diff --git a/framebuffer.cpp b/framebuffer.cpp
index 797982f..d9cc89e 100644
--- a/framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/framebuffer.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ struct fb_context_t {
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static void
-msm_copy_buffer(buffer_handle_t handle, int fd, int width, int height,
+msm_copy_buffer(buffer_handle_t handle, int fd,
+                int width, int height, int format,
                 int x, int y, int w, int h);
 
 static int fb_setSwapInterval(struct framebuffer_device_t* dev,
@@ -120,9 +121,6 @@ static int fb_post(struct framebuffer_device_t* dev, buffer_handle_t buffer)
         m->currentBuffer = buffer;
         
     } else {
-        // If we can't do the page_flip, just copy the buffer to the front 
-        // FIXME: use copybit HAL instead of memcpy
-        
         void* fb_vaddr;
         void* buffer_vaddr;
         
@@ -138,8 +136,9 @@ static int fb_post(struct framebuffer_device_t* dev, buffer_handle_t buffer)
 
         //memcpy(fb_vaddr, buffer_vaddr, m->finfo.line_length * m->info.yres);
 
-        msm_copy_buffer(m->framebuffer, m->framebuffer->fd,
-                m->info.xres, m->info.yres,
+        msm_copy_buffer(
+                m->framebuffer, m->framebuffer->fd,
+                m->info.xres, m->info.yres, m->fbFormat,
                 m->info.xoffset, m->info.yoffset,
                 m->info.width, m->info.height);
 
@@ -199,18 +198,26 @@ int mapFrameBufferLocked(struct private_module_t* module)
     info.yoffset = 0;
     info.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW;
 
+    /* Interpretation of offset for color fields: All offsets are from the right,
+    * inside a "pixel" value, which is exactly 'bits_per_pixel' wide (means: you
+    * can use the offset as right argument to <<). A pixel afterwards is a bit
+    * stream and is written to video memory as that unmodified. This implies
+    * big-endian byte order if bits_per_pixel is greater than 8.
+    */
+
     /*
-     * Explicitly request 5/6/5
+     * Explicitly request RGBA_8888
      */
-    info.bits_per_pixel = 16;
-    info.red.offset     = 11;
-    info.red.length     = 5;
-    info.green.offset   = 5;
-    info.green.length   = 6;
-    info.blue.offset    = 0;
-    info.blue.length    = 5;
+    info.bits_per_pixel = 32;
+    info.red.offset     = 24;
+    info.red.length     = 8;
+    info.green.offset   = 16;
+    info.green.length   = 8;
+    info.blue.offset    = 8;
+    info.blue.length    = 8;
     info.transp.offset  = 0;
     info.transp.length  = 0;
+    module->fbFormat = HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBX_8888;
 
     /*
      * Request NUM_BUFFERS screens (at lest 2 for page flipping)
@@ -378,7 +385,7 @@ int fb_device_open(hw_module_t const* module, const char* name,
             const_cast<uint32_t&>(dev->device.width) = m->info.xres;
             const_cast<uint32_t&>(dev->device.height) = m->info.yres;
             const_cast<int&>(dev->device.stride) = stride;
-            const_cast<int&>(dev->device.format) = HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_565;
+            const_cast<int&>(dev->device.format) = m->fbFormat;
             const_cast<float&>(dev->device.xdpi) = m->xdpi;
             const_cast<float&>(dev->device.ydpi) = m->ydpi;
             const_cast<float&>(dev->device.fps) = m->fps;
@@ -400,7 +407,8 @@ int fb_device_open(hw_module_t const* module, const char* name,
 /* Copy a pmem buffer to the framebuffer */
 
 static void
-msm_copy_buffer(buffer_handle_t handle, int fd, int width, int height,
+msm_copy_buffer(buffer_handle_t handle, int fd,
+                int width, int height, int format,
                 int x, int y, int w, int h)
 {
     struct {
@@ -425,7 +433,7 @@ msm_copy_buffer(buffer_handle_t handle, int fd, int width, int height,
     blit.req.dst.height = height;
     blit.req.dst.offset = 0;
     blit.req.dst.memory_id = fd; 
-    blit.req.dst.format = MDP_RGB_565;
+    blit.req.dst.format = format;
 
     blit.req.src_rect.x = blit.req.dst_rect.x = x;
     blit.req.src_rect.y = blit.req.dst_rect.y = y;
diff --git a/gralloc.cpp b/gralloc.cpp
index 45746ef..32bd24a 100644
--- a/gralloc.cpp
+++ b/gralloc.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ struct private_module_t HAL_MODULE_INFO_SYM = {
         perform: gralloc_perform,
     },
     framebuffer: 0,
+    fbFormat: 0,
     flags: 0,
     numBuffers: 0,
     bufferMask: 0,
diff --git a/gralloc_priv.h b/gralloc_priv.h
index 534b4c0..1432c25 100644
--- a/gralloc_priv.h
+++ b/gralloc_priv.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct private_module_t {
     gralloc_module_t base;
 
     struct private_handle_t* framebuffer;
+    uint32_t fbFormat;
     uint32_t flags;
     uint32_t numBuffers;
     uint32_t bufferMask;