diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index 8282bb25e4bd6..c732c30d64042 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -21740,112 +21740,6 @@
 </field>
 </class>
 </package>
-<package name="android.backup"
->
-<class name="BackupManager"
- extends="java.lang.Object"
- abstract="false"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<constructor name="BackupManager"
- type="android.backup.BackupManager"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<parameter name="context" type="android.content.Context">
-</parameter>
-</constructor>
-<method name="dataChanged"
- return="void"
- abstract="false"
- native="false"
- synchronized="false"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</method>
-</class>
-<class name="BackupService"
- extends="android.app.Service"
- abstract="true"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<constructor name="BackupService"
- type="android.backup.BackupService"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</constructor>
-<method name="onBackup"
- return="void"
- abstract="true"
- native="false"
- synchronized="false"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<parameter name="oldStateFd" type="int">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="dataFd" type="int">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="newStateFd" type="int">
-</parameter>
-</method>
-<method name="onBind"
- return="android.os.IBinder"
- abstract="false"
- native="false"
- synchronized="false"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<parameter name="intent" type="android.content.Intent">
-</parameter>
-</method>
-<method name="onRestore"
- return="void"
- abstract="true"
- native="false"
- synchronized="false"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<parameter name="dataFd" type="int">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="newStateFd" type="int">
-</parameter>
-</method>
-<field name="SERVICE_ACTION"
- type="java.lang.String"
- transient="false"
- volatile="false"
- value="&quot;android.service.action.BACKUP&quot;"
- static="true"
- final="true"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</field>
-</class>
-</package>
 <package name="android.content"
 >
 <class name="ActivityNotFoundException"
diff --git a/core/java/android/backup/BackupManager.java b/core/java/android/backup/BackupManager.java
index a2d39f5818500..6f0b2eef603f7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/backup/BackupManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/backup/BackupManager.java
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ import android.os.ServiceManager;
  * The system will then schedule a backup operation to occur in the near
  * future.  Repeated calls to {@link #dataChanged()} have no further effect
  * until the backup operation actually occurs.
- * 
+ *
  * <p>The backup operation itself begins with the system launching the
  * {@link BackupService} subclass declared in your manifest.  See the documentation
  * for {@link BackupService} for a detailed description of how the backup then proceeds.
+ *
+ * @hide pending API solidification
  */
 public class BackupManager {
     private Context mContext;
@@ -42,12 +44,12 @@ public class BackupManager {
     /**
      * Constructs a BackupManager object through which the application can
      * communicate with the Android backup system.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param context The {@link android.content.Context} that was provided when
      *                one of your application's {@link android.app.Activity Activities}
      *                was created.
      */
-    public BackupManager (Context context) {
+    public BackupManager(Context context) {
         mContext = context;
         mService = IBackupManager.Stub.asInterface(
                 ServiceManager.getService(Context.BACKUP_SERVICE));
diff --git a/core/java/android/backup/BackupService.java b/core/java/android/backup/BackupService.java
index 0fee72caedd14..d912d8c6e7d0d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/backup/BackupService.java
+++ b/core/java/android/backup/BackupService.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import android.util.Log;
  *          &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
  *      &lt;/service&gt;</pre>
  * 
- * <p><em>Not hidden but API subject to change and should not be published</em>
+ * @hide pending API solidification
  */
 
 public abstract class BackupService extends Service {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class BackupService extends Service {
      * IntentFilter} that accepts this action. 
      */
     @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.SERVICE_ACTION)
-    public static final String SERVICE_ACTION = "android.service.action.BACKUP";
+    public static final String SERVICE_ACTION = "android.backup.BackupService";
 
     /**
      * The application is being asked to write any data changed since the
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class BackupService extends Service {
      * should perform a full backup.  In both cases, a representation of the
      * final backup state after this pass should be written to the file pointed
      * to by the newStateFd file descriptor.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param oldStateFd An open, read-only file descriptor pointing to the last
      *                   backup state provided by the application.  May be negative,
      *                   in which case no prior state is being provided and the
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public abstract class BackupService extends Service {
      * provided in the file pointed to by the dataFd file descriptor.  Once
      * the restore is finished, the application should write a representation
      * of the final state to the newStateFd file descriptor, 
-     * 
+     *
      * @param dataFd An open, read-only file descriptor pointing to a full snapshot
      *               of the application's data.
      * @param newStateFd An open, read/write file descriptor pointing to an empty
@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@ public abstract class BackupService extends Service {
 
     // ----- Core implementation -----
     
+    /**
+     * Returns the private interface called by the backup system.  Applications will
+     * not typically override this.
+     */
     public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
-        return mBinder;
+        if (intent.getAction().equals(SERVICE_ACTION)) {
+            return mBinder;
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     private final IBinder mBinder = new BackupServiceBinder().asBinder();