diff --git a/modules/java/android_test/AndroidManifest.xml b/modules/java/android_test/AndroidManifest.xml
index 800758f573..337afabdc3 100644
--- a/modules/java/android_test/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/modules/java/android_test/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
-    
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"></uses-permission>
 </manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/java/android_test/src/org/opencv/test/objdetect/objdetectTest.java b/modules/java/android_test/src/org/opencv/test/objdetect/objdetectTest.java
index ee6592cf21..38549870ba 100644
--- a/modules/java/android_test/src/org/opencv/test/objdetect/objdetectTest.java
+++ b/modules/java/android_test/src/org/opencv/test/objdetect/objdetectTest.java
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.opencv.Mat;
 import org.opencv.objdetect;
-import org.opencv.imgproc;
 import org.opencv.highgui;
 import org.opencv.core;
 import org.opencv.test.OpenCVTestCase;
 import org.opencv.test.OpenCVTestRunner;
 import org.opencv.Rect;
 import org.opencv.Size;
+import org.opencv.Scalar;
 
 public class objdetectTest extends OpenCVTestCase {
 	public void testCascadeClassifierFaceDetector() {
-		//objdetect.CascadeClassifier cc=new objdetect.CascadeClassifier("/mnt/sdcard/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml");
-		objdetect.CascadeClassifier cc=new objdetect.CascadeClassifier("/mnt/sdcard/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml");
+		objdetect.CascadeClassifier cc=new objdetect.CascadeClassifier("/mnt/sdcard/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml");
+		///objdetect.CascadeClassifier cc=new objdetect.CascadeClassifier("/mnt/sdcard/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml");
 		ArrayList<Rect> faces=new ArrayList<Rect>();
 		
 		
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ public class objdetectTest extends OpenCVTestCase {
 		
 		cc.detectMultiScale(shot002, faces, 1.1, 2, 2 /*TODO: CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE*/, new Size(10,10));
 		OpenCVTestRunner.Log("faces.size="+faces.size());
+		
+		Scalar color=new Scalar(0,255,0);
+		for(int i=0; i < faces.size(); i++) {
+			OpenCVTestRunner.Log("face["+i+"]="+faces.get(i).toString());
+			core.rectangle(shot002, faces.get(i).tl(), faces.get(i).br(), color);
+		}
+		OpenCVTestRunner.Log("before writing image");
+		boolean reswrite=highgui.imwrite("/mnt/sdcard/lbpcascade_frontalface_res.jpg", shot002);
+		OpenCVTestRunner.Log("after writing image, res="+reswrite);
+		
 	}
 	
 
diff --git a/modules/java/src/cpp/Mat.cpp b/modules/java/src/cpp/Mat.cpp
index df8c7d3218..0f860b44a9 100644
--- a/modules/java/src/cpp/Mat.cpp
+++ b/modules/java/src/cpp/Mat.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ template<typename T> int mat_get(cv::Mat* m, int row, int col, int count, char*
 	if(! m) return 0;
 	if(! buff) return 0;
 
+	count *= sizeof(T);//This change is required, checked TODO: recheck for non-continious case
 	int rest = ((m->rows - row) * m->cols - col) * m->channels() * sizeof(T);
 	if(count>rest) count = rest;
 	int res = count;
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ template<typename T> int mat_get(cv::Mat* m, int row, int col, int count, char*
 		int num = (m->cols - col - 1) * m->channels() * sizeof(T); // 1st partial row
 		if(count<num) num = count;
 		uchar* data = m->ptr(row++, col);
-		while(count>0){
+		while(count>0){//TODO: recheck this cycle for the case col!=0
 			memcpy(buff, data, num);
 			count -= num;
 			buff += num;
diff --git a/modules/java/src/cpp/utils.cpp b/modules/java/src/cpp/utils.cpp
index 91b0e9fabf..62ebdf9dcf 100644
--- a/modules/java/src/cpp/utils.cpp
+++ b/modules/java/src/cpp/utils.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ void Mat_to_vector_uchar(cv::Mat& mat, std::vector<uchar>& v_uchar)
 
 void Mat_to_vector_Rect(Mat& mat, vector<Rect>& v_rect)
 {
-	LOGD("Mat_to_vector_Rect start, mat.cols=%d", mat.cols);
 	v_rect.clear();
 
 	if(mat.type()!= CV_32SC4 || mat.rows!=1) {
@@ -103,17 +102,14 @@ void Mat_to_vector_Rect(Mat& mat, vector<Rect>& v_rect)
 		Vec<int, 4> v=mat.at< Vec<int, 4> >(0, i);
 		v_rect.push_back( Rect(v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]) );
 	}
-	LOGD("Mat_to_vector_Rect end, vec.size=%d", (int)v_rect.size());
 }
 
 void vector_Rect_to_Mat(vector<Rect>& v_rect, Mat& mat)
 {
-	LOGD("vector_Rect_to_Mat start, vec.size=%d", (int)v_rect.size());
 	mat.create(1, v_rect.size(), CV_32SC4);
 	for(size_t i=0; i<v_rect.size(); i++) {
 		mat.at< Vec<int, 4> >(0, i) = Vec<int, 4>(v_rect[i].x, v_rect[i].y, v_rect[i].width, v_rect[i].height);
 	}
-	LOGD("vector_Rect_to_Mat end, mat.cols=%d", mat.cols);
 }