diff --git a/bin/templates/project/AndroidManifest.xml b/bin/templates/project/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0cff488c..9e9abcdf 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/bin/templates/project/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 
     <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:debuggable="true">
-        <activity android:name="__ACTIVITY__" android:label="@string/app_name" 
-                  android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">
+        <activity android:name="__ACTIVITY__" android:label="@string/app_name"
+                android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@
         </activity>
     </application>
 
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="5" />
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
 </manifest> 
diff --git a/framework/AndroidManifest.xml b/framework/AndroidManifest.xml
index a2676834..92f66f44 100755
--- a/framework/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/framework/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:debuggable="true">
         <activity android:name=".StandAlone" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
-                  android:label="@string/app_name" android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">
+               android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
index 234ff65c..30b65b37 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ public class CordovaWebView extends WebView {
 
     private boolean volumeupBound;
 
+    private boolean handleButton = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -749,7 +751,6 @@ public class CordovaWebView extends WebView {
             return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
         }
 
-
         Log.d(TAG, "KeyUp has been triggered on the view");
         return false;
     }
@@ -788,6 +789,7 @@ public class CordovaWebView extends WebView {
     
     public void handlePause(boolean keepRunning)
     {
+        LOG.d(TAG, "Handle the pause");
         // Send pause event to JavaScript
         this.loadUrl("javascript:try{cordova.fireDocumentEvent('pause');}catch(e){console.log('exception firing pause event from native');};");
 
@@ -843,4 +845,8 @@ public class CordovaWebView extends WebView {
             this.pluginManager.onNewIntent(intent);
         }
     }
+
+    public boolean hadKeyEvent() {
+        return handleButton;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/DroidGap.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/DroidGap.java
index 4d6df528..a42f16cd 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/DroidGap.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/DroidGap.java
@@ -1032,5 +1032,20 @@ public class DroidGap extends Activity implements CordovaInterface {
         }
         return null;
     }
+    
 
+    /*
+     * (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see android.app.Activity#onKeyUp(int, android.view.KeyEvent)
+     */
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
+    {
+        if (appView.backHistory() || keyCode != KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)
+            return appView.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
+        else 
+            return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
+    }
+  
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/FileTransfer.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/FileTransfer.java
index 2b2620ba..4adace5b 100644
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/FileTransfer.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/FileTransfer.java
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ public class FileTransfer extends Plugin {
             if (params == null) params = new JSONObject();
             boolean trustEveryone = args.optBoolean(6);
             boolean chunkedMode = args.optBoolean(7) || args.isNull(7); //Always use chunked mode unless set to false as per API
+            JSONObject headers = args.optJSONObject(8);
+        	// Look for headers on the params map for backwards compatibility with older Cordova versions.
+            if (headers == null && params != null) {
+                headers = params.optJSONObject("headers");
+            }
 
             Log.d(LOG_TAG, "fileKey: " + fileKey);
             Log.d(LOG_TAG, "fileName: " + fileName);
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ public class FileTransfer extends Plugin {
             Log.d(LOG_TAG, "params: " + params);
             Log.d(LOG_TAG, "trustEveryone: " + trustEveryone);
             Log.d(LOG_TAG, "chunkedMode: " + chunkedMode);
+            Log.d(LOG_TAG, "headers: " + headers);
 
             // Create return object
             FileUploadResult result = new FileUploadResult();
@@ -177,25 +183,32 @@ public class FileTransfer extends Plugin {
             conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
             conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
             conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=" + BOUNDARY);
-
-            // Handle the other headers
-            try {
-              JSONObject headers = params.getJSONObject("headers");
-              for (Iterator iter = headers.keys(); iter.hasNext();)
-              {
-                String headerKey = iter.next().toString();
-                conn.setRequestProperty(headerKey, headers.getString(headerKey));
-              }
-            } catch (JSONException e1) {
-              // No headers to be manipulated!
-            }
-
+            
             // Set the cookies on the response
             String cookie = CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie(target);
             if (cookie != null) {
                 conn.setRequestProperty("Cookie", cookie);
             }
 
+            // Handle the other headers
+            if (headers != null) {
+                try {
+                    for (Iterator iter = headers.keys(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+                        String headerKey = iter.next().toString();
+                        JSONArray headerValues = headers.optJSONArray(headerKey);
+                        if (headerValues == null) {
+                            headerValues = new JSONArray();
+                            headerValues.put(headers.getString(headerKey));
+                        }
+                        conn.setRequestProperty(headerKey, headerValues.getString(0));
+                        for (int i = 1; i < headerValues.length(); ++i) {
+                            conn.addRequestProperty(headerKey, headerValues.getString(i));
+                        }
+                    }
+                } catch (JSONException e1) {
+                  // No headers to be manipulated!
+                }
+            }
 
             /*
                 * Store the non-file portions of the multipart data as a string, so that we can add it