diff --git a/src/org/torproject/android/AnimatedBlockView.java b/src/org/torproject/android/AnimatedBlockView.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1599ccd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/torproject/android/AnimatedBlockView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package org.torproject.android;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Message;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.View.MeasureSpec;
+
+public class AnimatedBlockView extends View implements Runnable {
+
+	  private Paint paint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
+
+	  private float initX, initY, radius;
+	  private boolean drawing = false;
+
+		Random rand = new Random();
+		
+		private Handler mHandler = new Handler()
+		{
+			 public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
+		            
+				 	invalidate();
+		        }
+		};
+		
+
+	public AnimatedBlockView(Context context) {
+	 super(context);
+	 // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	 init();
+	 
+	}
+
+	public AnimatedBlockView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+	 super(context, attrs);
+	 init();
+	}
+
+	public AnimatedBlockView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
+	 super(context, attrs, defStyle);
+	 
+	 init();
+	}
+
+	private void init(){
+	 paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
+	 paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
+	 paint.setAntiAlias(true);
+
+	 new Thread (this).start();
+	 
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
+	 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+	 setMeasuredDimension(MeasureSpec.getSize(widthMeasureSpec),
+	   MeasureSpec.getSize(heightMeasureSpec));
+	}
+
+	int a1 = 30;
+	int a2 = 255;
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
+
+		
+		for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+		{
+			float r = rand.nextFloat()*255f;
+			float g = rand.nextFloat()*255f;
+			float b = rand.nextFloat()*255f;
+	
+			paint.setARGB(a1,(int)r,(int)g,(int)b);
+		
+			float x = rand.nextFloat() * getWidth();
+			float y = rand.nextFloat() * getHeight();
+
+			float w = rand.nextFloat() * getWidth();
+			float h = rand.nextFloat() * getHeight();
+			
+			canvas.drawCircle(x, y, w/2, paint);
+			
+			
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	int a1mod = 1;
+	
+	public void updateAlpha ()
+	{
+		a1 += a1mod;
+		
+		if (a1 > 255 || a1 < 0)
+			a1mod *= -1;
+		
+
+	}
+	
+	public void run ()
+	{
+		
+		
+		/*while (true)
+		{
+			
+			
+			try
+			{
+				Thread.sleep(10);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{}
+			
+			mHandler.sendEmptyMessage(0);
+			
+		}*/
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+	 
+
+	 int action = event.getAction();
+	 if (action==MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE){
+	  float x = event.getX();
+	  float y = event.getY();
+
+	 // radius = (float) Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x-initX, 2) + Math.pow(y-initY, 2));
+	  //updateAlpha();
+	  
+	     a1 = (int)(255*(y/((float)getHeight())));
+	  
+	 }
+	 else if (action==MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN){
+	  initX = event.getX();
+	  initY = event.getY();
+	  radius = 1;
+	  drawing = true;
+	 
+	  
+	 }
+	 else if (action==MotionEvent.ACTION_UP){
+	  drawing = false;
+	 
+	  
+	 }
+	 
+	 return true;
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/org/torproject/android/Orbot.java b/src/org/torproject/android/Orbot.java
index 7a216073..654aea6d 100644
--- a/src/org/torproject/android/Orbot.java
+++ b/src/org/torproject/android/Orbot.java
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuInflater;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
 import android.view.View.OnLongClickListener;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
-public class Orbot extends Activity implements OnLongClickListener, TorConstants
+public class Orbot extends Activity implements TorConstants, OnLongClickListener
 {
  
 		
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ public class Orbot extends Activity implements OnLongClickListener, TorConstants
                 
             //obvious? -yep got everything so far
             lblStatus = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.lblStatus);
-                lblStatus.setOnLongClickListener(this);
+                
             imgStatus = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imgStatus);
             imgStatus.setOnLongClickListener(this);
             
@@ -665,14 +666,17 @@ public class Orbot extends Activity implements OnLongClickListener, TorConstants
                         stopTor();
                         
                 }
+                
+                return true;
                     
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                     Log.d(TAG,"error onclick",e);
             }
+            
+            return false;
                     
-            return true;
         }