diff --git a/android/android.make b/android/android.make
index b28f5c943c..82a8dedf24 100644
--- a/android/android.make
+++ b/android/android.make
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ DX=$(ANDROID_PLATFORM)/tools/dx
 APKBUILDER=$(ANDROID_SDK_PATH)/tools/apkbuilder
 ZIPALIGN=$(ANDROID_SDK_PATH)/tools/zipalign
 KEYSTORE=$(HOME)/.android/debug.keystore
+ADB=$(ANDROID_SDK_PATH)/platform-tools/adb
 
 MANIFEST	:= $(ANDROID_DIR)/AndroidManifest.xml
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/bin/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/R.class: $(R_JAVA)
 		-classpath $(ANDROID_PLATFORM)/android.jar:$(BUILDDIR)/bin \
 		-sourcepath $(ANDROID_DIR)/gen:$(ANDROID_DIR)/src $<
 
-$(BUILDDIR)/bin/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/%.class: $(ANDROID_DIR)/src/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/%.java
+$(BUILDDIR)/bin/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/%.class: $(ANDROID_DIR)/src/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/%.java $(BUILDDIR)/bin/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/R.class
 	$(call PRINTS,JAVAC $(subst $(ROOTDIR)/,,$<))javac -d $(BUILDDIR)/bin \
 		-classpath $(ANDROID_PLATFORM)/android.jar:$(BUILDDIR)/bin \
 		-sourcepath $(ANDROID_DIR)/gen:$(ANDROID_DIR)/src $<
@@ -112,3 +113,7 @@ $(DIRS):
 dirs: $(DIRS)
 
 apk: $(APK)
+
+install: apk
+	$(ADB) install -r $(APK)
+
diff --git a/android/installApk.sh b/android/installApk.sh
index 2c82b115c6..5fd6afa810 100755
--- a/android/installApk.sh
+++ b/android/installApk.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ADB="$ANDROID_SDK_PATH/tools/adb"
+if [ ! -e $ADB ]
+then
+  # Starting with the gingerbread sdk, the adb location changed
+  ADB="$ANDROID_SDK_PATH/platform-tools/adb"
+fi
 
 $ADB install -r rockbox.apk
 echo 'am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.rockbox/.RockboxActivity; exit' | $ADB shell
diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index cb7ab9620c..907d3928d4 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ voice: voicetools $(BUILDDIR)/apps/features
 
 endif
 
+ifeq (,$(findstring android, $(APP_TYPE)))
 bininstall: $(BUILDDIR)/$(BINARY)
 	@echo "Installing your rockbox binary in your '$(RBPREFIX)' dir"
 	$(SILENT)cp $(BINARY) "$(RBPREFIX)/.rockbox/"
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ fullinstall:
 symlinkinstall:
 	@echo "Installing a full setup with links in your '$(RBPREFIX)' dir"
 	$(SILENT)$(TOOLSDIR)/buildzip.pl $(VERBOSEOPT) -m "$(MODELNAME)" -i "$(TARGET_ID)" $(INSTALL) -z "zip -r0" -r "$(ROOTDIR)" --rbdir="$(RBDIR)" -f 2 $(TARGET) $(BINARY) -l
+endif
 
 help:
 	@echo "A few helpful make targets"