diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 437459cd..f47de854 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.0
+2.6.0rc1
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html
index b8c05351..5596f621 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html
+++ b/bin/templates/project/assets/www/index.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                 <p class="event received">Device is Ready</p>
             </div>
         </div>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova-2.5.0.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova-2.6.0rc1.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="js/index.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript">
             app.initialize();
diff --git a/framework/assets/js/cordova.android.js b/framework/assets/js/cordova.android.js
index bfd65458..607d7052 100644
--- a/framework/assets/js/cordova.android.js
+++ b/framework/assets/js/cordova.android.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Platform: android
 
-// commit f50d20a87431c79a54572263729461883f611a53
+// commit bbf1562d4934b1331ffb263424b6ae054cedeb71
 
-// File generated at :: Tue Feb 26 2013 13:37:51 GMT-0800 (PST)
+// File generated at :: Thu Mar 21 2013 10:34:05 GMT-0700 (PDT)
 
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ var cordova = {
      */
     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 @@ var cordova = {
         // 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 @@ var cordova = {
     /**
      * 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 +724,9 @@ channel.createSticky('onCordovaInfoReady');
 // 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.
+channel.createSticky('onPluginsReady');
+
 // Event to indicate that Cordova is ready
 channel.createSticky('onDeviceReady');
 
@@ -900,7 +903,7 @@ androidExec.nativeToJsModes = nativeToJsModes;
 
 androidExec.setJsToNativeBridgeMode = function(mode) {
     if (mode == jsToNativeModes.JS_OBJECT && !window._cordovaNative) {
-        console.log('Falling back on PROMPT mode since _cordovaNative is missing.');
+        console.log('Falling back on PROMPT mode since _cordovaNative is missing. Expected for Android 3.2 and lower only.');
         mode = jsToNativeModes.PROMPT;
     }
     nativeApiProvider.setPreferPrompt(mode == jsToNativeModes.PROMPT);
@@ -958,10 +961,12 @@ function processMessage(message) {
                     arraybuffer[i] = bytes.charCodeAt(i);
                 }
                 payload = arraybuffer.buffer;
+            } else if (payloadKind == 'S') {
+                payload = window.atob(message.slice(nextSpaceIdx + 2));
             } else {
                 payload = JSON.parse(message.slice(nextSpaceIdx + 1));
             }
-            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, success, status, payload, keepCallback);
+            cordova.callbackFromNative(callbackId, success, status, [payload], keepCallback);
         } else {
             console.log("processMessage failed: invalid message:" + message);
         }
@@ -1203,9 +1208,10 @@ cameraExport.getPicture = function(successCallback, errorCallback, options) {
     var correctOrientation = !!options.correctOrientation;
     var saveToPhotoAlbum = !!options.saveToPhotoAlbum;
     var popoverOptions = getValue(options.popoverOptions, null);
+    var cameraDirection = getValue(options.cameraDirection, Camera.Direction.BACK);
 
     var args = [quality, destinationType, sourceType, targetWidth, targetHeight, encodingType,
-                mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions];
+                mediaType, allowEdit, correctOrientation, saveToPhotoAlbum, popoverOptions, cameraDirection];
 
     exec(successCallback, errorCallback, "Camera", "takePicture", args);
     return new CameraPopoverHandle();
@@ -1248,6 +1254,10 @@ module.exports = {
       ARROW_LEFT : 4,
       ARROW_RIGHT : 8,
       ARROW_ANY : 15
+  },
+  Direction:{
+      BACK: 0,
+      FRONT: 1
   }
 };
 
@@ -2439,14 +2449,7 @@ FileReader.prototype.readAsText = function(file, encoding) {
     // Default encoding is UTF-8
     var enc = encoding ? encoding : "UTF-8";
     var me = this;
-    var execArgs = [this._fileName, enc];
-
-    // Maybe add slice parameters.
-    if (file.end < file.size) {
-        execArgs.push(file.start, file.end);
-    } else if (file.start > 0) {
-        execArgs.push(file.start);
-    }
+    var execArgs = [this._fileName, enc, file.start, file.end];
 
     // Read file
     exec(
@@ -2515,14 +2518,7 @@ FileReader.prototype.readAsDataURL = function(file) {
     }
 
     var me = this;
-    var execArgs = [this._fileName];
-
-    // Maybe add slice parameters.
-    if (file.end < file.size) {
-        execArgs.push(file.start, file.end);
-    } else if (file.start > 0) {
-        execArgs.push(file.start);
-    }
+    var execArgs = [this._fileName, file.start, file.end];
 
     // Read file
     exec(
@@ -2585,9 +2581,59 @@ FileReader.prototype.readAsBinaryString = function(file) {
     if (initRead(this, file)) {
         return this._realReader.readAsBinaryString(file);
     }
-    // TODO - Can't return binary data to browser.
-    console.log('method "readAsBinaryString" is not supported at this time.');
-    this.abort();
+
+    var me = this;
+    var execArgs = [this._fileName, file.start, file.end];
+
+    // Read file
+    exec(
+        // Success callback
+        function(r) {
+            // If DONE (cancelled), then don't do anything
+            if (me._readyState === FileReader.DONE) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // DONE state
+            me._readyState = FileReader.DONE;
+
+            me._result = r;
+
+            // If onload callback
+            if (typeof me.onload === "function") {
+                me.onload(new ProgressEvent("load", {target:me}));
+            }
+
+            // If onloadend callback
+            if (typeof me.onloadend === "function") {
+                me.onloadend(new ProgressEvent("loadend", {target:me}));
+            }
+        },
+        // Error callback
+        function(e) {
+            // If DONE (cancelled), then don't do anything
+            if (me._readyState === FileReader.DONE) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // DONE state
+            me._readyState = FileReader.DONE;
+
+            me._result = null;
+
+            // Save error
+            me._error = new FileError(e);
+
+            // If onerror callback
+            if (typeof me.onerror === "function") {
+                me.onerror(new ProgressEvent("error", {target:me}));
+            }
+
+            // If onloadend callback
+            if (typeof me.onloadend === "function") {
+                me.onloadend(new ProgressEvent("loadend", {target:me}));
+            }
+        }, "File", "readAsBinaryString", execArgs);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2599,9 +2645,59 @@ FileReader.prototype.readAsArrayBuffer = function(file) {
     if (initRead(this, file)) {
         return this._realReader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
     }
-    // TODO - Can't return binary data to browser.
-    console.log('This method is not supported at this time.');
-    this.abort();
+
+    var me = this;
+    var execArgs = [this._fileName, file.start, file.end];
+
+    // Read file
+    exec(
+        // Success callback
+        function(r) {
+            // If DONE (cancelled), then don't do anything
+            if (me._readyState === FileReader.DONE) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // DONE state
+            me._readyState = FileReader.DONE;
+
+            me._result = r;
+
+            // If onload callback
+            if (typeof me.onload === "function") {
+                me.onload(new ProgressEvent("load", {target:me}));
+            }
+
+            // If onloadend callback
+            if (typeof me.onloadend === "function") {
+                me.onloadend(new ProgressEvent("loadend", {target:me}));
+            }
+        },
+        // Error callback
+        function(e) {
+            // If DONE (cancelled), then don't do anything
+            if (me._readyState === FileReader.DONE) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // DONE state
+            me._readyState = FileReader.DONE;
+
+            me._result = null;
+
+            // Save error
+            me._error = new FileError(e);
+
+            // If onerror callback
+            if (typeof me.onerror === "function") {
+                me.onerror(new ProgressEvent("error", {target:me}));
+            }
+
+            // If onloadend callback
+            if (typeof me.onloadend === "function") {
+                me.onloadend(new ProgressEvent("loadend", {target:me}));
+            }
+        }, "File", "readAsArrayBuffer", execArgs);
 };
 
 module.exports = FileReader;
@@ -2647,6 +2743,38 @@ function newProgressEvent(result) {
     return pe;
 }
 
+function getBasicAuthHeader(urlString) {
+    var header =  null;
+
+    if (window.btoa) {
+        // parse the url using the Location object
+        var url = document.createElement('a');
+        url.href = urlString;
+
+        var credentials = null;
+        var protocol = url.protocol + "//";
+        var origin = protocol + url.host;
+
+        // check whether there are the username:password credentials in the url
+        if (url.href.indexOf(origin) != 0) { // credentials found
+            var atIndex = url.href.indexOf("@");
+            credentials = url.href.substring(protocol.length, atIndex);
+        }
+
+        if (credentials) {
+            var authHeader = "Authorization";
+            var authHeaderValue = "Basic " + window.btoa(credentials);
+
+            header = {
+                name : authHeader,
+                value : authHeaderValue
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    return header;
+}
+
 var idCounter = 0;
 
 /**
@@ -2677,6 +2805,18 @@ FileTransfer.prototype.upload = function(filePath, server, successCallback, erro
     var params = null;
     var chunkedMode = true;
     var headers = null;
+
+    var basicAuthHeader = getBasicAuthHeader(server);
+    if (basicAuthHeader) {
+        if (!options) {
+            options = new FileUploadOptions();
+        }
+        if (!options.headers) {
+            options.headers = {};
+        }
+        options.headers[basicAuthHeader.name] = basicAuthHeader.value;
+    }
+
     if (options) {
         fileKey = options.fileKey;
         fileName = options.fileName;
@@ -2694,7 +2834,7 @@ FileTransfer.prototype.upload = function(filePath, server, successCallback, erro
     }
 
     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);
     };
 
@@ -2718,10 +2858,28 @@ FileTransfer.prototype.upload = function(filePath, server, successCallback, erro
  * @param successCallback (Function}  Callback to be invoked when upload has completed
  * @param errorCallback {Function}    Callback to be invoked upon error
  * @param trustAllHosts {Boolean} Optional trust all hosts (e.g. for self-signed certs), defaults to false
+ * @param options {FileDownloadOptions} Optional parameters such as headers
  */
-FileTransfer.prototype.download = function(source, target, successCallback, errorCallback, trustAllHosts) {
+FileTransfer.prototype.download = function(source, target, successCallback, errorCallback, trustAllHosts, options) {
     argscheck.checkArgs('ssFF*', 'FileTransfer.download', arguments);
     var self = this;
+
+    var basicAuthHeader = getBasicAuthHeader(source);
+    if (basicAuthHeader) {
+        if (!options) {
+            options = {};
+        }
+        if (!options.headers) {
+            options.headers = {};
+        }
+        options.headers[basicAuthHeader.name] = basicAuthHeader.value;
+    }
+
+    var headers = null;
+    if (options) {
+        headers = options.headers || null;
+    }
+
     var win = function(result) {
         if (typeof result.lengthComputable != "undefined") {
             if (self.onprogress) {
@@ -2744,11 +2902,11 @@ FileTransfer.prototype.download = function(source, target, successCallback, erro
     };
 
     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);
     };
 
-    exec(win, fail, 'FileTransfer', 'download', [source, target, trustAllHosts, this._id]);
+    exec(win, fail, 'FileTransfer', 'download', [source, target, trustAllHosts, this._id, headers]);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -3146,6 +3304,7 @@ function InAppBrowser() {
    this.channels = {
         'loadstart': channel.create('loadstart'),
         'loadstop' : channel.create('loadstop'),
+        'loaderror' : channel.create('loaderror'),
         'exit' : channel.create('exit')
    };
 }
@@ -3176,7 +3335,7 @@ module.exports = function(strUrl, strWindowName, strWindowFeatures) {
     var cb = function(eventname) {
        iab._eventHandler(eventname);
     };
-    exec(cb, null, "InAppBrowser", "open", [strUrl, strWindowName, strWindowFeatures]);
+    exec(cb, cb, "InAppBrowser", "open", [strUrl, strWindowName, strWindowFeatures]);
     return iab;
 };
 
@@ -4940,7 +5099,8 @@ modulemapper.merges('cordova/plugin/android/device', 'device');
 // 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.
@@ -4950,11 +5110,25 @@ var exec = require('cordova/exec');
  * @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);
 };
 
 
@@ -5950,6 +6124,7 @@ modulemapper.defaults('cordova/plugin/Connection', 'Connection');
 define("cordova/plugin/notification", function(require, exports, module) {
 
 var exec = require('cordova/exec');
+var platform = require('cordova/platform');
 
 /**
  * Provides access to notifications on the device.
@@ -5978,14 +6153,52 @@ module.exports = {
      * @param {String} message              Message to print in the body of the alert
      * @param {Function} resultCallback     The callback that is called when user clicks on a button.
      * @param {String} title                Title of the alert dialog (default: Confirm)
-     * @param {String} buttonLabels         Comma separated list of the labels of the buttons (default: 'OK,Cancel')
+     * @param {Array} buttonLabels          Array of the labels of the buttons (default: ['OK', 'Cancel'])
      */
     confirm: function(message, resultCallback, title, buttonLabels) {
         var _title = (title || "Confirm");
-        var _buttonLabels = (buttonLabels || "OK,Cancel");
+        var _buttonLabels = (buttonLabels || ["OK", "Cancel"]);
+
+        // Strings are deprecated!
+        if (typeof _buttonLabels === 'string') {
+            console.log("Notification.confirm(string, function, string, string) is deprecated.  Use Notification.confirm(string, function, string, array).");
+        }
+
+        // Android and iOS take an array of button label names.
+        // Other platforms take a comma separated list.
+        // For compatibility, we convert to the desired type based on the platform.
+        if (platform.id == "android" || platform.id == "ios") {
+            if (typeof _buttonLabels === 'string') {
+                var buttonLabelString = _buttonLabels;
+                _buttonLabels = buttonLabelString.split(",");
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (Array.isArray(_buttonLabels)) {
+                var buttonLabelArray = _buttonLabels;
+                _buttonLabels = buttonLabelArray.toString();
+            }
+        }
         exec(resultCallback, null, "Notification", "confirm", [message, _title, _buttonLabels]);
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Open a native prompt dialog, with a customizable title and button text.
+     * The following results are returned to the result callback:
+     *  buttonIndex     Index number of the button selected.
+     *  input1          The text entered in the prompt dialog box.
+     *
+     * @param {String} message              Dialog message to display (default: "Prompt message")
+     * @param {Function} resultCallback     The callback that is called when user clicks on a button.
+     * @param {String} title                Title of the dialog (default: "Prompt")
+     * @param {Array} buttonLabels          Array of strings for the button labels (default: ["OK","Cancel"])
+     */
+    prompt: function(message, resultCallback, title, buttonLabels) {
+        var _message = (message || "Prompt message");
+        var _title = (title || "Prompt");
+        var _buttonLabels = (buttonLabels || ["OK","Cancel"]);
+        exec(resultCallback, null, "Notification", "prompt", [_message, _title, _buttonLabels]);
+    },
+
     /**
      * Causes the device to vibrate.
      *
@@ -6409,44 +6622,26 @@ window.cordova = require('cordova');
 (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
@@ -6455,7 +6650,132 @@ window.cordova = require('cordova');
         channel.onNativeReady.fire();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * 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, channel.onPluginsReady ]);
+
+}(window));
+
+// file: lib/scripts/plugin_loader.js
+
+// Tries to load all plugins' js-modules.
+// This is an async process, but onDeviceReady is blocked on onPluginsReady.
+// onPluginsReady is fired when there are no plugins to load, or they are all done.
+(function (context) {
+    // To be populated with the handler by handlePluginsObject.
+    var onScriptLoadingComplete;
+
+    var scriptCounter = 0;
+    function scriptLoadedCallback() {
+        scriptCounter--;
+        if (scriptCounter === 0) {
+            onScriptLoadingComplete && onScriptLoadingComplete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Helper function to inject a <script> tag.
+    function injectScript(path) {
+        scriptCounter++;
+        var script = document.createElement("script");
+        script.onload = scriptLoadedCallback;
+        script.src = path;
+        document.head.appendChild(script);
+    }
+
+    // Called when:
+    // * There are plugins defined and all plugins are finished loading.
+    // * There are no plugins to load.
+    function finishPluginLoading() {
+        context.cordova.require('cordova/channel').onPluginsReady.fire();
+    }
+
+    // Handler for the cordova_plugins.json content.
+    // See plugman's plugin_loader.js for the details of this object.
+    // This function is only called if the really is a plugins array that isn't empty.
+    // Otherwise the XHR response handler will just call finishPluginLoading().
+    function handlePluginsObject(modules) {
+        // First create the callback for when all plugins are loaded.
+        var mapper = context.cordova.require('cordova/modulemapper');
+        onScriptLoadingComplete = function() {
+            // Loop through all the plugins and then through their clobbers and merges.
+            for (var i = 0; i < modules.length; i++) {
+                var module = modules[i];
+                if (!module) continue;
+
+                if (module.clobbers && module.clobbers.length) {
+                    for (var j = 0; j < module.clobbers.length; j++) {
+                        mapper.clobbers(module.id, module.clobbers[j]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (module.merges && module.merges.length) {
+                    for (var k = 0; k < module.merges.length; k++) {
+                        mapper.merges(module.id, module.merges[k]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Finally, if runs is truthy we want to simply require() the module.
+                // This can be skipped if it had any merges or clobbers, though,
+                // since the mapper will already have required the module.
+                if (module.runs && !(module.clobbers && module.clobbers.length) && !(module.merges && module.merges.length)) {
+                    context.cordova.require(module.id);
+                }
+            }
+
+            finishPluginLoading();
+        };
+
+        // Now inject the scripts.
+        for (var i = 0; i < modules.length; i++) {
+            injectScript(modules[i].file);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Try to XHR the cordova_plugins.json file asynchronously.
+    var xhr = new context.XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+        if (this.readyState != 4) { // not DONE
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If the response is a JSON string which composes an array, call handlePluginsObject.
+        // If the request fails, or the response is not a JSON array, just call finishPluginLoading.
+        if (this.status == 200) {
+            var obj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
+            if (obj && obj instanceof Array && obj.length > 0) {
+                handlePluginsObject(obj);
+            } else {
+                finishPluginLoading();
+            }
+        } else {
+            finishPluginLoading();
+        }
+    };
+    xhr.open('GET', 'cordova_plugins.json', true); // Async
+    xhr.send();
 }(window));
 
 
+
 })();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/framework/assets/www/index.html b/framework/assets/www/index.html
index a10905da..3b15a4e3 100644
--- a/framework/assets/www/index.html
+++ b/framework/assets/www/index.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <html>
   <head>
     <title></title>
-    <script src="cordova-2.5.0.js"></script>
+    <script src="cordova-2.6.0rc1.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
 
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/Device.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/Device.java
index 5b09c135..ad399f02 100644
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/Device.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/Device.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
 public class Device extends CordovaPlugin {
     public static final String TAG = "Device";
 
-    public static String cordovaVersion = "2.5.0";              // Cordova version
+    public static String cordovaVersion = "2.6.0rc1";              // Cordova version
     public static String platform = "Android";                  // Device OS
     public static String uuid;                                  // Device UUID