diff --git a/windows8/VERSION b/windows8/VERSION
index fad066f..437459c 100644
--- a/windows8/VERSION
+++ b/windows8/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.0
\ No newline at end of file
+2.5.0
diff --git a/windows8/cordova-2.5.0.js b/windows8/cordova-2.5.0.js
index 3d609b4..b1c1ac3 100644
--- a/windows8/cordova-2.5.0.js
+++ b/windows8/cordova-2.5.0.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ﻿// Platform: windows8
 
-// commit 521bbd64ed729ca76b6646d25bb01b76ee8a54b5
+// commit 54660e97952c558518cad8c4eecc67cfa42b2993
 
-// File generated at :: Wed Feb 20 2013 13:57:18 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
+// File generated at :: Tue Feb 26 2013 16:24:06 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
 
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
      */
     callbackSuccess: function(callbackId, args) {
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         // TODO: Deprecate callbackSuccess and callbackError in favour of callbackFromNative.
         // Derive success from status.
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@
     /**
      * Called by native code when returning the result from an action.
      */
-    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, message, keepCallback) {
+    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, args, keepCallback) {
         var callback = cordova.callbacks[callbackId];
         if (callback) {
             if (success && status == cordova.callbackStatus.OK) {
-                callback.success && callback.success(message);
+                callback.success && callback.success.apply(null, args);
             } else if (!success) {
-                callback.fail && callback.fail(message);
+                callback.fail && callback.fail.apply(null, args);
             }
 
             // Clear callback if not expecting any more results
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
 // Event to indicate that the connection property has been set.
 channel.createSticky('onCordovaConnectionReady');
 
+// Event to indicate that all automatically loaded JS plugins are loaded and ready.
+// This is used in conjunction with the automatic plugin JS loading CLI prototype.
+channel.createSticky('onPluginsReady');
+
 // Event to indicate that Cordova is ready
 channel.createSticky('onDeviceReady');
 
@@ -1024,7 +1028,8 @@
 
 var argscheck = require('cordova/argscheck'),
     exec = require('cordova/exec'),
-    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants');
+    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants'),
+    CameraPopoverHandle = require('cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle');
 
 var cameraExport = {};
 
@@ -1064,6 +1069,7 @@
                 mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions];
 
     exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Camera", "takePicture", args);
+    return new CameraPopoverHandle();
 };
 
 cameraExport.cleanup = function(successCallback, errorCallback) {
@@ -1108,6 +1114,24 @@
 
 });
 
+// file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverHandle.js
+define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle", function(require, exports, module) {
+
+var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+
+/**
+ * A handle to an image picker popover.
+ */
+var CameraPopoverHandle = function() {
+    this.setPosition = function(popoverOptions) {
+        console.log('CameraPopoverHandle.setPosition is only supported on iOS.');
+    };
+};
+
+module.exports = CameraPopoverHandle;
+
+});
+
 // file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverOptions.js
 define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverOptions", function(require, exports, module) {
 
@@ -2531,7 +2555,7 @@
     }
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -2581,7 +2605,7 @@
     };
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -4220,7 +4244,8 @@
 // file: lib\common\plugin\echo.js
 define("cordova/plugin/echo", function(require, exports, module) {
 
-var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+var exec = require('cordova/exec'),
+    utils = require('cordova/utils');
 
 /**
  * Sends the given message through exec() to the Echo plugin, which sends it back to the successCallback.
@@ -4230,11 +4255,25 @@
  * @param forceAsync  Whether to force an async return value (for testing native->js bridge).
  */
 module.exports = function(successCallback, errorCallback, message, forceAsync) {
-    var action = forceAsync ? 'echoAsync' : 'echo';
-    if (!forceAsync && message.constructor == ArrayBuffer) {
-        action = 'echoArrayBuffer';
+    var action = 'echo';
+    var messageIsMultipart = (utils.typeName(message) == "Array");
+    var args = messageIsMultipart ? message : [message];
+
+    if (utils.typeName(message) == 'ArrayBuffer') {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo ArrayBuffer with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'ArrayBuffer';
+    } else if (messageIsMultipart) {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo MultiPart Array with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'MultiPart';
+    } else if (forceAsync) {
+        action += 'Async';
     }
-    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, [message]);
+
+    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, args);
 };
 
 
@@ -6053,7 +6092,7 @@
         }
 
         setTimeout(function () {
-            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0rc1" });
+            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0" });
         }, 0);
     }
 
@@ -7676,44 +7715,26 @@
 (function (context) {
     // Replace navigator before any modules are required(), to ensure it happens as soon as possible.
     // We replace it so that properties that can't be clobbered can instead be overridden.
-    if (context.navigator) {
+    function replaceNavigator(origNavigator) {
         var CordovaNavigator = function() {};
-        CordovaNavigator.prototype = context.navigator;
-        context.navigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        CordovaNavigator.prototype = origNavigator;
+        var newNavigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        // This work-around really only applies to new APIs that are newer than Function.bind.
+        // Without it, APIs such as getGamepads() break.
+        if (CordovaNavigator.bind) {
+            for (var key in origNavigator) {
+                if (typeof origNavigator[key] == 'function') {
+                    newNavigator[key] = origNavigator[key].bind(origNavigator);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return newNavigator;
+    }
+    if (context.navigator) {
+        context.navigator = replaceNavigator(context.navigator);
     }
 
-    var channel = require("cordova/channel"),
-        _self = {
-            boot: function () {
-                /**
-                 * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
-                 */
-                channel.join(function() {
-                    var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
-                        platform = require('cordova/platform');
-
-                    builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
-
-                    // Call the platform-specific initialization
-                    platform.initialize();
-
-                    // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
-                    channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
-
-                    // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
-                    // cordova info has been received from native side.
-                    channel.join(function() {
-                        require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
-                    }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
-
-                }, [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ]);
-            }
-        };
-
-    // boot up once native side is ready
-    channel.onNativeReady.subscribe(_self.boot);
+    var channel = require("cordova/channel");
 
     // _nativeReady is global variable that the native side can set
     // to signify that the native code is ready. It is a global since
@@ -7722,6 +7743,40 @@
         channel.onNativeReady.fire();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
+     */
+    var joinEvents = [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ];
+
+    // If this property is set to something truthy, join on onPluginsReady too.
+    // This property is set by the automatic JS installation prototype in cordova-cli,
+    // and will be removed when the prototype either becomes mainline or is dropped.
+    if (window.__onPluginsLoadedHack) {
+        joinEvents.push(channel.onPluginsReady);
+    }
+
+    channel.join(function() {
+        var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
+            platform = require('cordova/platform');
+
+        builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
+
+        // Call the platform-specific initialization
+        platform.initialize();
+
+        // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
+        channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
+
+        // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
+        // cordova info has been received from native side.
+        channel.join(function() {
+            require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
+        }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
+
+    }, joinEvents);
+
 }(window));
 
 // file: lib\scripts\bootstrap-windows8.js
diff --git a/windows8/samples/Media_Test/Media_Test/cordova-2.5.0.js b/windows8/samples/Media_Test/Media_Test/cordova-2.5.0.js
index 3d609b4..b1c1ac3 100644
--- a/windows8/samples/Media_Test/Media_Test/cordova-2.5.0.js
+++ b/windows8/samples/Media_Test/Media_Test/cordova-2.5.0.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ﻿// Platform: windows8
 
-// commit 521bbd64ed729ca76b6646d25bb01b76ee8a54b5
+// commit 54660e97952c558518cad8c4eecc67cfa42b2993
 
-// File generated at :: Wed Feb 20 2013 13:57:18 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
+// File generated at :: Tue Feb 26 2013 16:24:06 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
 
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
      */
     callbackSuccess: function(callbackId, args) {
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         // TODO: Deprecate callbackSuccess and callbackError in favour of callbackFromNative.
         // Derive success from status.
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@
     /**
      * Called by native code when returning the result from an action.
      */
-    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, message, keepCallback) {
+    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, args, keepCallback) {
         var callback = cordova.callbacks[callbackId];
         if (callback) {
             if (success && status == cordova.callbackStatus.OK) {
-                callback.success && callback.success(message);
+                callback.success && callback.success.apply(null, args);
             } else if (!success) {
-                callback.fail && callback.fail(message);
+                callback.fail && callback.fail.apply(null, args);
             }
 
             // Clear callback if not expecting any more results
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
 // Event to indicate that the connection property has been set.
 channel.createSticky('onCordovaConnectionReady');
 
+// Event to indicate that all automatically loaded JS plugins are loaded and ready.
+// This is used in conjunction with the automatic plugin JS loading CLI prototype.
+channel.createSticky('onPluginsReady');
+
 // Event to indicate that Cordova is ready
 channel.createSticky('onDeviceReady');
 
@@ -1024,7 +1028,8 @@
 
 var argscheck = require('cordova/argscheck'),
     exec = require('cordova/exec'),
-    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants');
+    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants'),
+    CameraPopoverHandle = require('cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle');
 
 var cameraExport = {};
 
@@ -1064,6 +1069,7 @@
                 mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions];
 
     exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Camera", "takePicture", args);
+    return new CameraPopoverHandle();
 };
 
 cameraExport.cleanup = function(successCallback, errorCallback) {
@@ -1108,6 +1114,24 @@
 
 });
 
+// file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverHandle.js
+define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle", function(require, exports, module) {
+
+var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+
+/**
+ * A handle to an image picker popover.
+ */
+var CameraPopoverHandle = function() {
+    this.setPosition = function(popoverOptions) {
+        console.log('CameraPopoverHandle.setPosition is only supported on iOS.');
+    };
+};
+
+module.exports = CameraPopoverHandle;
+
+});
+
 // file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverOptions.js
 define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverOptions", function(require, exports, module) {
 
@@ -2531,7 +2555,7 @@
     }
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -2581,7 +2605,7 @@
     };
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -4220,7 +4244,8 @@
 // file: lib\common\plugin\echo.js
 define("cordova/plugin/echo", function(require, exports, module) {
 
-var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+var exec = require('cordova/exec'),
+    utils = require('cordova/utils');
 
 /**
  * Sends the given message through exec() to the Echo plugin, which sends it back to the successCallback.
@@ -4230,11 +4255,25 @@
  * @param forceAsync  Whether to force an async return value (for testing native->js bridge).
  */
 module.exports = function(successCallback, errorCallback, message, forceAsync) {
-    var action = forceAsync ? 'echoAsync' : 'echo';
-    if (!forceAsync && message.constructor == ArrayBuffer) {
-        action = 'echoArrayBuffer';
+    var action = 'echo';
+    var messageIsMultipart = (utils.typeName(message) == "Array");
+    var args = messageIsMultipart ? message : [message];
+
+    if (utils.typeName(message) == 'ArrayBuffer') {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo ArrayBuffer with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'ArrayBuffer';
+    } else if (messageIsMultipart) {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo MultiPart Array with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'MultiPart';
+    } else if (forceAsync) {
+        action += 'Async';
     }
-    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, [message]);
+
+    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, args);
 };
 
 
@@ -6053,7 +6092,7 @@
         }
 
         setTimeout(function () {
-            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0rc1" });
+            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0" });
         }, 0);
     }
 
@@ -7676,44 +7715,26 @@
 (function (context) {
     // Replace navigator before any modules are required(), to ensure it happens as soon as possible.
     // We replace it so that properties that can't be clobbered can instead be overridden.
-    if (context.navigator) {
+    function replaceNavigator(origNavigator) {
         var CordovaNavigator = function() {};
-        CordovaNavigator.prototype = context.navigator;
-        context.navigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        CordovaNavigator.prototype = origNavigator;
+        var newNavigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        // This work-around really only applies to new APIs that are newer than Function.bind.
+        // Without it, APIs such as getGamepads() break.
+        if (CordovaNavigator.bind) {
+            for (var key in origNavigator) {
+                if (typeof origNavigator[key] == 'function') {
+                    newNavigator[key] = origNavigator[key].bind(origNavigator);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return newNavigator;
+    }
+    if (context.navigator) {
+        context.navigator = replaceNavigator(context.navigator);
     }
 
-    var channel = require("cordova/channel"),
-        _self = {
-            boot: function () {
-                /**
-                 * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
-                 */
-                channel.join(function() {
-                    var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
-                        platform = require('cordova/platform');
-
-                    builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
-
-                    // Call the platform-specific initialization
-                    platform.initialize();
-
-                    // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
-                    channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
-
-                    // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
-                    // cordova info has been received from native side.
-                    channel.join(function() {
-                        require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
-                    }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
-
-                }, [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ]);
-            }
-        };
-
-    // boot up once native side is ready
-    channel.onNativeReady.subscribe(_self.boot);
+    var channel = require("cordova/channel");
 
     // _nativeReady is global variable that the native side can set
     // to signify that the native code is ready. It is a global since
@@ -7722,6 +7743,40 @@
         channel.onNativeReady.fire();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
+     */
+    var joinEvents = [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ];
+
+    // If this property is set to something truthy, join on onPluginsReady too.
+    // This property is set by the automatic JS installation prototype in cordova-cli,
+    // and will be removed when the prototype either becomes mainline or is dropped.
+    if (window.__onPluginsLoadedHack) {
+        joinEvents.push(channel.onPluginsReady);
+    }
+
+    channel.join(function() {
+        var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
+            platform = require('cordova/platform');
+
+        builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
+
+        // Call the platform-specific initialization
+        platform.initialize();
+
+        // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
+        channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
+
+        // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
+        // cordova info has been received from native side.
+        channel.join(function() {
+            require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
+        }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
+
+    }, joinEvents);
+
 }(window));
 
 // file: lib\scripts\bootstrap-windows8.js
diff --git a/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/cordova-2.5.0.js b/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/cordova-2.5.0.js
index 3d609b4..b1c1ac3 100644
--- a/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/cordova-2.5.0.js
+++ b/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/cordova-2.5.0.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ﻿// Platform: windows8
 
-// commit 521bbd64ed729ca76b6646d25bb01b76ee8a54b5
+// commit 54660e97952c558518cad8c4eecc67cfa42b2993
 
-// File generated at :: Wed Feb 20 2013 13:57:18 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
+// File generated at :: Tue Feb 26 2013 16:24:06 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
 
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
      */
     callbackSuccess: function(callbackId, args) {
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         // TODO: Deprecate callbackSuccess and callbackError in favour of callbackFromNative.
         // Derive success from status.
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@
     /**
      * Called by native code when returning the result from an action.
      */
-    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, message, keepCallback) {
+    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, args, keepCallback) {
         var callback = cordova.callbacks[callbackId];
         if (callback) {
             if (success && status == cordova.callbackStatus.OK) {
-                callback.success && callback.success(message);
+                callback.success && callback.success.apply(null, args);
             } else if (!success) {
-                callback.fail && callback.fail(message);
+                callback.fail && callback.fail.apply(null, args);
             }
 
             // Clear callback if not expecting any more results
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
 // Event to indicate that the connection property has been set.
 channel.createSticky('onCordovaConnectionReady');
 
+// Event to indicate that all automatically loaded JS plugins are loaded and ready.
+// This is used in conjunction with the automatic plugin JS loading CLI prototype.
+channel.createSticky('onPluginsReady');
+
 // Event to indicate that Cordova is ready
 channel.createSticky('onDeviceReady');
 
@@ -1024,7 +1028,8 @@
 
 var argscheck = require('cordova/argscheck'),
     exec = require('cordova/exec'),
-    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants');
+    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants'),
+    CameraPopoverHandle = require('cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle');
 
 var cameraExport = {};
 
@@ -1064,6 +1069,7 @@
                 mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions];
 
     exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Camera", "takePicture", args);
+    return new CameraPopoverHandle();
 };
 
 cameraExport.cleanup = function(successCallback, errorCallback) {
@@ -1108,6 +1114,24 @@
 
 });
 
+// file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverHandle.js
+define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle", function(require, exports, module) {
+
+var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+
+/**
+ * A handle to an image picker popover.
+ */
+var CameraPopoverHandle = function() {
+    this.setPosition = function(popoverOptions) {
+        console.log('CameraPopoverHandle.setPosition is only supported on iOS.');
+    };
+};
+
+module.exports = CameraPopoverHandle;
+
+});
+
 // file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverOptions.js
 define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverOptions", function(require, exports, module) {
 
@@ -2531,7 +2555,7 @@
     }
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -2581,7 +2605,7 @@
     };
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -4220,7 +4244,8 @@
 // file: lib\common\plugin\echo.js
 define("cordova/plugin/echo", function(require, exports, module) {
 
-var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+var exec = require('cordova/exec'),
+    utils = require('cordova/utils');
 
 /**
  * Sends the given message through exec() to the Echo plugin, which sends it back to the successCallback.
@@ -4230,11 +4255,25 @@
  * @param forceAsync  Whether to force an async return value (for testing native->js bridge).
  */
 module.exports = function(successCallback, errorCallback, message, forceAsync) {
-    var action = forceAsync ? 'echoAsync' : 'echo';
-    if (!forceAsync && message.constructor == ArrayBuffer) {
-        action = 'echoArrayBuffer';
+    var action = 'echo';
+    var messageIsMultipart = (utils.typeName(message) == "Array");
+    var args = messageIsMultipart ? message : [message];
+
+    if (utils.typeName(message) == 'ArrayBuffer') {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo ArrayBuffer with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'ArrayBuffer';
+    } else if (messageIsMultipart) {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo MultiPart Array with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'MultiPart';
+    } else if (forceAsync) {
+        action += 'Async';
     }
-    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, [message]);
+
+    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, args);
 };
 
 
@@ -6053,7 +6092,7 @@
         }
 
         setTimeout(function () {
-            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0rc1" });
+            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0" });
         }, 0);
     }
 
@@ -7676,44 +7715,26 @@
 (function (context) {
     // Replace navigator before any modules are required(), to ensure it happens as soon as possible.
     // We replace it so that properties that can't be clobbered can instead be overridden.
-    if (context.navigator) {
+    function replaceNavigator(origNavigator) {
         var CordovaNavigator = function() {};
-        CordovaNavigator.prototype = context.navigator;
-        context.navigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        CordovaNavigator.prototype = origNavigator;
+        var newNavigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        // This work-around really only applies to new APIs that are newer than Function.bind.
+        // Without it, APIs such as getGamepads() break.
+        if (CordovaNavigator.bind) {
+            for (var key in origNavigator) {
+                if (typeof origNavigator[key] == 'function') {
+                    newNavigator[key] = origNavigator[key].bind(origNavigator);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return newNavigator;
+    }
+    if (context.navigator) {
+        context.navigator = replaceNavigator(context.navigator);
     }
 
-    var channel = require("cordova/channel"),
-        _self = {
-            boot: function () {
-                /**
-                 * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
-                 */
-                channel.join(function() {
-                    var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
-                        platform = require('cordova/platform');
-
-                    builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
-
-                    // Call the platform-specific initialization
-                    platform.initialize();
-
-                    // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
-                    channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
-
-                    // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
-                    // cordova info has been received from native side.
-                    channel.join(function() {
-                        require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
-                    }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
-
-                }, [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ]);
-            }
-        };
-
-    // boot up once native side is ready
-    channel.onNativeReady.subscribe(_self.boot);
+    var channel = require("cordova/channel");
 
     // _nativeReady is global variable that the native side can set
     // to signify that the native code is ready. It is a global since
@@ -7722,6 +7743,40 @@
         channel.onNativeReady.fire();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
+     */
+    var joinEvents = [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ];
+
+    // If this property is set to something truthy, join on onPluginsReady too.
+    // This property is set by the automatic JS installation prototype in cordova-cli,
+    // and will be removed when the prototype either becomes mainline or is dropped.
+    if (window.__onPluginsLoadedHack) {
+        joinEvents.push(channel.onPluginsReady);
+    }
+
+    channel.join(function() {
+        var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
+            platform = require('cordova/platform');
+
+        builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
+
+        // Call the platform-specific initialization
+        platform.initialize();
+
+        // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
+        channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
+
+        // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
+        // cordova info has been received from native side.
+        channel.join(function() {
+            require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
+        }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
+
+    }, joinEvents);
+
 }(window));
 
 // file: lib\scripts\bootstrap-windows8.js
diff --git a/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/index.html b/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/index.html
index 361bcf8..2ec99da 100644
--- a/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/index.html
+++ b/windows8/samples/Notification Test/Notification Test/index.html
Binary files differ
diff --git a/windows8/template/www/cordova-2.5.0.js b/windows8/template/www/cordova-2.5.0.js
index 3d609b4..b1c1ac3 100644
--- a/windows8/template/www/cordova-2.5.0.js
+++ b/windows8/template/www/cordova-2.5.0.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ﻿// Platform: windows8
 
-// commit 521bbd64ed729ca76b6646d25bb01b76ee8a54b5
+// commit 54660e97952c558518cad8c4eecc67cfa42b2993
 
-// File generated at :: Wed Feb 20 2013 13:57:18 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
+// File generated at :: Tue Feb 26 2013 16:24:06 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
 
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
      */
     callbackSuccess: function(callbackId, args) {
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         // TODO: Deprecate callbackSuccess and callbackError in favour of callbackFromNative.
         // Derive success from status.
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@
     /**
      * Called by native code when returning the result from an action.
      */
-    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, message, keepCallback) {
+    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, args, keepCallback) {
         var callback = cordova.callbacks[callbackId];
         if (callback) {
             if (success && status == cordova.callbackStatus.OK) {
-                callback.success && callback.success(message);
+                callback.success && callback.success.apply(null, args);
             } else if (!success) {
-                callback.fail && callback.fail(message);
+                callback.fail && callback.fail.apply(null, args);
             }
 
             // Clear callback if not expecting any more results
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
 // Event to indicate that the connection property has been set.
 channel.createSticky('onCordovaConnectionReady');
 
+// Event to indicate that all automatically loaded JS plugins are loaded and ready.
+// This is used in conjunction with the automatic plugin JS loading CLI prototype.
+channel.createSticky('onPluginsReady');
+
 // Event to indicate that Cordova is ready
 channel.createSticky('onDeviceReady');
 
@@ -1024,7 +1028,8 @@
 
 var argscheck = require('cordova/argscheck'),
     exec = require('cordova/exec'),
-    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants');
+    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants'),
+    CameraPopoverHandle = require('cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle');
 
 var cameraExport = {};
 
@@ -1064,6 +1069,7 @@
                 mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions];
 
     exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Camera", "takePicture", args);
+    return new CameraPopoverHandle();
 };
 
 cameraExport.cleanup = function(successCallback, errorCallback) {
@@ -1108,6 +1114,24 @@
 
 });
 
+// file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverHandle.js
+define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle", function(require, exports, module) {
+
+var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+
+/**
+ * A handle to an image picker popover.
+ */
+var CameraPopoverHandle = function() {
+    this.setPosition = function(popoverOptions) {
+        console.log('CameraPopoverHandle.setPosition is only supported on iOS.');
+    };
+};
+
+module.exports = CameraPopoverHandle;
+
+});
+
 // file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverOptions.js
 define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverOptions", function(require, exports, module) {
 
@@ -2531,7 +2555,7 @@
     }
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -2581,7 +2605,7 @@
     };
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -4220,7 +4244,8 @@
 // file: lib\common\plugin\echo.js
 define("cordova/plugin/echo", function(require, exports, module) {
 
-var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+var exec = require('cordova/exec'),
+    utils = require('cordova/utils');
 
 /**
  * Sends the given message through exec() to the Echo plugin, which sends it back to the successCallback.
@@ -4230,11 +4255,25 @@
  * @param forceAsync  Whether to force an async return value (for testing native->js bridge).
  */
 module.exports = function(successCallback, errorCallback, message, forceAsync) {
-    var action = forceAsync ? 'echoAsync' : 'echo';
-    if (!forceAsync && message.constructor == ArrayBuffer) {
-        action = 'echoArrayBuffer';
+    var action = 'echo';
+    var messageIsMultipart = (utils.typeName(message) == "Array");
+    var args = messageIsMultipart ? message : [message];
+
+    if (utils.typeName(message) == 'ArrayBuffer') {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo ArrayBuffer with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'ArrayBuffer';
+    } else if (messageIsMultipart) {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo MultiPart Array with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'MultiPart';
+    } else if (forceAsync) {
+        action += 'Async';
     }
-    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, [message]);
+
+    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, args);
 };
 
 
@@ -6053,7 +6092,7 @@
         }
 
         setTimeout(function () {
-            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0rc1" });
+            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0" });
         }, 0);
     }
 
@@ -7676,44 +7715,26 @@
 (function (context) {
     // Replace navigator before any modules are required(), to ensure it happens as soon as possible.
     // We replace it so that properties that can't be clobbered can instead be overridden.
-    if (context.navigator) {
+    function replaceNavigator(origNavigator) {
         var CordovaNavigator = function() {};
-        CordovaNavigator.prototype = context.navigator;
-        context.navigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        CordovaNavigator.prototype = origNavigator;
+        var newNavigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        // This work-around really only applies to new APIs that are newer than Function.bind.
+        // Without it, APIs such as getGamepads() break.
+        if (CordovaNavigator.bind) {
+            for (var key in origNavigator) {
+                if (typeof origNavigator[key] == 'function') {
+                    newNavigator[key] = origNavigator[key].bind(origNavigator);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return newNavigator;
+    }
+    if (context.navigator) {
+        context.navigator = replaceNavigator(context.navigator);
     }
 
-    var channel = require("cordova/channel"),
-        _self = {
-            boot: function () {
-                /**
-                 * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
-                 */
-                channel.join(function() {
-                    var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
-                        platform = require('cordova/platform');
-
-                    builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
-
-                    // Call the platform-specific initialization
-                    platform.initialize();
-
-                    // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
-                    channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
-
-                    // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
-                    // cordova info has been received from native side.
-                    channel.join(function() {
-                        require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
-                    }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
-
-                }, [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ]);
-            }
-        };
-
-    // boot up once native side is ready
-    channel.onNativeReady.subscribe(_self.boot);
+    var channel = require("cordova/channel");
 
     // _nativeReady is global variable that the native side can set
     // to signify that the native code is ready. It is a global since
@@ -7722,6 +7743,40 @@
         channel.onNativeReady.fire();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
+     */
+    var joinEvents = [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ];
+
+    // If this property is set to something truthy, join on onPluginsReady too.
+    // This property is set by the automatic JS installation prototype in cordova-cli,
+    // and will be removed when the prototype either becomes mainline or is dropped.
+    if (window.__onPluginsLoadedHack) {
+        joinEvents.push(channel.onPluginsReady);
+    }
+
+    channel.join(function() {
+        var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
+            platform = require('cordova/platform');
+
+        builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
+
+        // Call the platform-specific initialization
+        platform.initialize();
+
+        // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
+        channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
+
+        // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
+        // cordova info has been received from native side.
+        channel.join(function() {
+            require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
+        }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
+
+    }, joinEvents);
+
 }(window));
 
 // file: lib\scripts\bootstrap-windows8.js
diff --git a/windows8/test/cordova-2.5.0.js b/windows8/test/cordova-2.5.0.js
index 3d609b4..b1c1ac3 100644
--- a/windows8/test/cordova-2.5.0.js
+++ b/windows8/test/cordova-2.5.0.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ﻿// Platform: windows8
 
-// commit 521bbd64ed729ca76b6646d25bb01b76ee8a54b5
+// commit 54660e97952c558518cad8c4eecc67cfa42b2993
 
-// File generated at :: Wed Feb 20 2013 13:57:18 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
+// File generated at :: Tue Feb 26 2013 16:24:06 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
 
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
      */
     callbackSuccess: function(callbackId, args) {
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, true, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         // TODO: Deprecate callbackSuccess and callbackError in favour of callbackFromNative.
         // Derive success from status.
         try {
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, args.message, args.keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, false, args.status, [args.message], args.keepCallback);
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("Error in error callback: " + callbackId + " = "+e);
         }
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@
     /**
      * Called by native code when returning the result from an action.
      */
-    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, message, keepCallback) {
+    callbackFromNative: function(callbackId, success, status, args, keepCallback) {
         var callback = cordova.callbacks[callbackId];
         if (callback) {
             if (success && status == cordova.callbackStatus.OK) {
-                callback.success && callback.success(message);
+                callback.success && callback.success.apply(null, args);
             } else if (!success) {
-                callback.fail && callback.fail(message);
+                callback.fail && callback.fail.apply(null, args);
             }
 
             // Clear callback if not expecting any more results
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
 // Event to indicate that the connection property has been set.
 channel.createSticky('onCordovaConnectionReady');
 
+// Event to indicate that all automatically loaded JS plugins are loaded and ready.
+// This is used in conjunction with the automatic plugin JS loading CLI prototype.
+channel.createSticky('onPluginsReady');
+
 // Event to indicate that Cordova is ready
 channel.createSticky('onDeviceReady');
 
@@ -1024,7 +1028,8 @@
 
 var argscheck = require('cordova/argscheck'),
     exec = require('cordova/exec'),
-    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants');
+    Camera = require('cordova/plugin/CameraConstants'),
+    CameraPopoverHandle = require('cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle');
 
 var cameraExport = {};
 
@@ -1064,6 +1069,7 @@
                 mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions];
 
     exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Camera", "takePicture", args);
+    return new CameraPopoverHandle();
 };
 
 cameraExport.cleanup = function(successCallback, errorCallback) {
@@ -1108,6 +1114,24 @@
 
 });
 
+// file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverHandle.js
+define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverHandle", function(require, exports, module) {
+
+var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+
+/**
+ * A handle to an image picker popover.
+ */
+var CameraPopoverHandle = function() {
+    this.setPosition = function(popoverOptions) {
+        console.log('CameraPopoverHandle.setPosition is only supported on iOS.');
+    };
+};
+
+module.exports = CameraPopoverHandle;
+
+});
+
 // file: lib\common\plugin\CameraPopoverOptions.js
 define("cordova/plugin/CameraPopoverOptions", function(require, exports, module) {
 
@@ -2531,7 +2555,7 @@
     }
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -2581,7 +2605,7 @@
     };
 
     var fail = errorCallback && function(e) {
-        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status);
+        var error = new FileTransferError(e.code, e.source, e.target, e.http_status, e.body);
         errorCallback(error);
     };
 
@@ -4220,7 +4244,8 @@
 // file: lib\common\plugin\echo.js
 define("cordova/plugin/echo", function(require, exports, module) {
 
-var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+var exec = require('cordova/exec'),
+    utils = require('cordova/utils');
 
 /**
  * Sends the given message through exec() to the Echo plugin, which sends it back to the successCallback.
@@ -4230,11 +4255,25 @@
  * @param forceAsync  Whether to force an async return value (for testing native->js bridge).
  */
 module.exports = function(successCallback, errorCallback, message, forceAsync) {
-    var action = forceAsync ? 'echoAsync' : 'echo';
-    if (!forceAsync && message.constructor == ArrayBuffer) {
-        action = 'echoArrayBuffer';
+    var action = 'echo';
+    var messageIsMultipart = (utils.typeName(message) == "Array");
+    var args = messageIsMultipart ? message : [message];
+
+    if (utils.typeName(message) == 'ArrayBuffer') {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo ArrayBuffer with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'ArrayBuffer';
+    } else if (messageIsMultipart) {
+        if (forceAsync) {
+            console.warn('Cannot echo MultiPart Array with forced async, falling back to sync.');
+        }
+        action += 'MultiPart';
+    } else if (forceAsync) {
+        action += 'Async';
     }
-    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, [message]);
+
+    exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Echo", action, args);
 };
 
 
@@ -6053,7 +6092,7 @@
         }
 
         setTimeout(function () {
-            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0rc1" });
+            win({ platform: "windows8", version: "8", name: name, uuid: deviceId, cordova: "2.5.0" });
         }, 0);
     }
 
@@ -7676,44 +7715,26 @@
 (function (context) {
     // Replace navigator before any modules are required(), to ensure it happens as soon as possible.
     // We replace it so that properties that can't be clobbered can instead be overridden.
-    if (context.navigator) {
+    function replaceNavigator(origNavigator) {
         var CordovaNavigator = function() {};
-        CordovaNavigator.prototype = context.navigator;
-        context.navigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        CordovaNavigator.prototype = origNavigator;
+        var newNavigator = new CordovaNavigator();
+        // This work-around really only applies to new APIs that are newer than Function.bind.
+        // Without it, APIs such as getGamepads() break.
+        if (CordovaNavigator.bind) {
+            for (var key in origNavigator) {
+                if (typeof origNavigator[key] == 'function') {
+                    newNavigator[key] = origNavigator[key].bind(origNavigator);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return newNavigator;
+    }
+    if (context.navigator) {
+        context.navigator = replaceNavigator(context.navigator);
     }
 
-    var channel = require("cordova/channel"),
-        _self = {
-            boot: function () {
-                /**
-                 * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
-                 */
-                channel.join(function() {
-                    var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
-                        platform = require('cordova/platform');
-
-                    builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
-                    builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
-
-                    // Call the platform-specific initialization
-                    platform.initialize();
-
-                    // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
-                    channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
-
-                    // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
-                    // cordova info has been received from native side.
-                    channel.join(function() {
-                        require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
-                    }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
-
-                }, [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ]);
-            }
-        };
-
-    // boot up once native side is ready
-    channel.onNativeReady.subscribe(_self.boot);
+    var channel = require("cordova/channel");
 
     // _nativeReady is global variable that the native side can set
     // to signify that the native code is ready. It is a global since
@@ -7722,6 +7743,40 @@
         channel.onNativeReady.fire();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create all cordova objects once page has fully loaded and native side is ready.
+     */
+    var joinEvents = [ channel.onDOMContentLoaded, channel.onNativeReady ];
+
+    // If this property is set to something truthy, join on onPluginsReady too.
+    // This property is set by the automatic JS installation prototype in cordova-cli,
+    // and will be removed when the prototype either becomes mainline or is dropped.
+    if (window.__onPluginsLoadedHack) {
+        joinEvents.push(channel.onPluginsReady);
+    }
+
+    channel.join(function() {
+        var builder = require('cordova/builder'),
+            platform = require('cordova/platform');
+
+        builder.buildIntoButDoNotClobber(platform.defaults, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndClobber(platform.clobbers, context);
+        builder.buildIntoAndMerge(platform.merges, context);
+
+        // Call the platform-specific initialization
+        platform.initialize();
+
+        // Fire event to notify that all objects are created
+        channel.onCordovaReady.fire();
+
+        // Fire onDeviceReady event once all constructors have run and
+        // cordova info has been received from native side.
+        channel.join(function() {
+            require('cordova').fireDocumentEvent('deviceready');
+        }, channel.deviceReadyChannelsArray);
+
+    }, joinEvents);
+
 }(window));
 
 // file: lib\scripts\bootstrap-windows8.js