diff --git a/framework/assets/www/cordova.js b/framework/assets/www/cordova.js
index e638234c..b072c81e 100644
--- a/framework/assets/www/cordova.js
+++ b/framework/assets/www/cordova.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Platform: android
-// 2.7.0rc1-75-g76065a1
+// 2.9.0rc1-0-g002f33d
 /*
  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  under the License.
 */
 ;(function() {
-var CORDOVA_JS_BUILD_LABEL = '2.7.0rc1-75-g76065a1';
+var CORDOVA_JS_BUILD_LABEL = '2.9.0rc1-0-g002f33d';
 // file: lib/scripts/require.js
 
 var require,
@@ -2396,11 +2396,7 @@ function initRead(reader, file) {
     reader._error = null;
     reader._readyState = FileReader.LOADING;
 
-    if (typeof file == 'string') {
-        // Deprecated in Cordova 2.4.
-        console.warn('Using a string argument with FileReader.readAs functions is deprecated.');
-        reader._fileName = file;
-    } else if (typeof file.fullPath == 'string') {
+    if (typeof file.fullPath == 'string') {
         reader._fileName = file.fullPath;
     } else {
         reader._fileName = '';
@@ -3063,9 +3059,31 @@ FileWriter.prototype.abort = function() {
 /**
  * Writes data to the file
  *
- * @param text to be written
+ * @param data text or blob to be written
  */
-FileWriter.prototype.write = function(text) {
+FileWriter.prototype.write = function(data) {
+
+    var isBinary = false;
+
+    // If we don't have Blob or ArrayBuffer support, don't bother.
+    if (typeof window.Blob !== 'undefined' && typeof window.ArrayBuffer !== 'undefined') {
+
+        // Check to see if the incoming data is a blob
+        if (data instanceof Blob) {
+            var that=this;
+            var fileReader = new FileReader();
+            fileReader.onload = function() {
+                // Call this method again, with the arraybuffer as argument
+                FileWriter.prototype.write.call(that, this.result);
+            };
+            fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(data);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Mark data type for safer transport over the binary bridge
+        isBinary = (data instanceof ArrayBuffer);
+    }
+
     // Throw an exception if we are already writing a file
     if (this.readyState === FileWriter.WRITING) {
         throw new FileError(FileError.INVALID_STATE_ERR);
@@ -3131,7 +3149,7 @@ FileWriter.prototype.write = function(text) {
             if (typeof me.onwriteend === "function") {
                 me.onwriteend(new ProgressEvent("writeend", {"target":me}));
             }
-        }, "File", "write", [this.fileName, text, this.position]);
+        }, "File", "write", [this.fileName, data, this.position, isBinary]);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -3317,6 +3335,9 @@ InAppBrowser.prototype = {
     close: function (eventname) {
         exec(null, null, "InAppBrowser", "close", []);
     },
+    show: function (eventname) {
+      exec(null, null, "InAppBrowser", "show", []);
+    },
     addEventListener: function (eventname,f) {
         if (eventname in this.channels) {
             this.channels[eventname].subscribe(f);
@@ -6780,11 +6801,21 @@ require('cordova/channel').onNativeReady.fire();
         }
     }
 
+    function scriptErrorCallback(err) {
+        // Open Question: If a script path specified in cordova_plugins.js does not exist, do we fail for all?
+        // this is currently just continuing.
+        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.onerror = scriptErrorCallback;
         script.src = path;
         document.head.appendChild(script);
     }
@@ -6796,10 +6827,10 @@ require('cordova/channel').onNativeReady.fire();
         context.cordova.require('cordova/channel').onPluginsReady.fire();
     }
 
-    // Handler for the cordova_plugins.json content.
+    // Handler for the cordova_plugins.js 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().
+    // Otherwise the onerror response handler will just call finishPluginLoading().
     function handlePluginsObject(modules, path) {
         // First create the callback for when all plugins are loaded.
         var mapper = context.cordova.require('cordova/modulemapper');
@@ -6807,26 +6838,31 @@ require('cordova/channel').onNativeReady.fire();
             // 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) {
+                    try { 
+                        if (module.clobbers && module.clobbers.length) {
+                            for (var j = 0; j < module.clobbers.length; j++) {
+                                mapper.clobbers(module.id, module.clobbers[j]);
+                            }
+                        }
 
-                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);
+                        }
                     }
-                }
-
-                if (module.merges && module.merges.length) {
-                    for (var k = 0; k < module.merges.length; k++) {
-                        mapper.merges(module.id, module.merges[k]);
+                    catch(err) {
+                        // error with module, most likely clobbers, should we continue?
                     }
                 }
-
-                // 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();
@@ -6849,6 +6885,33 @@ require('cordova/channel').onNativeReady.fire();
             break;
         }
     }
+
+    var plugins_json = path + 'cordova_plugins.json';
+    var plugins_js = path + 'cordova_plugins.js';
+
+    // One some phones (Windows) this xhr.open throws an Access Denied exception
+    // So lets keep trying, but with a script tag injection technique instead of XHR
+    var injectPluginScript = function injectPluginScript() {
+        try {
+            var script = document.createElement("script");
+            script.onload = function(){
+                var list = cordova.require("cordova/plugin_list");
+                handlePluginsObject(list,path);
+            };
+            script.onerror = function() {
+                // Error loading cordova_plugins.js, file not found or something
+                // this is an acceptable error, pre-3.0.0, so we just move on.
+                finishPluginLoading();
+            };
+            script.src = plugins_js;
+            document.head.appendChild(script);
+
+        } catch(err){
+            finishPluginLoading();
+        }
+    } 
+
+
     // Try to XHR the cordova_plugins.json file asynchronously.
     var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
     xhr.onload = function() {
@@ -6867,14 +6930,16 @@ require('cordova/channel').onNativeReady.fire();
         }
     };
     xhr.onerror = function() {
-        finishPluginLoading();
+        // In this case, the json file was not present, but XHR was allowed, 
+        // so we should still try the script injection technique with the js file
+        // in case that is there.
+        injectPluginScript();
     };
-    var plugins_json = path + 'cordova_plugins.json';
     try { // we commented we were going to try, so let us actually try and catch
         xhr.open('GET', plugins_json, true); // Async
         xhr.send();
     } catch(err){
-        finishPluginLoading();
+        injectPluginScript();
     }
 }(window));