from . import common
 from .gps303proto import (
     GPS303Conn,
-    StreamError,
     HIBERNATION,
     LOGIN,
     inline_response,
             )
             return None
         when = time()
-        while True:
-            try:
-                return [
-                    (when, self.addr, packet)
-                    for packet in self.stream.recv(segment)
-                ]
-            except StreamError as e:
+        msgs = []
+        for elem in self.stream.recv(segment):
+            if isinstance(elem, bytes):
+                msgs.append((when, self.addr, elem))
+            else:
                 log.warning(
-                    "%s from fd %d (IMEI %s)", e, self.sock.fileno(), self.imei
+                    "%s from fd %d (IMEI %s)",
+                    elem,
+                    self.sock.fileno(),
+                    self.imei,
                 )
+        return msgs
 
     def send(self, buffer: bytes) -> None:
         try:
 
 
 __all__ = (
     "GPS303Conn",
-    "StreamError",
     "class_by_prefix",
     "inline_response",
     "parse_message",
 MAXBUFFER: int = 4096
 
 
-class StreamError(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
 class GPS303Conn:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.buffer = b""
     def enframe(buffer: bytes) -> bytes:
         return b"xx" + buffer + b"\r\n"
 
-    def recv(self, segment: bytes) -> List[bytes]:
+    def recv(self, segment: bytes) -> List[Union[bytes, str]]:
+        """
+        Process next segment of the stream. Return successfully deframed
+        packets as `bytes` and error messages as `str`.
+        """
         when = time()
         self.buffer += segment
         if len(self.buffer) > MAXBUFFER:
             # We are receiving junk. Let's drop it or we run out of memory.
             self.buffer = b""
-            raise StreamError(
-                f"More than {MAXBUFFER} unparseable data, dropping"
-            )
-        msgs = []
+            return [f"More than {MAXBUFFER} unparseable data, dropping"]
+        msgs: List[Union[bytes, str]] = []
         while True:
             framestart = self.buffer.find(b"xx")
             if framestart == -1:  # No frames, return whatever we have
                 break
             if framestart > 0:  # Should not happen, report
-                self.buffer = self.buffer[framestart:]
-                raise StreamError(
+                msgs.append(
                     f'Undecodable data ({framestart}) "{self.buffer[:framestart][:64].hex()}"'
                 )
+                self.buffer = self.buffer[framestart:]
             # At this point, buffer starts with a packet
             if len(self.buffer) < 6:  # no len and proto - cannot proceed
                 break
             packet = self.buffer[2:frameend]
             self.buffer = self.buffer[frameend + 2 :]
             if len(packet) < 2:  # frameend comes too early
-                raise StreamError(f"Packet too short: {packet.hex()}")
-            msgs.append(packet)
+                msgs.append(f"Packet too short: {packet.hex()}")
+            else:
+                msgs.append(packet)
         return msgs
 
     def close(self) -> bytes: