diff --git a/Source/Android/res/values-ja/strings.xml b/Source/Android/res/values-ja/strings.xml
index 77db4fee79..db9c1854fd 100644
--- a/Source/Android/res/values-ja/strings.xml
+++ b/Source/Android/res/values-ja/strings.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <!-- Game List Activity - Device Compatibility AlertDialog -->
     <string name="device_compat_warning">デバイスの互換性の警告</string>
     <string name="device_compat_warning_msg">この電話は、NEON拡張をサポートしていません。 おそらくDolphinを実行することはできません。\nあなたはとにかくそれを実行してみますか？</string>
+    <string name="device_gles3compat_warning_msg">デバイスはOpenGLES3のビデオドライバのバグがあります。\nあなたはとにかくそれを使用してみたいのですか？</string>
 
     <!-- Game List Fragment -->
     <string name="file_clicked">クリックされたファイル： %1$s</string>
diff --git a/Source/Android/res/values/strings.xml b/Source/Android/res/values/strings.xml
index ca7157fd44..7ffc2bcfd2 100644
--- a/Source/Android/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/Source/Android/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <!-- Game List Activity - Device Compatibility AlertDialog -->
     <string name="device_compat_warning">Device Compatibility Warning</string>
     <string name="device_compat_warning_msg">Your phone doesn\'t support NEON which makes it incapable of running Dolphin Mobile?\nDo you want to try anyway?</string>
+    <string name="device_gles3compat_warning_msg">Your device has known buggy video drivers for OpenGL ES 3.\nDo you want to try anyway?</string>
 
     <!-- Game List Fragment -->
     <string name="file_clicked">File clicked: %1$s</string>
diff --git a/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/VideoSettingsFragment.java b/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/VideoSettingsFragment.java
index e181fc32bc..81d4d2dad7 100644
--- a/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/VideoSettingsFragment.java
+++ b/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/settings/VideoSettingsFragment.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 package org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.settings;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
+import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ public final class VideoSettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment
 	public static String m_GLRenderer;
 	public static String m_GLExtensions;
 	public static float m_QualcommVersion;
+	public static boolean m_Inited = false;
 	private Activity m_activity;
 
 	/**
@@ -147,20 +150,24 @@ public final class VideoSettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment
 	 */
 	public static boolean SupportsGLES3()
 	{
-		VersionCheck mbuffer = new VersionCheck();
-		m_GLVersion = mbuffer.getVersion();
-		m_GLVendor = mbuffer.getVendor();
-		m_GLRenderer = mbuffer.getRenderer();
-		m_GLExtensions = mbuffer.getExtensions();
-
 		boolean mSupportsGLES3 = false;
+		if (!m_Inited)
+		{
+			VersionCheck mbuffer = new VersionCheck();
+			m_GLVersion = mbuffer.getVersion();
+			m_GLVendor = mbuffer.getVendor();
+			m_GLRenderer = mbuffer.getRenderer();
+			m_GLExtensions = mbuffer.getExtensions();
+			m_Inited = true;
+		}
+
 
 		// Check for OpenGL ES 3 support (General case).
 		if (m_GLVersion != null && m_GLVersion.contains("OpenGL ES 3.0"))
 			mSupportsGLES3 = true;
 
 		// Checking for OpenGL ES 3 support for certain Qualcomm devices.
-		if (!mSupportsGLES3 && m_GLVendor != null && m_GLVendor.equals("Qualcomm"))
+		if (m_GLVendor != null && m_GLVendor.equals("Qualcomm"))
 		{
 			if (m_GLRenderer.contains("Adreno (TM) 3"))
 			{
@@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ public final class VideoSettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment
 					mSupportsGLES3 = true;
 			}
 		}
+
 		return mSupportsGLES3;
 	}
 
@@ -253,10 +261,36 @@ public final class VideoSettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment
 					}
 					else if (preference.getString(key, "Software Renderer").equals("OGL"))
 					{
-						mainScreen.getPreference(0).setEnabled(true);
-						mainScreen.getPreference(1).setEnabled(true);
-						mainScreen.getPreference(3).setEnabled(true);
-						//mainScreen.getPreference(4).setEnabled(false);
+						// Create an alert telling them that their phone sucks
+						if (VideoSettingsFragment.SupportsGLES3()
+								&& VideoSettingsFragment.m_GLVendor != null
+								&& VideoSettingsFragment.m_GLVendor.equals("Qualcomm")
+								&& VideoSettingsFragment.m_QualcommVersion == 14.0f)
+						{
+							AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(m_activity);
+							builder.setTitle(R.string.device_compat_warning);
+							builder.setMessage(R.string.device_gles3compat_warning_msg);
+							builder.setPositiveButton(R.string.yes, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
+								public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
+									mainScreen.getPreference(0).setEnabled(true);
+									mainScreen.getPreference(1).setEnabled(true);
+									mainScreen.getPreference(3).setEnabled(true);
+									//mainScreen.getPreference(4).setEnabled(false);
+								}
+							});
+							builder.setNegativeButton(R.string.no, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
+								public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which)
+								{
+									// Get an editor.
+									SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sPrefs.edit();
+									editor.putString("gpuPref", "Software Renderer");
+									editor.commit();
+									videoBackends.setValue("Software Renderer");
+									videoBackends.setSummary("Software Renderer");
+								}
+							});
+							builder.show();
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}