diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardDelegate.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardDelegate.java
index bcb83380a..88001d865 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardDelegate.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardDelegate.java
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ public class BoardDelegate extends DelegateBase
         m_handler = null;
         ConnStatusHandler.setHandler( null );
         waitCloseGame( true );
-        pauseGame();
+        pauseGame();            // sets m_jniThread to null
         super.onPause();
     }
 
@@ -2896,7 +2896,8 @@ public class BoardDelegate extends DelegateBase
     private void handleViaThread( JNICmd cmd, Object... args )
     {
         if ( null == m_jniThread ) {
-            Log.w( TAG, "not calling handle(%s)", cmd.toString() );
+            Log.w( TAG, "m_jniThread null: not calling m_jniThread.handle(%s)",
+                   cmd.toString() );
             DbgUtils.printStack( TAG );
         } else {
             m_jniThread.handle( cmd, args );
diff --git a/xwords4/common/comms.c b/xwords4/common/comms.c
index 8881f7783..99012e0d6 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/comms.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/comms.c
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ comms_makeFromStream( MPFORMAL XWStreamCtxt* stream, XW_UtilCtxt* util,
     } else {
         comms->channelSeed = stream_getU16( stream );
         CNO_FMT( cbuf, comms->channelSeed );
-        XP_LOGF( "%s: loaded seed: %s(%d)", __func__, cbuf, comms->channelSeed );
     }
     if ( STREAM_VERS_COMMSBACKOFF <= version ) {
         comms->resendBackoff = stream_getU16( stream );
@@ -892,7 +891,6 @@ comms_writeToStream( CommsCtxt* comms, XWStreamCtxt* stream,
     stream_putU16( stream, comms->nextChannelNo );
     XP_U16 channelSeed = comms_getChannelSeed( comms ); /* force creation */
     stream_putU16( stream, channelSeed );
-    XP_LOGF( "%s: stored seed: %x(%d)", __func__, channelSeed, channelSeed );
     stream_putU16( stream, comms->resendBackoff );
     stream_putU32( stream, comms->nextResend );
     if ( addr_hasType( &comms->addr, COMMS_CONN_RELAY ) ) {
diff --git a/xwords4/common/server.c b/xwords4/common/server.c
index d898a0f1f..047e87112 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/server.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/server.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ getNV( XWStreamCtxt* stream, ServerNonvolatiles* nv, XP_U16 nPlayers )
     if ( STREAM_SAVE_PREVWORDS < version ) {
         nv->streamVersion = stream_getU8 ( stream );
     }
-    XP_LOGF( "%s: read streamVersion: 0x%x", __func__, nv->streamVersion );
+    /* XP_LOGF( "%s: read streamVersion: 0x%x", __func__, nv->streamVersion ); */
 #endif
 } /* getNV */
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ putNV( XWStreamCtxt* stream, const ServerNonvolatiles* nv, XP_U16 nPlayers )
     }
 #ifdef STREAM_VERS_BIGBOARD
     stream_putU8( stream, nv->streamVersion );
-    XP_LOGF( "%s: wrote streamVersion: 0x%x", __func__, nv->streamVersion );
+    /* XP_LOGF( "%s: wrote streamVersion: 0x%x", __func__, nv->streamVersion ); */
 #endif
 } /* putNV */