diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4-dbg/AndroidManifest.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4-dbg/AndroidManifest.xml
index 43170286e..9e011ae45 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4-dbg/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4-dbg/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.nfc" android:required="false" />
 
   <!-- GCM stuff -->
-  <permission android:name="org.eehouse.android.xw4.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" 
+  <permission android:name="org.eehouse.android.xw4dbg.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" 
               android:protectionLevel="signature" />
-  <uses-permission android:name="org.eehouse.android.xw4.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" /> 
+  <uses-permission android:name="org.eehouse.android.xw4dbg.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" /> 
   <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
         <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
-        <category android:name="org.eehouse.android.xw4" />
+        <category android:name="org.eehouse.android.xw4dbg" />
       </intent-filter>
     </receiver>
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/adb-uninstall.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/adb-uninstall.sh
index 9febf604e..4c5b38f37 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/adb-uninstall.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/adb-uninstall.sh
@@ -3,35 +3,37 @@
 set -e -u
 
 INDEX=0
+DRYRUN=''
 
 usage() {
-    echo "usage: $0 [--help] [-n <index>]"
+	[ $# -gt 0 ] && echo "ERROR: $1"
+    echo "usage: $0 [--dry-run] [--help] [-n <index>]"
     echo "uninstall crosswords from the <index>th device"
     exit 0
 }
 
-if [ ! -e build.xml ]; then
-    usage "No build.xml; please run me from the top android directory"
-fi
+while :; do
+	WD=$(pwd)
+	if [ -e ${WD}/AndroidManifest.xml ]; then
+		break
+	elif [ ${WD} = '/' ]; then
+		usage "reached / without finding AndroidManifest.xml"
+	else
+		cd ..
+	fi
+done
 
-DIRNAME=$(basename $(pwd))
-case $DIRNAME in
-    XWords4-bt)
-        PKG=xw4bt
-        ;;
-    XWords4-dbg)
-        PKG=xw4dbg
-        ;;
-    XWords4)
-        PKG=xw4
-        ;;
-    *)
-        usage "running in unexpected directory $DIRNAME"
-        ;;
-esac
+PACK=$(grep 'package=\".*\..*\.*\"' ${WD}/AndroidManifest.xml | sed 's,^.*package="\(.*\)".*$,\1,')
+
+if [ -z "${PACK}" ]; then
+	usage "unable to find package in ${WD}/AndroidManifest.xml"
+fi
 
 while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
     case $1 in
+		--dry-run)
+			DRYRUN=1
+			;;
         -n)
             shift
             INDEX=$1
@@ -44,4 +46,5 @@ done
 
 SERIAL="$(adb devices | grep 'device$' | sed -n  "$((1+INDEX)) p" | awk '{print $1}')"
 
-adb -s $SERIAL uninstall org.eehouse.android.${PKG}
+echo "adb -s $SERIAL uninstall $PACK"
+[ -z "$DRYRUN" ] && adb -s $SERIAL uninstall $PACK
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/check_strings.py b/xwords4/android/scripts/check_strings.py
index 563b6939f..d9aa06e94 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/check_strings.py
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/check_strings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re, sys, os, getopt
 from lxml import etree
 
 g_formats = {}
+g_verbose = 0
 
 def usage(msg=''):
     print
@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@ def associate( formats, name, fmt ):
     else:
         forName = set()
         formats[name] = forName
-    if fmt in forName: 
-        print "Warning: %s duplicated in %s" % (fmt, name)
     forName.add(fmt)
     # print 'added', fmt, 'to', name
 
@@ -40,39 +39,64 @@ def checkFormats( formats ):
             if not foundDigit:
                 break
         if curSet == testSet:
-            print name, "is ok"
+            if 0 < g_verbose: print name, "is ok"
         else:
-            print 'ERROR: sets different for', name, curSet, testSet
+            print 'WARNING: sets different for', name, curSet, testSet
+
+def checkLangFormats( engData, langData, lang ):
+    for key in langData:
+        if not key in engData:
+            print 'WARNING: key', key, 'in', lang, 'but not in English'
+        elif not engData[key] == langData[key]:
+            print 'ERROR: set mismatch', key,  'from', lang, engData[key], 'vs', langData[key]
             sys.exit(1)
 
+def getForElem( data, pat, elem, name ):
+    splits = re.split( pat, elem.text )
+    nParts = len(splits)
+    if 1 < nParts:
+        for ii in range(nParts):
+            part = splits[ii]
+            if re.match( pat, part ):
+                associate( data, name, part )
+
+def getFormats( doc, pat, lang ):
+    result = {}
+    for elem in doc.findall('string'):
+        getForElem( result, pat, elem, elem.get('name') )
+    for elem in doc.findall('plurals'):
+        name = elem.get('name')
+        for elem in elem.findall('item'):
+            quantity = elem.get('quantity')
+            if not elem.text or 0 == len(elem.text):
+                print 'plurals', name, 'has empty quantity', quantity, \
+                    'in file', lang
+                sys.exit(1)
+            else:
+                getForElem( result, pat, elem, name + '/' + quantity )
+    return result
+
 def main():
     if 1 < len(sys.argv): usage()
+    parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True, encoding="utf-8")
 
     wd = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
-    path = wd + '/../XWords4/res/values/strings.xml'
 
     # Load English
-    engFormats = {}
-    parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True, encoding="utf-8")
+    path = wd + '/../XWords4/res/values/strings.xml'
     doc = etree.parse(path, parser)
     pat = re.compile( '(%\d\$[sd])', re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE )
-    for typ in ['string', 'item']:
-        for elem in doc.findall(typ):
-            splits = re.split( pat, elem.text )
-            nParts = len(splits)
-            if 1 < nParts:
-                for ii in range(nParts):
-                    part = splits[ii]
-                    if re.match( pat, part ):
-                        associate( engFormats, elem.get('name'), part )
+    engFormats = getFormats( doc, pat, 'en' )
     checkFormats( engFormats )
 
+    path = wd + '/../XWords4/res_src'
     for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
         for file in [file for file in files if file == "strings.xml" \
                      and not subdir.endswith('/values')]:
-            print file, subdir
-
-
+            doc = etree.parse( subdir + '/' + file, parser )
+            forLang = getFormats( doc, pat, subdir )
+            checkLangFormats( engFormats, forLang, subdir )
+            sys.exit(0)
 
 ##############################################################################
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/cleanvariants.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/cleanvariants.sh
index 14351deae..c18fd98bc 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/cleanvariants.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/cleanvariants.sh
@@ -2,25 +2,21 @@
 
 set -u -e
 
-DIRS=""
-VARIANT=""
+DIR=""
 
 usage() {
     [ $# -ge 1 ] && echo "ERROR: $1"
-    echo "usage: $0 [--dest-dir <dir>]*"
+    echo "usage: $0 [--dir <dir>]"
+    echo "   uses variant parent of CWD as default if not provided"
     exit 1
 }
 
 while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
     echo "\"$1\""
     case $1 in
-        --variant-name)
+        --dir)
             shift
-            VARIANT=$1
-            ;;
-        --dest-dir)
-            shift
-            DIRS="$DIRS $1"
+            DIR="$DIR $1"
             ;;
         *)
             usage "unexpected param $1"
@@ -29,12 +25,26 @@ while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
     shift
 done
 
-for DIR in $DIRS; do
-    for FILE in $(find $DIR -type f); do
-        if git ls-files $FILE --error-unmatch 2>/dev/null; then
-            echo "skipping $FILE; it's under version control within this variant"
+if [ -z "$DIR" ]; then
+    while :; do
+        WD=$(pwd)
+        if [ "/" = "$WD" ]; then
+            echo "reached / without finding AndroidManifest.xml"
+            exit 1
+        elif [ -e ${WD}/AndroidManifest.xml ]; then
+            DIR=$WD
+            break
         else
-            rm $FILE
+            cd ..
         fi
     done
+fi
+
+for FILE in $(find $DIR -type f); do
+    if git ls-files $FILE --error-unmatch 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo "skipping $FILE; it's under version control within this variant"
+    else
+        echo "removing $FILE"
+        rm $FILE
+    fi
 done