diff --git a/engine/src/android/com/jme3/input/android/AndroidInput.java b/engine/src/android/com/jme3/input/android/AndroidInput.java
index a6d56f7a6..51e54efdf 100644
--- a/engine/src/android/com/jme3/input/android/AndroidInput.java
+++ b/engine/src/android/com/jme3/input/android/AndroidInput.java
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import com.jme3.math.Vector2f;
 import com.jme3.util.RingBuffer;
 
 
+/**
+ * <code>AndroidInput</code> is one of the main components that connect jme with android. Is derived from GLSurfaceView and handles all Inputs
+ * @author larynx
+ *
+ */
 public class AndroidInput extends GLSurfaceView implements TouchInput, 
                                                            GestureDetector.OnGestureListener, ScaleGestureDetector.OnScaleGestureListener
 {
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ public class AndroidInput extends GLSurfaceView implements TouchInput,
         else
         {
             evt = eventPool.pop();    
-        }
+        }        
         return evt;
     }
     /**
@@ -218,6 +223,7 @@ public class AndroidInput extends GLSurfaceView implements TouchInput,
                     touch.set(Type.DOWN, event.getX(p), event.getY(p), 0, 0);
                     touch.setPointerId(event.getPointerId(p));
                     touch.setTime(event.getEventTime());
+                    touch.setPressure(event.getPressure(p));
                     processEvent(touch);
                 }
                 
@@ -233,6 +239,7 @@ public class AndroidInput extends GLSurfaceView implements TouchInput,
                     touch.set(Type.UP, event.getX(p), event.getY(p), 0, 0);
                     touch.setPointerId(event.getPointerId(p));
                     touch.setTime(event.getEventTime());
+                    touch.setPressure(event.getPressure(p));
                     processEvent(touch);
                 }
                                 
@@ -253,6 +260,7 @@ public class AndroidInput extends GLSurfaceView implements TouchInput,
                     touch.set(Type.MOVE, event.getX(p), event.getY(p), event.getX(p) - lastPos.x, event.getY(p) - lastPos.y);
                     touch.setPointerId(event.getPointerId(p));
                     touch.setTime(event.getEventTime());
+                    touch.setPressure(event.getPressure(p));
                     processEvent(touch);
                     lastPos.set(event.getX(p), event.getY(p));
                 }
diff --git a/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/OGLESShaderRenderer.java b/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/OGLESShaderRenderer.java
index 5c8793ece..841de2b68 100644
--- a/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/OGLESShaderRenderer.java
+++ b/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/OGLESShaderRenderer.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 package com.jme3.renderer.android;
 
-import com.jme3.asset.TextureKey;
 import com.jme3.light.LightList;
 import com.jme3.material.RenderState;
 import com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA;
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ import com.jme3.shader.Shader;
 import com.jme3.shader.Shader.ShaderSource;
 import com.jme3.shader.Shader.ShaderType;
 import com.jme3.shader.Uniform;
-import com.jme3.system.JmeSystem;
 import com.jme3.texture.FrameBuffer;
 import com.jme3.texture.FrameBuffer.RenderBuffer;
 import com.jme3.texture.Image;
@@ -385,12 +383,19 @@ public class OGLESShaderRenderer implements Renderer {
 */
 
         String extensions = GLES20.glGetString(GLES20.GL_EXTENSIONS);
-
-	logger.info("GL_EXTENSIONS: " + extensions);
+        logger.info("GL_EXTENSIONS: " + extensions);
+        
+        GLES20.glGetIntegerv(GLES20.GL_COMPRESSED_TEXTURE_FORMATS, intBuf16);
+        for (int i = 0; i < intBuf16.limit(); i++)
+        {
+            logger.info("Compressed Texture Formats: " + intBuf16.get(i));
+        }
 
         if (extensions.contains("GL_OES_texture_npot"))
             powerOf2 = true;
         
+        
+        
         applyRenderState(RenderState.DEFAULT);
 //        GLES20.glClearDepthf(1.0f);
 
@@ -1834,14 +1839,31 @@ public class OGLESShaderRenderer implements Renderer {
             // Upload a cube map / sky box
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
             List<Bitmap> bmps = (List<Bitmap>)img.getEfficentData();
-            if (bmps.size() != 6)
+            if (bmps != null)
             {
-                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Invalid texture: " + img +
-                                                        "Cubemap textures must contain 6 data units." );
+                // Native android bitmap                                       
+                if (bmps.size() != 6)
+                {
+                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Invalid texture: " + img +
+                                                            "Cubemap textures must contain 6 data units." );
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+                {
+                    TextureUtil.uploadTextureBitmap(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X + i, bmps.get(i), false, powerOf2);                
+                }
             }
-            for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+            else
             {
-                TextureUtil.uploadTextureBitmap(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X + i, bmps.get(i), false, powerOf2);                
+                // Standard jme3 image data
+                List<ByteBuffer> data = img.getData();
+                if (data.size() != 6) {
+                    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid texture: {0}\n"
+                            + "Cubemap textures must contain 6 data units.", img);
+                    return;
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+                    TextureUtil.uploadTexture(img, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X + i, i, 0, tdc, false, powerOf2);
+                }
             }
         }
         else
diff --git a/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/TextureUtil.java b/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/TextureUtil.java
index 9e34d32cb..ebd1b58c5 100644
--- a/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/TextureUtil.java
+++ b/engine/src/android/com/jme3/renderer/android/TextureUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package com.jme3.renderer.android;
 
+
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.opengl.GLES10;
+import android.opengl.GLES11;
+import android.opengl.GLES11Ext;
 import android.opengl.GLES20;
 import android.opengl.GLUtils;
 import com.jme3.math.FastMath;
@@ -8,6 +12,7 @@ import com.jme3.texture.Image;
 import com.jme3.texture.Image.Format;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10;
+import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10Ext;
 
 public class TextureUtil {
 
@@ -32,8 +37,10 @@ public class TextureUtil {
             case RGBA16:
             case RGBA8:
                 return GL10.GL_RGBA;
+            case DXT1A:
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported format: " + fmt);
             default:
-                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unrecognized format: "+fmt);
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unrecognized format: " + fmt);
         }
     }
 
@@ -189,6 +196,9 @@ public class TextureUtil {
                 format = GL10.GL_RGBA;
                 dataType = GL10.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
                 break;
+            case DXT1A:
+                format = GLES20.GL_COMPRESSED_TEXTURE_FORMATS;
+                dataType = GL10.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;           
             default:
                 throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unrecognized format: "+fmt);
         }