diff --git a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/connection.py b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/connection.py
index 763ddaa..f1d2f99 100644
--- a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/connection.py
+++ b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/connection.py
@@ -619,22 +619,27 @@ class ShieldConnectionManager:
         from adb_shell.adb_device_async import AdbDeviceTcpAsync
         from adb_shell.auth.sign_pythonrsa import PythonRSASigner
 
+        config = poller.config  # public accessor (t27 F-NEW3)
+
         async def _lines():
-            key_path = getattr(poller, "_key_path", None) or getattr(
-                poller, "key_path", None
-            )
-            host = getattr(poller, "_host", None) or getattr(poller, "host", None)
-            port = getattr(poller, "_port", None) or getattr(poller, "port", None)
             loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
             signer = await loop.run_in_executor(
-                None, PythonRSASigner.FromRSAKeyPath, key_path
+                None, PythonRSASigner.FromRSAKeyPath, config["key_path"]
             )
-            device = AdbDeviceTcpAsync(host, port, default_transport_timeout_s=10.0)
+            device = AdbDeviceTcpAsync(config["host"], config["port"])
             connected = await device.connect(rsa_keys=[signer], auth_timeout_s=10.0)
             if not connected:
                 raise RuntimeError("dedicated logcat connection failed")
+            # F-NEW1 (HIGH): quiet logcat is NORMAL on a bored device — the
+            # TCP transport timeout must NOT be the idle detector or every
+            # ≥10 s gap becomes a TcpTimeoutException streak that ends in
+            # the session auto-disable in the field. transport_timeout_s=None
+            # makes bulk_read block indefinitely; real loss (dead socket) is
+            # the ladder's job (reconnect with backoff), and async_stop is
+            # the cleanup path.
             async for line in device.streaming_shell(
-                "logcat -v brief ActivityTaskManager:*"
+                "logcat -v brief ActivityTaskManager:*",
+                transport_timeout_s=None,
             ):
                 yield line
 
@@ -660,11 +665,23 @@ class ShieldConnectionManager:
     async def _logcat_pass(self) -> None:
         """One full consumption of the logcat line-stream (P5-3).
 
-        Returns when the stream ends (the dedicated connection dropped);
-        errors propagate to the caller's ladder.
+        Yields lines are buffered 3-deep (t27 F-NEW2) before parsing so a
+        START record whose cmp= continuation spans stream lines is not
+        missed. Returns when the stream ends (the dedicated connection
+        dropped); errors propagate to the caller's ladder.
         """
+        buffer: list[str] = []
         async for line in self._open_logcat_stream():
-            package = foreground_from_logcat([str(line)])
+            buffer.append(str(line))
+            if len(buffer) < 3:  # small wrap window (t27 F-NEW2)
+                continue
+            package = foreground_from_logcat(buffer)
+            if package:
+                self._on_logcat_app_start(package)
+            buffer = buffer[-2:]  # keep the tail for a pending continuation
+        # flush the tail buffer once the stream ends
+        if buffer:
+            package = foreground_from_logcat(buffer)
             if package:
                 self._on_logcat_app_start(package)
         raise RuntimeError("stream ended (device closed)")
diff --git a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/adb_client.py b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/adb_client.py
index 12d9547..a52c489 100644
--- a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/adb_client.py
+++ b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/adb_client.py
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ class AdbClientBase:
     def connected(self) -> bool:
         return self._connected
 
+    @property
+    def config(self) -> dict:
+        """Public connection config: {host, port, key_path} (t27 F-NEW3).
+
+        Replaces the private-attr reach-ins for secondary streams — callers
+        (the dedicated logcat stream) share the signer material without
+        touching the poller's socket or its private attributes.
+        """
+        return {
+            "host": self._host,
+            "port": self._port,
+            "key_path": self._key_path,
+        }
+
     @property
     def last_info(self) -> MediaSessionInfo | None:
         return self._last_info