diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/filepicker/ValidRenderTheme.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/filepicker/ValidRenderTheme.java
index 8cce66099..a53f832dd 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/filepicker/ValidRenderTheme.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/filepicker/ValidRenderTheme.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public boolean accept(File file) {
             ThemeLoader.load(file.getAbsolutePath());
             mOpenResult = OpenResult.SUCCESS;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            mOpenResult = new OpenResult(e.getMessage());
+            mOpenResult = new OpenResult(e.toString());
         }
         return mOpenResult.isSuccess();
     }
diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MBTilesMvtActivity.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MBTilesMvtActivity.java
index 21cc71959..4cb443ea6 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MBTilesMvtActivity.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MBTilesMvtActivity.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
         } catch (MBTilesUnsupportedException e) {
             AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
                     .setTitle(R.string.warning)
-                    .setMessage(e.getMessage())
+                    .setMessage(e.toString())
                     .setPositiveButton(R.string.exit, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                         @Override
                         public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapsforgeActivity.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapsforgeActivity.java
index acbf7987d..e8c83f7d4 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapsforgeActivity.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapsforgeActivity.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
                     mPrefs.clear();
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error(e.getMessage());
+                log.error(e.toString());
                 finish();
             }
         } else if (requestCode == SELECT_THEME_ARCHIVE) {
diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/PoiSearchActivity.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/PoiSearchActivity.java
index 178f963b5..65943391f 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/PoiSearchActivity.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/PoiSearchActivity.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ protected Collection<PointOfInterest> doInBackground(BoundingBox... params) {
                         params[0].getMaxLatitude(), params[0].getMaxLongitude());
                 return mPersistenceManager.findInRect(bb, categoryFilter, patterns, null, Integer.MAX_VALUE, true);
             } catch (Throwable t) {
-                log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+                log.error(t.toString(), t);
             }
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/vtm-android-mvt/src/org/oscim/android/mvt/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesMvtTileDataSource.java b/vtm-android-mvt/src/org/oscim/android/mvt/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesMvtTileDataSource.java
index 418b3e391..420510b58 100644
--- a/vtm-android-mvt/src/org/oscim/android/mvt/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesMvtTileDataSource.java
+++ b/vtm-android-mvt/src/org/oscim/android/mvt/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesMvtTileDataSource.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public void query(MapTile requestTile, ITileDataSink requestDataSink) {
             } else
                 responseDataSink.completed(QueryResult.TILE_NOT_FOUND);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
             responseDataSink.completed(QueryResult.FAILED);
         } finally {
             if (cursor != null)
diff --git a/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/AssetsRenderTheme.java b/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/AssetsRenderTheme.java
index 41b718b6a..7dddd3cd8 100644
--- a/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/AssetsRenderTheme.java
+++ b/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/AssetsRenderTheme.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public InputStream getRenderThemeAsStream() throws ThemeException {
         try {
             return mAssetManager.open((TextUtils.isEmpty(mRelativePathPrefix) ? "" : mRelativePathPrefix) + mFileName);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/ContentRenderTheme.java b/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/ContentRenderTheme.java
index 1c19a1ed3..952bb9313 100644
--- a/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/ContentRenderTheme.java
+++ b/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/theme/ContentRenderTheme.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public InputStream getRenderThemeAsStream() throws ThemeException {
         try {
             return mContentResolver.openInputStream(mUri);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesBitmapTileDataSource.java b/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesBitmapTileDataSource.java
index ad086d7d2..86905682b 100644
--- a/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesBitmapTileDataSource.java
+++ b/vtm-android/src/org/oscim/android/tiling/source/mbtiles/MBTilesBitmapTileDataSource.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void query(MapTile tile, ITileDataSink sink) {
             sink.setTileImage(bitmap);
             res = QueryResult.SUCCESS;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
         } finally {
             sink.completed(res);
         }
diff --git a/vtm-app/src/org/oscim/app/filefilter/ValidRenderTheme.java b/vtm-app/src/org/oscim/app/filefilter/ValidRenderTheme.java
index 1ee56011b..6d562e493 100644
--- a/vtm-app/src/org/oscim/app/filefilter/ValidRenderTheme.java
+++ b/vtm-app/src/org/oscim/app/filefilter/ValidRenderTheme.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public boolean accept(File file) {
             ThemeLoader.load(file.getAbsolutePath());
             mOpenResult = OpenResult.SUCCESS;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            mOpenResult = new OpenResult(e.getMessage());
+            mOpenResult = new OpenResult(e.toString());
         }
         return mOpenResult.isSuccess();
     }
diff --git a/vtm-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java b/vtm-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java
index 3dc4cae1f..aefb4f2bf 100644
--- a/vtm-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java
+++ b/vtm-desktop/src/org/oscim/awt/AwtBitmap.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public byte[] getPngEncodedData() {
             ImageIO.write(this.bitmap, "png", outputStream);
             return outputStream.toByteArray();
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            log.error(e.toString(), e);
         } finally {
             IOUtils.closeQuietly(outputStream);
         }
diff --git a/vtm-gdx/src/org/oscim/gdx/GdxAssets.java b/vtm-gdx/src/org/oscim/gdx/GdxAssets.java
index 801161402..591d8c3a3 100644
--- a/vtm-gdx/src/org/oscim/gdx/GdxAssets.java
+++ b/vtm-gdx/src/org/oscim/gdx/GdxAssets.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public InputStream openFileAsStream(String fileName) {
         try {
             return file.read();
         } catch (GdxRuntimeException e) {
-            log.debug(e.getMessage());
+            log.debug(e.toString());
             return null;
         }
     }
diff --git a/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java b/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
index 54f29f426..be4877a21 100644
--- a/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
+++ b/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public void sendRequest(Tile tile) throws IOException {
             } else
                 mInputStream = response.body().byteStream();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            log.error(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public void close() {
         try {
             mInputStream.close();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            log.error(e.toString(), e);
         }
         mInputStream = null;
     }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public void setCache(OutputStream os) {
             try {
                 os.write(mCachedData);
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+                log.error(e.toString(), e);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/vtm-ios/src/org/oscim/ios/backend/IosSvgBitmap.java b/vtm-ios/src/org/oscim/ios/backend/IosSvgBitmap.java
index cd01d0076..d5969a6cf 100644
--- a/vtm-ios/src/org/oscim/ios/backend/IosSvgBitmap.java
+++ b/vtm-ios/src/org/oscim/ios/backend/IosSvgBitmap.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ private static String getStringFromInputStream(InputStream is) {
                 sb.append(line);
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            log.error(e.toString(), e);
         } finally {
             IOUtils.closeQuietly(br);
         }
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java
index fccd7e74e..e30b0c740 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void setupLoop() {
             listener.create();
             listener.resize(graphics.getWidth(), graphics.getHeight());
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            error("GwtApplication", "exception: " + t.getMessage(), t);
+            error("GwtApplication", "exception: " + t.toString(), t);
             t.printStackTrace();
             throw new RuntimeException(t);
         }
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public void execute(double timestamp) {
                 try {
                     mainLoop();
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
-                    error("GwtApplication", "exception: " + t.getMessage(), t);
+                    error("GwtApplication", "exception: " + t.toString(), t);
                     throw new RuntimeException(t);
                 }
                 AnimationScheduler.get().requestAnimationFrame(this, graphics.canvas);
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public void log(String tag, String message, Throwable exception) {
             checkLogLabel();
             log.setText(log.getText() + "\n" + tag + ": " + message + "\n" + getMessages(exception) + "\n");
             log.setCursorPos(log.getText().length() - 1);
-            System.out.println(tag + ": " + message + "\n" + exception.getMessage());
+            System.out.println(tag + ": " + message + "\n" + exception.toString());
             System.out.println(getStackTrace(exception));
         }
     }
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public void error(String tag, String message, Throwable exception) {
             checkLogLabel();
             log.setText(log.getText() + "\n" + tag + ": " + message + "\n" + getMessages(exception) + "\n");
             log.setCursorPos(log.getText().length() - 1);
-            System.err.println(tag + ": " + message + "\n" + exception.getMessage() + "\n");
+            System.err.println(tag + ": " + message + "\n" + exception.toString() + "\n");
             System.out.println(getStackTrace(exception));
         }
     }
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ public void debug(String tag, String message, Throwable exception) {
             checkLogLabel();
             log.setText(log.getText() + "\n" + tag + ": " + message + "\n" + getMessages(exception) + "\n");
             log.setCursorPos(log.getText().length() - 1);
-            System.out.println(tag + ": " + message + "\n" + exception.getMessage());
+            System.out.println(tag + ": " + message + "\n" + exception.toString());
             System.out.println(getStackTrace(exception));
         }
     }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public void debug(String tag, String message, Throwable exception) {
     private String getMessages(Throwable e) {
         StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
         while (e != null) {
-            buffer.append(e.getMessage() + "\n");
+            buffer.append(e.toString() + "\n");
             e = e.getCause();
         }
         return buffer.toString();
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java
index a6bacfc86..937e7dff8 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static IRenderTheme read(ThemeFile theme, ThemeCallback themeCallback) th
         try {
             new XMLReaderAdapter().parse(renderThemeHandler, theme.getRenderThemeAsStream());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
 
         TextureAtlasUtils.createTextureRegions(renderThemeHandler.bitmapMap, outputMap, atlasList,
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java
index 3914a11c4..ed7e2e758 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public static IRenderTheme read(ThemeFile theme, ThemeCallback themeCallback) th
         try {
             new XMLReaderAdapter().parse(renderThemeHandler, theme.getRenderThemeAsStream());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
 
         return renderThemeHandler.mRenderTheme;
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) {
 
     @Override
     public void error(SAXParseException exception) {
-        log.debug(exception.getMessage());
+        log.debug(exception.toString());
     }
 
     @Override
     public void warning(SAXParseException exception) {
-        log.debug(exception.getMessage());
+        log.debug(exception.toString());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
                 throw new SAXException("unknown element: " + localName);
             }
         } catch (SAXException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ else if ("position".equals(name)) {
                 try {
                     b.bitmap = CanvasAdapter.getBitmapAsset(mTheme.getRelativePathPrefix(), symbol, mTheme.getResourceProvider(), b.symbolWidth, b.symbolHeight, b.symbolPercent);
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    log.error("{}: {}", symbol, e.getMessage());
+                    log.error("{}: {}", symbol, e.toString());
                 }
             } else
                 b.texture = getAtlasRegion(symbol);
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ private SymbolStyle buildSymbol(SymbolBuilder<?> b) {
                 if (bitmap != null)
                     return buildSymbol(b, b.src, bitmap);
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("{}: {}", b.src, e.getMessage());
+                log.error("{}: {}", b.src, e.toString());
             }
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java
index b360a5aef..660233a77 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static void closeQuietly(OutputStream closeable) {
                 closeable.close();
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            //log.debug(e.getMessage() + " " + e);
+            //log.debug(e.toString() + " " + e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public static void closeQuietly(InputStream closeable) {
                 closeable.close();
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            //log.debug(e.getMessage() + " " + e);
+            //log.debug(e.toString() + " " + e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParserException.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParserException.java
index b4b4b7135..b7b9f5f97 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParserException.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParserException.java
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ public XmlPullParserException(String msg, XmlPullParser parser, Throwable chain)
     /*
     public String getMessage() {
         if(detail == null)
-            return super.getMessage();
+            return super.toString();
         else
-            return super.getMessage() + "; nested exception is: \n\t"
-                + detail.getMessage();
+            return super.toString() + "; nested exception is: \n\t"
+                + detail.toString();
     }
     */
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public void printStackTrace() {
             super.printStackTrace();
         } else {
             synchronized(System.err) {
-                System.err.println(super.getMessage() + "; nested exception is:");
+                System.err.println(super.toString() + "; nested exception is:");
                 detail.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/JsonTileDataSource.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/JsonTileDataSource.java
index 566c8effd..c26f3a9bb 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/JsonTileDataSource.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/JsonTileDataSource.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void doGet(final String url) {
             public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
 
                 mSink.completed(FAILED);
-                log.debug("fail! {} {}", mRequestHandle, caught.getMessage());
+                log.debug("fail! {} {}", mRequestHandle, caught.toString());
                 //mRequestHandle.cancel();
             }
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLoader.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLoader.java
index 4e426b376..78563fbab 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLoader.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLoader.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ protected boolean loadTile(MapTile tile) {
         try {
             mTileDataSource.query(tile, this);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.debug("{} {}", tile, e.getMessage());
+            log.debug("{} {}", tile, e.toString());
             return false;
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLoader.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLoader.java
index 0c64844d4..747cf3c4b 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLoader.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLoader.java
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ public boolean loadTile(MapTile tile) {
             /* query data source, which calls process() callback */
             mTileDataSource.query(tile, this);
         } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-            log.debug("NPE {} {}", tile, e.getMessage());
+            log.debug("NPE {} {}", tile, e.toString());
             e.printStackTrace();
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.debug("{} {}", tile, t.getMessage());
+            log.debug("{} {}", tile, t.toString());
             t.printStackTrace();
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Layers.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Layers.java
index b83c9aa0d..6bdde295d 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Layers.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/map/Layers.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public synchronized void updateLayers() {
 
             mDirtyLayers = false;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            log.error(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java
index 24dbee1a3..57b613463 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/renderer/MapRenderer.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public void onDrawFrame() {
         try {
             draw();
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
         }
 
         mMap.doneFrame(rerender);
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ExternalRenderTheme.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ExternalRenderTheme.java
index 8e3b44187..35db85fba 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ExternalRenderTheme.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ExternalRenderTheme.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public InputStream getRenderThemeAsStream() throws ThemeException {
         try {
             is = new FileInputStream(mPath);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
         return is;
     }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ThemeUtils.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ThemeUtils.java
index eab1fa9f7..5dca678dd 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ThemeUtils.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ThemeUtils.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes
             }
             return isMapsforgeTheme.get();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            log.error(e.toString(), e);
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java
index d332eac00..824840136 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlAtlasThemeBuilder.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public static IRenderTheme read(ThemeFile theme, ThemeCallback themeCallback) th
                     true, CanvasAdapter.platform == Platform.IOS);
             return replaceThemeSymbols(renderThemeHandler.mRenderTheme, outputMap);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         } finally {
             IOUtils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
         }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java
index 59636fe7a..66f25a05e 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/XmlThemeBuilder.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public static IRenderTheme read(ThemeFile theme, ThemeCallback themeCallback) th
             renderThemeHandler.processRenderTheme();
             return renderThemeHandler.mRenderTheme;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         } finally {
             IOUtils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
         }
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ public void startElement() throws ThemeException {
                 throw new XmlPullParserException("unknown element: " + qName);
             }
         } catch (XmlPullParserException | IOException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ else if ("position".equals(name)) {
                 try {
                     b.bitmap = CanvasAdapter.getBitmapAsset(mTheme.getRelativePathPrefix(), symbol, mTheme.getResourceProvider(), b.symbolWidth, b.symbolHeight, (int) (b.symbolPercent * CanvasAdapter.symbolScale));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    log.error("{}: {}", symbol, e.getMessage());
+                    log.error("{}: {}", symbol, e.toString());
                 }
             } else
                 b.texture = getAtlasRegion(symbol);
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ private SymbolStyle buildSymbol(SymbolBuilder<?> b) {
                 if (bitmap != null)
                     return buildSymbol(b, b.src, bitmap);
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("{}: {}", b.src, e.getMessage());
+                log.error("{}: {}", b.src, e.toString());
             }
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ZipRenderTheme.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ZipRenderTheme.java
index 28cc07770..3b4ab173c 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ZipRenderTheme.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/theme/ZipRenderTheme.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public InputStream getRenderThemeAsStream() throws ThemeException {
         try {
             return mResourceProvider.createInputStream(mRelativePathPrefix, mXmlTheme.substring(mXmlTheme.lastIndexOf("/") + 1));
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new ThemeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new ThemeException(e.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/OverzoomTileDataSource.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/OverzoomTileDataSource.java
index 9e3afcaaa..98c1219c0 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/OverzoomTileDataSource.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/OverzoomTileDataSource.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void query(MapTile tile, ITileDataSink sink) {
             }
             tileDataSource.query(mapTile, dataSink);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java
index ff68bc287..a73a79fa9 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public boolean finishedReading() {
             try {
                 while (bytesRead < contentLength && read() >= 0) ;
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.debug(e.getMessage());
+                log.debug(e.toString());
             }
 
             return bytesRead == contentLength;
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ else if (System.nanoTime() - mLastRequest > RESPONSE_TIMEOUT)
                         close();
                     }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
-                    log.debug(e.getMessage());
+                    log.debug(e.toString());
                     close();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/UrlTileDataSource.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/UrlTileDataSource.java
index 374733123..191aad233 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/UrlTileDataSource.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/UrlTileDataSource.java
@@ -84,18 +84,18 @@ public void query(MapTile tile, ITileDataSink sink) {
             if (mTileDecoder.decode(tile, sink, is))
                 res = QueryResult.SUCCESS;
         } catch (SocketException e) {
-            log.debug("{} Socket Error: {}", tile, e.getMessage());
+            log.debug("{} Socket Error: {}", tile, e.toString());
         } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
             log.debug("{} Socket Timeout", tile);
             res = QueryResult.DELAYED;
         } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-            log.debug("{} Unknown host: {}", tile, e.getMessage());
+            log.debug("{} Unknown host: {}", tile, e.toString());
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.debug("{} Network Error: {}", tile, e.getMessage());
+            log.debug("{} Network Error: {}", tile, e.toString());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.debug("{} Error: {}", tile, e.getMessage());
+            log.debug("{} Error: {}", tile, e.toString());
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
         } finally {
             boolean ok = (res == QueryResult.SUCCESS);
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapDatabase.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapDatabase.java
index 4594e04c5..1ead5b1d5 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapDatabase.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapDatabase.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public MapDatabase(MapFileTileSource tileSource) throws IOException {
             }
             mFileSize = mInputChannel.size();
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage());
+            log.error(e.toString());
             /* make sure that the file is closed */
             dispose();
             throw new IOException();
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public void query(MapTile tile, ITileDataSink sink) {
                 processBlocks(sink, queryParameters, subFileParameter);
             sink.completed(QueryResult.SUCCESS);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
             sink.completed(QueryResult.FAILED);
         }
     }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ public void dispose() {
                 mInputChannel.close();
                 mInputChannel = null;
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error(e.getMessage());
+                log.error(e.toString());
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ private MapReadResult readMapData(Tile upperLeft, Tile lowerRight, Selector sele
             QueryCalculations.calculateBlocks(queryParameters, subFileParameter);
             processBlocks(queryParameters, subFileParameter, Tile.getBoundingBox(upperLeft, lowerRight), selector, mapReadResult);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage());
+            log.error(e.toString());
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapFileTileSource.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapFileTileSource.java
index 35ad5a15b..db6cc7c5e 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapFileTileSource.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MapFileTileSource.java
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ public OpenResult open() {
             log.debug("File version: " + fileInfo.fileVersion);
             return OpenResult.SUCCESS;
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage());
+            log.error(e.toString());
             // make sure that the file is closed
             close();
-            return new OpenResult(e.getMessage());
+            return new OpenResult(e.toString());
         }
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public ITileDataSource getDataSource() {
         try {
             return new OverzoomTileDataSource(new MapDatabase(this), mOverZoom);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.debug(e.getMessage());
+            log.debug(e.toString());
         }
         return null;
     }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public void close() {
                 inputChannel.close();
                 inputChannel = null;
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error(e.getMessage());
+                log.error(e.toString());
             }
         }
         fileHeader = null;
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapDatabase.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapDatabase.java
index 74451a648..0b19808bf 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapDatabase.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapDatabase.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void query(MapTile tile, ITileDataSink sink) {
             }
             sink.completed(QueryResult.SUCCESS);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-            log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
+            log.error(t.toString(), t);
             sink.completed(QueryResult.FAILED);
         }
     }
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapFileTileSource.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapFileTileSource.java
index 4bc6c0b64..61f32f926 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapFileTileSource.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/MultiMapFileTileSource.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public ITileDataSource getDataSource() {
                     mapDatabase.restrictToZoomRange(zoomLevels[0], zoomLevels[1]);
                 multiMapDatabase.add(mapDatabase);
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.debug(e.getMessage());
+                log.debug(e.toString());
             }
         }
         return new OverzoomTileDataSource(multiMapDatabase, mOverZoom);
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/ReadBuffer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/ReadBuffer.java
index fc8ca797b..1da7ad40c 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/ReadBuffer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mapfile/ReadBuffer.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public boolean readFromFile(int length) throws IOException {
             try {
                 mBufferData = new byte[length];
             } catch (Throwable t) {
-                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, t.getMessage(), t);
+                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, t.toString(), t);
                 return false;
             }
             mBufferWrapper = ByteBuffer.wrap(mBufferData, 0, length);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public boolean readFromFile(long offset, int length) throws IOException {
             try {
                 mBufferData = new byte[length];
             } catch (Throwable t) {
-                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, t.getMessage(), t);
+                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, t.toString(), t);
                 return false;
             }
             mBufferWrapper = ByteBuffer.wrap(mBufferData, 0, length);
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java
index 9046cd11a..6a0482ad1 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/IOUtils.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public static void closeQuietly(Closeable closeable) {
         try {
             closeable.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.debug(e.getMessage());
+            log.debug(e.toString());
         }
     }
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public static void closeQuietly(Socket closeable) {
         try {
             closeable.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.debug(e.getMessage());
+            log.debug(e.toString());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/Utils.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/Utils.java
index b8344591d..da013cb92 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/utils/Utils.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public static TextureItem loadTexture(String relativePathPrefix, String src, Xml
                 return new TextureItem(potBitmap(bitmap), true);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("{}: missing file / {}", src, e.getMessage());
+            log.error("{}: missing file / {}", src, e.toString());
         }
         return null;
     }