diff --git a/external/Makefile b/external/Makefile
index ae7db87d..e25cd0dd 100644
--- a/external/Makefile
+++ b/external/Makefile
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ iptables/Makefile:
 	cp config.sub iptables
 	cp config.guess iptables
 	cd iptables && \
- 		CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB) CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -I$(EXTERNAL_ROOT)/include" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
+		CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB) CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -I$(EXTERNAL_ROOT)/include" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 			./configure --host=$(HOST) --disable-shared --enable-static 
 
 iptables-build-stamp: iptables/Makefile
@@ -290,35 +290,13 @@ pluto: pluto-build-stamp
 pluto-clean:
 #	-rm -rf pluto/bin
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# JTorControl library
-
-jtorctl/bin/jtorctl.jar:
-	test -d jtorctl/bin || mkdir jtorctl/bin
-	cd jtorctl && \
-		javac -source 1.6 -target 1.6 net/freehaven/tor/control/TorControlConnection.java -d bin
-	cd jtorctl/bin && \
-		jar cvf jtorctl.jar *
-
-jtorctl-build-stamp: jtorctl/bin/jtorctl.jar
-	touch jtorctl-build-stamp
-
-jtorctl: jtorctl-build-stamp
-	test -d bin || mkdir bin
-	cp jtorctl/bin/jtorctl.jar bin
-
-jtorctl-clean:
-	-rm -rf jtorctl/bin
-	-rm jtorctl-build-stamp
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #create and clean assets: FYI - tor is stored as a ZIP file with an mp3 extension
 #in order to stop Android OS (older devices) from trying to compress/decompress it
 #this is related to a bug in compression of assets and resources > 1MB
 
-assets: tor polipo jtorctl iptables pluto
+assets: tor polipo iptables pluto
 	install -d ../libs
-	install bin/jtorctl.jar ../libs
 	install -d ../assets/$(APP_ABI)
 	-$(STRIP) bin/polipo
 	-zip ../assets/$(APP_ABI)/polipo.mp3 bin/polipo
@@ -341,13 +319,12 @@ assets-clean:
 	-rm ../assets/$(APP_ABI)/meek-client.mp3
 	-rm ../assets/$(APP_ABI)/obfs4proxy.mp3
 	-rm ../assets/$(APP_ABI)/pdnsd.mp3
-	-rm ../libs/jtorctl.jar
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # cleanup, cleanup, put the toys away
 
-##clean: openssl-clean libevent-clean tor-clean polipo-clean jtorctl-clean assets-clean
-clean: openssl-clean libevent-clean tor-clean polipo-clean iptables-clean jtorctl-clean pluto-clean
+##clean: openssl-clean libevent-clean tor-clean polipo-clean assets-clean
+clean: openssl-clean libevent-clean tor-clean polipo-clean iptables-clean pluto-clean
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # debugging stuff
diff --git a/make-release-build b/make-release-build
index b28dcd80..19dc5b7d 100755
--- a/make-release-build
+++ b/make-release-build
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ else
     echo ""
     echo ""
     echo "Checking git tag signature for release build:"
+    gpg --list-key 9F0FE587374BBE81 || gpg --recv-key 9F0FE587374BBE81
+    gpg --list-key E9E28DEA00AA5556 || gpg --recv-key E9E28DEA00AA5556
+    gpg --list-key A801183E69B37AA9 || gpg --recv-key A801183E69B37AA9
     git tag -v $versionName
     echo ""
     echo ""
@@ -32,6 +35,15 @@ if [ -z $ANDROID_HOME ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if [ -z $ANDROID_NDK_HOME ]; then
+    if which ndk-build 2>&1 /dev/null; then
+        ANDROID_NDK_HOME=`which ndk-build |  sed 's,/ndk-build,,'`
+    else
+        echo "ANDROID_NDK_HOME not set and 'ndk-build' not in PATH"
+        exit
+    fi
+fi
+
 projectroot=`pwd`
 projectname=`sed -n 's,.*name="app_name">\(.*\)<.*,\1,p' res/values/strings.xml`
 
@@ -39,9 +51,6 @@ projectname=`sed -n 's,.*name="app_name">\(.*\)<.*,\1,p' res/values/strings.xml`
 export TZ=UTC
 TIMESTAMP=`printf '%(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)T' \
     $(git log -n1 --format=format:%at)`
-# run the clock at 5% speed, ant requires a moving clock
-TIMESTAMP_5=`printf '@%(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)T x0.05' \
-    $(git log -n1 --format=format:%at)`
 
 git reset --hard
 git clean -fdx
@@ -58,16 +67,24 @@ else
     echo "skipping release ant.properties"
 fi
 
-ndk-build
+faketime "$TIMESTAMP" $ANDROID_NDK_HOME/ndk-build
 
 faketime "$TIMESTAMP" make -C external
 
 ./setup-ant
 
-faketime -f "$TIMESTAMP_5" ant release
+ant release
 
 apk=$projectroot/bin/$projectname-v$describe.apk
 
+# standardize timestamps in ZIP headers, requires strip-nondeterminism 0.014
+if which strip-nondeterminism > /dev/null; then
+    strip-nondeterminism -t zip -T $(git log -n1 --format=format:%at) $apk
+fi
+
+# echo the checksum to build logs
+sha256sum $apk
+
 if which gpg > /dev/null; then
     if [ -z "`gpg --list-secret-keys`" ]; then
         echo "No GPG secret keys found, not signing APK"
diff --git a/res/values-he b/res/values-he
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..6fe8b495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/values-he
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+values-iw
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/values-id b/res/values-id
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..3e5fb5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/values-id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+values-in-rID
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/net b/src/net
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..ab37141f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/net
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../external/jtorctl/net/
\ No newline at end of file