diff --git a/xpcom/base/nsCycleCollector.cpp b/xpcom/base/nsCycleCollector.cpp
index 3b88f3cec37b..b0bdc0e71cff 100644
--- a/xpcom/base/nsCycleCollector.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/base/nsCycleCollector.cpp
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@
 #include <io.h>
 #include <process.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef ANDROID
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#endif
 
 #ifdef XP_WIN
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -1408,12 +1405,22 @@ private:
             NS_ConvertUTF16toUTF8(mFilenameIdentifier).get());
 
         // Get the log directory either from $MOZ_CC_LOG_DIRECTORY or from our
-        // platform's temp directory.
+        // platform's temp directory. For Android, first try the downloads
+        // directory which is world-readable rather than the temp directory
+        // which is not.
         nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> logFile;
-        if (char* env = PR_GetEnv("MOZ_CC_LOG_DIRECTORY")) {
+        char* env;
+        if (env = PR_GetEnv("MOZ_CC_LOG_DIRECTORY")) {
             NS_NewNativeLocalFile(nsCString(env), /* followLinks = */ true,
                                   getter_AddRefs(logFile));
-        } else {
+        }
+#ifdef ANDROID
+        if (!logFile && (env = PR_GetEnv("DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY"))) {
+            NS_NewNativeLocalFile(nsCString(env), /* followLinks = */ true,
+                                  getter_AddRefs(logFile));
+        }
+#endif
+        if (!logFile) {
             // Ask NSPR to point us to the temp directory.
             NS_GetSpecialDirectory(NS_OS_TEMP_DIR, getter_AddRefs(logFile));
         }
@@ -1424,19 +1431,6 @@ private:
 
         rv = logFile->CreateUnique(nsIFile::NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0644);
         NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);
-#ifdef ANDROID
-        {
-            // On android the default system umask is 0077 which makes these files
-            // unreadable to the shell user. In order to pull the dumps off a non-rooted
-            // device we need to chmod them to something world-readable.
-            // XXX why not logFile->SetPermissions(0644);
-            nsAutoCString path;
-            rv = logFile->GetNativePath(path);
-            if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
-                chmod(path.get(), 0644);
-            }
-        }
-#endif
 
         return logFile.forget();
     }
diff --git a/xpcom/base/nsMemoryInfoDumper.cpp b/xpcom/base/nsMemoryInfoDumper.cpp
index 2604641dc92b..b726095d1aa1 100644
--- a/xpcom/base/nsMemoryInfoDumper.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/base/nsMemoryInfoDumper.cpp
@@ -739,8 +739,18 @@ MakeFilename(const char *aPrefix, const nsAString &aIdentifier,
 static nsresult
 OpenTempFile(const nsACString &aFilename, nsIFile* *aFile)
 {
-  nsresult rv = NS_GetSpecialDirectory(NS_OS_TEMP_DIR, aFile);
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+#ifdef ANDROID
+  // For Android, first try the downloads directory which is world-readable
+  // rather than the temp directory which is not.
+  if (char *env = PR_GetEnv("DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY")) {
+    NS_NewNativeLocalFile(nsCString(env), /* followLinks = */ true, aFile);
+  }
+#endif
+  nsresult rv;
+  if (!*aFile) {
+    rv = NS_GetSpecialDirectory(NS_OS_TEMP_DIR, aFile);
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+  }
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> file(*aFile);
 
@@ -749,19 +759,6 @@ OpenTempFile(const nsACString &aFilename, nsIFile* *aFile)
 
   rv = file->CreateUnique(nsIFile::NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0644);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-#ifdef ANDROID
-  {
-    // On android the default system umask is 0077 which makes these files
-    // unreadable to the shell user. In order to pull the dumps off a non-rooted
-    // device we need to chmod them to something world-readable.
-    // XXX why not logFile->SetPermissions(0644);
-    nsAutoCString path;
-    rv = file->GetNativePath(path);
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
-      chmod(path.get(), 0644);
-    }
-  }
-#endif
   return NS_OK;
 }