diff --git a/android/testproject/jni/app-android.c b/android/testproject/jni/app-android.c
index e91329a81..6d458a99e 100644
--- a/android/testproject/jni/app-android.c
+++ b/android/testproject/jni/app-android.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void* sdlThreadProc(void* args){
 		__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "Couldn't make current: 0x%x", eglGetError());
 		return NULL;
 	}
+
 	
 	return (void *)SDL_main();
 }
@@ -143,14 +144,40 @@ void Java_org_libsdl_android_TestGLSurfaceView_nativePause( JNIEnv*  env )
                      Render the next frame
 *******************************************************************************/
 
+volatile int frames = 0;
+volatile int startSDL = 0;
+
+//eglSwapBuffers(mDisplay, mDraw);
+	
 void Java_org_libsdl_android_TestRenderer_nativeRender( JNIEnv*  env )
 {    
-	//TODO: Render here
+	__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "JNI: BeginRender");
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&mSDLRenderMutex);
-	pthread_cond_signal(&mSDLRenderCondition); //wake up the SDL thread
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&mSDLRenderMutex);
+    //Let the SDL thread do an entire run
+    int lastFrames = frames;
+    startSDL = 1;
 
-	//__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "Unlocked");
+    //wait for it to finish
+    while(lastFrames == frames){
+        ;   
+    }
 
+	__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "JNI: EndRender");
 }
+
+void sdl_render(){
+
+    //When we get here, we've accumulated a full frame
+
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "SDL: BeginRender");
+    
+    frames++;
+
+    while(startSDL == 0){
+        ;
+    }
+    startSDL = 0;
+
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "SDL: EndRender");
+}
+
diff --git a/android/testproject/jni/lesson05.c b/android/testproject/jni/lesson05.c
index 329507704..40fa4afae 100644
--- a/android/testproject/jni/lesson05.c
+++ b/android/testproject/jni/lesson05.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int drawGLScene( GLvoid )
 	
     glViewport(0, 0, SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
 
-    glClearColorx(0,0,Frames,255);
+    glClearColorx(0,0,0,255);
     glClear(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 
     glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ int drawGLScene( GLvoid )
 	}
     }
 
+   
+
     return( TRUE );
 }
 
diff --git a/android/testproject/src/org/libsdl/android/TestActivity.java b/android/testproject/src/org/libsdl/android/TestActivity.java
index 5777d42ee..9581f9ea2 100644
--- a/android/testproject/src/org/libsdl/android/TestActivity.java
+++ b/android/testproject/src/org/libsdl/android/TestActivity.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class TestGLSurfaceView extends GLSurfaceView {
         super(context);
         mRenderer = new TestRenderer();
         setRenderer(mRenderer);
+
+        //setRenderMode(RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY);
     }
 
     public boolean onTouchEvent(final MotionEvent event) {
diff --git a/src/video/android/SDL_androidgl.c b/src/video/android/SDL_androidgl.c
index b10f57615..a6b9b0bad 100644
--- a/src/video/android/SDL_androidgl.c
+++ b/src/video/android/SDL_androidgl.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ These things are in the JNI android support
 */
 extern pthread_mutex_t mSDLRenderMutex;
 extern pthread_cond_t mSDLRenderCondition;
+extern void sdl_render();
 
 /* GL functions */
 int Android_GL_LoadLibrary(_THIS, const char *path){
@@ -89,12 +90,14 @@ int Android_GL_GetSwapInterval(_THIS){
 
 void Android_GL_SwapWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window * window){
 
+/*
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&mSDLRenderMutex);
 	pthread_cond_wait(&mSDLRenderCondition, &mSDLRenderMutex);
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&mSDLRenderMutex);
-	
+*/	
 	
 	//__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "[STUB] GL_SwapWindow\n");
+	sdl_render();
 
 }