diff --git a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
index f101007..008fa36 100644
--- a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
@@ -152,11 +152,13 @@
     eglChooseConfig(display, attribs, &config, 1, &numConfigs);
 
     surface = eglCreateWindowSurface(display, config, s.get(), NULL);
-
     context = eglCreateContext(display, config, NULL, NULL);
     eglQuerySurface(display, surface, EGL_WIDTH, &w);
     eglQuerySurface(display, surface, EGL_HEIGHT, &h);
-    eglMakeCurrent(display, surface, surface, context);
+    
+    if (eglMakeCurrent(display, surface, surface, context) == EGL_FALSE)
+        return NO_INIT;
+    
     mDisplay = display;
     mContext = context;
     mSurface = surface;
diff --git a/libs/ui/Surface.cpp b/libs/ui/Surface.cpp
index 04ab64c..a4710aa 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Surface.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Surface.cpp
@@ -558,14 +558,16 @@
 
     volatile const surface_info_t* const back = lcblk->surface + backIdx;
     if (back->flags & surface_info_t::eNeedNewBuffer) {
-        getBufferLocked(backIdx);
+        err = getBufferLocked(backIdx);
     }
 
-    const sp<SurfaceBuffer>& backBuffer(mBuffers[backIdx]);
-    mDirtyRegion.set(backBuffer->width, backBuffer->height);
-    *buffer = backBuffer.get();
+    if (err == NO_ERROR) {
+        const sp<SurfaceBuffer>& backBuffer(mBuffers[backIdx]);
+        mDirtyRegion.set(backBuffer->width, backBuffer->height);
+        *buffer = backBuffer.get();
+    }
   
-    return NO_ERROR;
+    return err;
 }
 
 int Surface::lockBuffer(android_native_buffer_t* buffer)
@@ -729,7 +731,7 @@
             currentBuffer.clear();
         }
         err = getBufferMapper().registerBuffer(buffer->handle);
-        LOGW_IF(err, "map(...) failed %d (%s)", err, strerror(-err));
+        LOGW_IF(err, "registerBuffer(...) failed %d (%s)", err, strerror(-err));
         if (err == NO_ERROR) {
             currentBuffer = buffer;
         }
diff --git a/opengl/libagl/egl.cpp b/opengl/libagl/egl.cpp
index b0e54d8..cf66be3 100644
--- a/opengl/libagl/egl.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libagl/egl.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
     virtual     EGLBoolean  bindDrawSurface(ogles_context_t* gl) = 0;
     virtual     EGLBoolean  bindReadSurface(ogles_context_t* gl) = 0;
-    virtual     void        connect() {}
+    virtual     EGLBoolean  connect() { return EGL_TRUE; }
     virtual     void        disconnect() {}
     virtual     EGLint      getWidth() const = 0;
     virtual     EGLint      getHeight() const = 0;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     virtual     EGLBoolean  swapBuffers();
     virtual     EGLBoolean  bindDrawSurface(ogles_context_t* gl);
     virtual     EGLBoolean  bindReadSurface(ogles_context_t* gl);
-    virtual     void        connect();
+    virtual     EGLBoolean  connect();
     virtual     void        disconnect();
     virtual     EGLint      getWidth() const    { return width;  }
     virtual     EGLint      getHeight() const   { return height; }
@@ -382,10 +382,12 @@
     }
 }
 
-void egl_window_surface_v2_t::connect() 
+EGLBoolean egl_window_surface_v2_t::connect() 
 {
     // dequeue a buffer
-    nativeWindow->dequeueBuffer(nativeWindow, &buffer);
+    if (nativeWindow->dequeueBuffer(nativeWindow, &buffer) != NO_ERROR) {
+        return setError(EGL_BAD_ALLOC, EGL_FALSE);
+    }
 
     // allocate a corresponding depth-buffer
     width = buffer->width;
@@ -396,8 +398,7 @@
         depth.stride  = depth.width; // use the width here
         depth.data    = (GGLubyte*)malloc(depth.stride*depth.height*2);
         if (depth.data == 0) {
-            setError(EGL_BAD_ALLOC, EGL_NO_SURFACE);
-            return;
+            return setError(EGL_BAD_ALLOC, EGL_FALSE);
         }
     }
 
@@ -411,9 +412,10 @@
             GRALLOC_USAGE_SW_WRITE_OFTEN, &bits) != NO_ERROR) {
         LOGE("connect() failed to lock buffer %p (%ux%u)",
                 buffer, buffer->width, buffer->height);
-        setError(EGL_BAD_ACCESS, EGL_NO_SURFACE);
+        return setError(EGL_BAD_ACCESS, EGL_FALSE);
         // FIXME: we should make sure we're not accessing the buffer anymore
     }
+    return EGL_TRUE;
 }
 
 void egl_window_surface_v2_t::disconnect() 
@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@
 
 status_t egl_window_surface_v2_t::unlock(android_native_buffer_t* buf)
 {
+    if (!buf) return BAD_VALUE;
     int err = module->unlock(module, buf->handle);
     return err;
 }
@@ -515,6 +518,10 @@
 
 EGLBoolean egl_window_surface_v2_t::swapBuffers()
 {
+    if (!buffer) {
+        return setError(EGL_BAD_ACCESS, EGL_FALSE);
+    }
+    
     /*
      * Handle eglSetSwapRectangleANDROID()
      * We copyback from the front buffer 
@@ -580,7 +587,7 @@
             GRALLOC_USAGE_SW_WRITE_OFTEN, &bits) != NO_ERROR) {
         LOGE("eglSwapBuffers() failed to lock buffer %p (%ux%u)",
                 buffer, buffer->width, buffer->height);
-        setError(EGL_BAD_ACCESS, EGL_NO_SURFACE);
+        return setError(EGL_BAD_ACCESS, EGL_FALSE);
         // FIXME: we should make sure we're not accessing the buffer anymore
     }
 
@@ -1748,7 +1755,9 @@
                 ogles_scissor(gl, 0, 0, w, h);
             }
             if (d) {
-                d->connect();
+                if (d->connect() == EGL_FALSE) {
+                    return EGL_FALSE;
+                }
                 d->ctx = ctx;
                 d->bindDrawSurface(gl);
             }