diff --git a/android/README.txt b/android/README.txt
index 503078325..fe84055d1 100644
--- a/android/README.txt
+++ b/android/README.txt
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ ant reinstall
 # Now click on the I2P icon on your phone!
 
 #other helpful commands
-../../android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb shell
+../../android-sdk-linux_86/platform-tools/adb shell
+../../android-sdk-linux_86/platform-tools/adb pull /some/file/on/emulator some-local-dir/
diff --git a/android/build.xml b/android/build.xml
index dc09f5e11..9b09ecee6 100644
--- a/android/build.xml
+++ b/android/build.xml
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@
             <arg value="jni/build.sh" />
         </exec>
         <copy file="jni/libjbigi.so" todir="${native.libs.dir}/armeabi" />
-        <exec executable="chmod" osfamily="unix" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="+x" />
-            <arg value="${native.libs.dir}/armeabi/libjbigi.so" />
-        </exec>
     </target>
 
     <!-- install now does both -->
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/NativeBigInteger.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/NativeBigInteger.java
index 57517aec4..27d555af4 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/NativeBigInteger.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/NativeBigInteger.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ public class NativeBigInteger extends BigInteger {
     private static final boolean _isLinux = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("linux");
     private static final boolean _isFreebsd = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("freebsd");
     private static final boolean _isSunos = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("sunos");
+    private static final boolean _isAndroid = System.getProperty("java.vendor").contains("Android");
 
     /*
      * This isn't always correct.
@@ -498,6 +500,17 @@ public class NativeBigInteger extends BigInteger {
             System.loadLibrary(name);
             return true;
         } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ule) {
+            if (_isAndroid) {
+                // temp debug
+                warn("jbigi loadLibrary() fail", ule);
+                try {
+                    System.load("/data/data/net.i2p.router/lib/libjbigi.so");
+                    return true;
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    warn("jbigi load() fail", t);
+                }
+                warn("Is the file there? " + (new File("/data/data/net.i2p.router/lib/libjbigi.so")).exists());
+            }
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -581,6 +594,8 @@ public class NativeBigInteger extends BigInteger {
      *  @since 0.8.7
      */
     private static List<String> getResourceList() {
+        if (_isAndroid)
+            return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
         List<String> rv = new ArrayList(8);
         String primary = getMiddleName2(true);
         if (primary != null) {