stats/"
+CRASH_ROOT="log_capture/crash_reports/"
 CLEAN_LOGS="no"
 
+pull_dir() {
+  local serial="$1"
+  local remote_subdir="$2"
+  local local_base="$3"
+  local local_path="${local_base}/${serial}/${remote_subdir}/"
+
+  mapfile -t FILES < <(adb -s "${serial}" shell run-as com.foxx.androidcast ls "files/${remote_subdir}/" </dev/null \
+    | tr -d '\r' | grep -v '^$' || true)
+
+  if ((${#FILES[@]} == 0)); then
+    echo "  (no files in files/${remote_subdir}/ on ${serial})"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p "${local_path}"
+  for f in "${FILES[@]}"; do
+    adb -s "${serial}" exec-out run-as com.foxx.androidcast cat "files/${remote_subdir}/${f}" </dev/null \
+      > "${local_path}/${f}"
+    if [[ "${CLEAN_LOGS}" == "yes" ]]; then
+      adb -s "${serial}" shell run-as com.foxx.androidcast rm -f "files/${remote_subdir}/${f}" </dev/null
+    fi
+  done
+  echo "  pulled ${#FILES[@]} file(s) -> ${local_path}"
+}
+
 while true; do
   yn=""
-  read -rp "clean logs on device after fetch? [Y/n] " yn
+  read -rp "clean logs on device after fetch? [y/N] " yn
   yn="${yn,,}"
   case "${yn}" in
     y|yes)
@@ -20,7 +46,7 @@ while true; do
       break
       ;;
     "")
-      CLEAN_LOGS="yes"
+      CLEAN_LOGS="no"
       break
       ;;
     *)
@@ -40,29 +66,20 @@ while IFS= read -r DEV; do
   STATE="$(awk '{print $2}' <<<"${DEV}")"
   [[ "${STATE}" != "device" ]] && continue
 
-  LOG_PATH="${LOG_ROOT}/${SERIAL}/"
-  echo "------------ dumping in ${LOG_PATH}"
-  mkdir -p "${LOG_PATH}"
-
-  mapfile -t FILES < <(adb -s "${SERIAL}" shell run-as com.foxx.androidcast ls files/session_stats/ </dev/null \
-    | tr -d '\r' | grep -v '^$' || true)
-
-  if ((${#FILES[@]} == 0)); then
-    echo "  (no session_stats files on ${SERIAL})"
-    continue
-  fi
-
-  for f in "${FILES[@]}"; do
-    adb -s "${SERIAL}" exec-out run-as com.foxx.androidcast cat "files/session_stats/${f}" </dev/null \
-      > "${LOG_PATH}/${f}"
-    if [[ "${CLEAN_LOGS}" == "yes" ]]; then
-      adb -s "${SERIAL}" shell run-as com.foxx.androidcast rm -f "files/session_stats/${f}" </dev/null
-    fi
-  done
+  echo "------------ ${SERIAL}"
+  echo "session_stats:"
+  pull_dir "${SERIAL}" "session_stats" "${LOG_ROOT}"
+  echo "crash_reports/pending:"
+  pull_dir "${SERIAL}" "crash_reports/pending" "${CRASH_ROOT}"
+  echo "crash_reports/native (stubs):"
+  pull_dir "${SERIAL}" "crash_reports/native" "${CRASH_ROOT}"
 done <<<"${DEVICES_LIST}"
 
-echo "showing all the logs in ${LOG_ROOT} folder and derivatives:"
-
-ls -a ${LOG_ROOT}/*/*
-
-echo "run './gradlew :session-studio:run' to analyze logs; find the latest logs in ${LOG_ROOT}"
+echo ""
+echo "Session stats: ${LOG_ROOT}"
+[[ -d "${LOG_ROOT}" ]] && find "${LOG_ROOT}" -type f 2>/dev/null | sort || true
+echo ""
+echo "Crash reports: ${CRASH_ROOT}"
+[[ -d "${CRASH_ROOT}" ]] && find "${CRASH_ROOT}" -type f 2>/dev/null | sort || true
+echo ""
+echo "run './gradlew :session-studio:run' to analyze session logs"