diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 432917db2..2e5781422 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />   
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />   
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
     
     <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"
     	android:debuggable="true">
diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index d01274ed0..2e9717cc5 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
   <string name="app_name">PhoneGap</string>
-	<string name="url">file:///android_asset/www/index.html</string>
+	<string name="url">file:///android_asset/www/Tck/home.html</string>
 	<string name="go">Snap</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/src/com/phonegap/demo/NetworkManager.java b/src/com/phonegap/demo/NetworkManager.java
index b1f1f3c1e..31347c8d1 100644
--- a/src/com/phonegap/demo/NetworkManager.java
+++ b/src/com/phonegap/demo/NetworkManager.java
@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@ public class NetworkManager {
 	public boolean isAvailable()
 	{
 		NetworkInfo info = sockMan.getActiveNetworkInfo();
-		return info.isConnected();
+		boolean conn = info.isConnected();
+		return conn;
 	}
 	
 	public boolean isReachable(String uri)
-	{		
+	{
+		if (uri.indexOf("http://") == -1)
+			uri = "http://" + uri;
 		boolean reached = isAvailable();
 		try {
 			DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
 			HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(uri);
 			httpclient.execute(httpget);			
-		} catch (Exception e) { reached = false;}
+		} catch (Exception e) { 
+			reached = false;
+		}
 		return reached;
 	}