diff --git a/android/README.txt b/android/README.txt
index 68719911f..c9a708263 100644
--- a/android/README.txt
+++ b/android/README.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ant
 ant install
 
 #then run the debugger
-$A/ddms &
+../../android-sdk-linux_x86-1.1_r1/tools/ddms &
 
 #to rebuild and reinstall to emulator:
 ant reinstall
diff --git a/android/build.xml b/android/build.xml
index 9f4e7b0b9..a7b411996 100644
--- a/android/build.xml
+++ b/android/build.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
         <os family="windows"/>
     </condition>
 
-    <property name="external-libs" value="lib" />
+    <property name="external-libs" value="libs" />
     <condition property="external-libs-ospath"
-            value="..\pkg-temp\${external-libs}"
-            else="../pkg-temp/${external-libs}" >
+            value="${basedir}\${external-libs}"
+            else="${basedir}/${external-libs}" >
         <os family="windows"/>
     </condition>
 
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
 
     <target name="clean">
         <delete dir="${outdir}" />
+        <delete dir="${external-libs}" />
+        <delete dir="tmp/" />
         <delete file="${outdir-r}/net/i2p/router/R.java" />
     </target>
 
@@ -144,13 +146,19 @@
                 destdir="${outdir-classes}"
                 bootclasspath="${android-jar}">
             <classpath>
-                <fileset dir="${external-libs-ospath}" includes="*.jar"/>
+                <fileset dir="${external-libs}" includes="*.jar"/>
             </classpath>
          </javac>
     </target>
 
     <target name="buildrouter">
-         <ant dir=".." target="prepupdateRouter" />
+        <ant dir=".." target="buildrouter" />
+        <copy file="../build/router.jar" todir="${external-libs}" />
+        <mkdir dir="tmp" />
+        <unjar src="../build/i2p.jar" dest="tmp/" />
+        <delete file="tmp/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.class" />
+        <!-- lots of unneeded stuff, like Log* -->
+        <jar destfile="${external-libs}/i2p.jar" basedir="tmp/" />
     </target>
 
     <!-- Convert this project's .class files into .dex files. -->
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@
             <arg value="--dex" />
             <arg value="--output=${intermediate-dex-ospath}" />
             <arg path="${outdir-classes-ospath}" />
-            <fileset dir="${external-libs-ospath}" includes="*.jar"/>
+            <fileset dir="${external-libs}" includes="*.jar"/>
         </apply>
     </target>
 
diff --git a/android/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java b/android/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..847730d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package net.i2p.util;
+
+/*
+ * public domain
+ *
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * bridge to android logging
+ *
+ * @author zzz
+ */
+class LogWriter implements Runnable {
+    private final static long CONFIG_READ_ITERVAL = 10 * 1000;
+    private long _lastReadConfig = 0;
+    private long _numBytesInCurrentFile = 0;
+    private OutputStream _currentOut; // = System.out
+    private int _rotationNum = -1;
+    private String _logFilenamePattern;
+    private File _currentFile;
+    private LogManager _manager;
+
+    private boolean _write;
+    
+    private LogWriter() { // nop
+    }
+
+    public LogWriter(LogManager manager) {
+        _manager = manager;
+    }
+
+    public void stopWriting() {
+        _write = false;
+    }
+    
+    public void run() {
+        _write = true;
+        try {
+            while (_write) {
+                flushRecords();
+                rereadConfig();
+            }
+            System.err.println("Done writing");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.err.println("Error writing the logs: " + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void flushRecords() { flushRecords(true); }
+    public void flushRecords(boolean shouldWait) {
+        try {
+            List records = _manager._removeAll();
+            if (records == null) return;
+            for (int i = 0; i < records.size(); i++) {
+                LogRecord rec = (LogRecord) records.get(i);
+                writeRecord(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            t.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            if (shouldWait) {
+                try { 
+                    synchronized (this) {
+                        this.wait(10*1000); 
+                    }
+                } catch (InterruptedException ie) { // nop
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    private void rereadConfig() {
+        long now = Clock.getInstance().now();
+        if (now - _lastReadConfig > CONFIG_READ_ITERVAL) {
+            _manager.rereadConfig();
+            _lastReadConfig = now;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeRecord(LogRecord rec) {
+        if (rec.getThrowable() == null)
+            log(rec.getPriority(), rec.getSourceName(), null, rec.getThreadName(), rec.getMessage());
+        else
+            log(rec.getPriority(), rec.getSourceName(), null, rec.getThreadName(), rec.getMessage(), rec.getThrowable());
+    }
+
+    public void log(int priority, String className, String name, String threadName, String msg) {
+            if (className != null)
+                android.util.Log.println(toAndroidLevel(priority),
+                                         className,
+                                         threadName + ' ' + msg);
+            else if (name != null)
+                android.util.Log.println(toAndroidLevel(priority),
+                                         name,
+                                         threadName + ' ' + msg);
+            else
+                android.util.Log.println(toAndroidLevel(priority),
+                                         threadName, msg);
+    }
+
+    public void log(int priority, String className, String name, String threadName, String msg, Throwable t) {
+            if (className != null)
+                android.util.Log.println(toAndroidLevel(priority),
+                                         className,
+                                         threadName + ' ' + msg +
+                                         msg + ' ' + t.toString() + ' ' + android.util.Log.getStackTraceString(t));
+            else if (name != null)
+                android.util.Log.println(toAndroidLevel(priority),
+                                         name,
+                                         threadName + ' ' + msg +
+                                         msg + ' ' + t.toString() + ' ' + android.util.Log.getStackTraceString(t));
+            else
+                android.util.Log.println(toAndroidLevel(priority),
+                                         threadName,
+                                         msg + ' ' + t.toString() + ' ' + android.util.Log.getStackTraceString(t));
+    }
+
+    private static int toAndroidLevel(int level) {
+        switch (level) {
+        case Log.DEBUG:
+            return android.util.Log.DEBUG;
+        case Log.INFO:
+            return android.util.Log.INFO;
+        case Log.WARN:
+            return android.util.Log.WARN;
+        case Log.ERROR:
+        case Log.CRIT:
+        default:
+            return android.util.Log.ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final String replace(String pattern, int num) {
+        char c[] = pattern.toCharArray();
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+        for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++) {
+            if ( (c[i] != '#') && (c[i] != '@') )
+                buf.append(c[i]);
+            else
+                buf.append(num);
+        }
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+}