diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PFramebuffer.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PFramebuffer.java
index 3e3018c5c..2db5f8e1c 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PFramebuffer.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PFramebuffer.java
@@ -58,11 +58,8 @@ public class PFramebuffer implements PConstants {
   protected boolean noDepth;
   protected boolean FboMode;
    
-  //protected PTexture ;
-  //protected int glBackupBufferTarget;
   protected PTexture backupTexture;
   protected IntBuffer pixelBuffer;
-  //protected int[] backupCrop;
 
   PFramebuffer(PApplet parent) {
     this(parent, 0, 0, false);
@@ -79,6 +76,7 @@ public class PFramebuffer implements PConstants {
     screenFb = screen;
     noDepth = false;
     FboMode = PGraphicsAndroid3D.fboSupported;
+    numColorBuffers = 0;
     
     gl = a3d.gl;
     
@@ -249,17 +247,19 @@ public class PFramebuffer implements PConstants {
   }
   
   public void finish() {
+    if (noDepth) {
+      // No need to clear depth buffer because depth testing was disabled.
+      if (a3d.hints[DISABLE_DEPTH_TEST]) {
+        gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+      } else {
+        gl.glEnable(GL10.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+      }        
+    }
+    
     if (!screenFb && !FboMode) {
       copyToColorBuffers();
       restoreBackup();
-      if (noDepth) {
-        // No need to clear depth buffer because depth testing was disabled.
-        if (a3d.hints[DISABLE_DEPTH_TEST]) {
-          gl.glDisable(GL10.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
-        } else {
-          gl.glEnable(GL10.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
-        }        
-      } else {
+      if (!noDepth) {
         // Reading the contents of the depth buffer is not possible in OpenGL ES:
         // http://www.idevgames.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-15828.html
         // so if this framebuffer uses depth and is offscreen with no FBOs, then
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ public class PFramebuffer implements PConstants {
     }
   }  
   
+  public IntBuffer getPixelBuffer() {
+    return pixelBuffer;
+  }
+  
   // Internal copy to texture method.
   protected void copyToTexture(IntBuffer buffer, int glid, int gltarget) {
     gl.glEnable(gltarget);
diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PTexture.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PTexture.java
index d516fde76..86fdf1463 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PTexture.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PTexture.java
@@ -264,11 +264,8 @@ public class PTexture implements PConstants {
     // FBO copy:
     a3d.pushFramebuffer();
     a3d.setFramebuffer(fbo);
-    // Clearing depth buffer (just in case).
-    gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
-    gl.glClear(GL10.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
     // Rendering tex into this.
-    a3d.drawTexture(tex, 0, 0, tex.glWidth, glHeight, 0, 0, glWidth, glHeight);    
+    a3d.drawTexture(tex, 0, 0, tex.glWidth, tex.glHeight, 0, 0, glWidth, glHeight);    
     a3d.popFramebuffer();
   }
 
@@ -319,24 +316,43 @@ public class PTexture implements PConstants {
     if ((pixels == null) || (pixels.length != width * height)) {
       pixels = new int[width * height];
     }
-    
-    int size = glWidth * glHeight;
-    int[] tmp = new int[size];
-    IntBuffer pixelBuffer = BufferUtil.newIntBuffer(size);
-    
-    // Attaching the texture to the color buffer of a FBO, binding the FBO and reading the pixels
-    // from the current draw buffer (which is the color buffer of the FBO).
-    PFramebuffer fbo = new PFramebuffer(parent, glWidth, glHeight);
-    fbo.setColorBuffer(this);
-    
-    a3d.pushFramebuffer();
-    a3d.setFramebuffer(fbo);
-    gl.glReadPixels(0, 0, glWidth, glHeight, GL10.GL_RGBA, GL10.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixelBuffer);
-    a3d.popFramebuffer();
-
-    pixelBuffer.get(tmp);
-    pixelBuffer.rewind();
         
+    int size = glWidth * glHeight;
+    
+    // TODO: This operation could be optimized somehow by declaring these two variables global
+    // and allocating them only once.
+    int[] tmp = new int[size];
+    IntBuffer buffer;
+    PFramebuffer fbo;
+    
+    if (PGraphicsAndroid3D.fboSupported) {
+      // Attaching the texture to the color buffer of a FBO, binding the FBO and reading the pixels
+      // from the current draw buffer (which is the color buffer of the FBO).
+    
+      buffer = BufferUtil.newIntBuffer(size);
+    
+      fbo = new PFramebuffer(parent, glWidth, glHeight);
+      fbo.setColorBuffer(this);
+    
+      a3d.pushFramebuffer();
+      a3d.setFramebuffer(fbo);
+      gl.glReadPixels(0, 0, glWidth, glHeight, GL10.GL_RGBA, GL10.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, buffer);
+      a3d.popFramebuffer();
+    } else {
+      // Here we don't have FBOs, so the method above is of no use. What we do instead is
+      // to draw the texture to the framebuffer, and then grab the pixels from the screen.
+      
+      fbo = new PFramebuffer(parent, glWidth, glHeight);
+      a3d.pushFramebuffer();
+      a3d.setFramebuffer(fbo);
+      a3d.drawTexture(this, 0, 0, glWidth, glHeight, 0, 0, glWidth, glHeight);
+      buffer = fbo.getPixelBuffer();
+      a3d.popFramebuffer();
+    }
+    
+    buffer.get(tmp);
+    buffer.rewind();
+    
     convertToARGB(tmp, pixels);
     if (flippedX) flipArrayOnX(pixels, 1);
     if (flippedY) flipArrayOnY(pixels, 1);