diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp
index 33125c4..7bf3e0a 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,31 @@
             mMaxViewportDims[0] : mMaxViewportDims[1];
 }
 
+static status_t selectConfigForPixelFormat(
+        EGLDisplay dpy,
+        EGLint const* attrs,
+        PixelFormat format,
+        EGLConfig* outConfig)
+{
+    EGLConfig config = NULL;
+    EGLint numConfigs = -1, n=0;
+    eglGetConfigs(dpy, NULL, 0, &numConfigs);
+    EGLConfig* const configs = new EGLConfig[numConfigs];
+    eglChooseConfig(dpy, attrs, configs, numConfigs, &n);
+    for (int i=0 ; i<n ; i++) {
+        EGLint nativeVisualId = 0;
+        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, configs[i], EGL_NATIVE_VISUAL_ID, &nativeVisualId);
+        if (nativeVisualId>0 && format == nativeVisualId) {
+            *outConfig = configs[i];
+            delete [] configs;
+            return NO_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+    delete [] configs;
+    return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
+}
+
+
 void DisplayHardware::init(uint32_t dpy)
 {
     mNativeWindow = new FramebufferNativeWindow();
@@ -108,6 +133,9 @@
         exit(0);
     }
 
+    int format;
+    ANativeWindow const * const window = mNativeWindow.get();
+    window->query(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_FORMAT, &format);
     mDpiX = mNativeWindow->xdpi;
     mDpiY = mNativeWindow->ydpi;
     mRefreshRate = fbDev->fps;
@@ -116,11 +144,13 @@
     EGLint numConfigs=0;
     EGLSurface surface;
     EGLContext context;
+    EGLBoolean result;
+    status_t err;
 
     // initialize EGL
     EGLint attribs[] = {
-            EGL_SURFACE_TYPE,   EGL_WINDOW_BIT,
-            EGL_NONE,           0,
+            EGL_SURFACE_TYPE,       EGL_WINDOW_BIT,
+            EGL_NONE,               0,
             EGL_NONE
     };
 
@@ -141,9 +171,8 @@
     eglInitialize(display, NULL, NULL);
     eglGetConfigs(display, NULL, 0, &numConfigs);
 
-    EGLConfig config;
-    status_t err = EGLUtils::selectConfigForNativeWindow(
-            display, attribs, mNativeWindow.get(), &config);
+    EGLConfig config = NULL;
+    err = selectConfigForPixelFormat(display, attribs, format, &config);
     LOGE_IF(err, "couldn't find an EGLConfig matching the screen format");
     
     EGLint r,g,b,a;
@@ -224,7 +253,11 @@
      * Gather OpenGL ES extensions
      */
 
-    eglMakeCurrent(display, surface, surface, context);
+    result = eglMakeCurrent(display, surface, surface, context);
+    if (!result) {
+        LOGE("Couldn't create a working GLES context. check logs. exiting...");
+        exit(0);
+    }
 
     GLExtensions& extensions(GLExtensions::getInstance());
     extensions.initWithGLStrings(