diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml
index 1cb5fd64d..d6a34ee07 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@
 
   %body
     %header
-      = link_to(image_tag('icons/compose_mobile2.png', :height => 28, :width => 28), new_status_message_path, :class => 'compose_icon')
       = link_to(image_tag('white@2x.png', :height => 20, :width => 127, :id => 'header_title'), aspects_path)
+      - if user_signed_in?
+        = link_to(image_tag('icons/compose_mobile2.png', :height => 28, :width => 28), new_status_message_path, :class => 'compose_icon')
 
     - if flash.present?
       %p
diff --git a/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml b/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml
index 22d620165..abac28dd1 100644
--- a/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml
@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@
   - if post
     .content
       .from
-        = person_link(post.author, :class => "hovercardable")
+        = person_link(post.author)
 
       - if post.activity_streams?
         = link_to image_tag(post.image_url, 'data-small-photo' => post.image_url, 'data-full-photo' => post.image_url, :class => 'stream-photo'), post.object_url, :class => "stream-photo-link"
       - else
         = render 'status_messages/status_message', :post => post, :photos => post.photos
-      - if defined?(current_user) && current_user && (post.author_id != current_user.person.id) && (post.public?) && !reshare?(post)
-        .reshare_action
-          = reshare_link(post)
-          = link_to t(".show_original"), post_path(post)
-
   - else
     = t('.deleted')
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.mobile.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.mobile.haml
index ffffa05a9..9aeb27166 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.mobile.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-= form_for StatusMessage.new, {:data => {:ajax => false}}  do |status|
+= form_for StatusMessage.new, {:data => {:ajax => false}} do |status|
   = status.text_area :text, :placeholder => t('.whats_on_your_mind'), :style => "width:300px", :rows => 4
 
   - for aspect_id in aspect_ids
diff --git a/config/assets.yml b/config/assets.yml
index cb510dfaf..e8a4368e0 100644
--- a/config/assets.yml
+++ b/config/assets.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ javascripts:
     #- public/javascripts/diaspora.js
     #- public/javascripts/helpers/i18n.js
     #- public/javascripts/widgets/infinite-scroll.js
-    #- public/javascripts/rails.js
+    - public/javascripts/rails.js
     - public/javascripts/vendor/mbp-helper.js
+    - public/javascripts/mobile.js
     
   mailchimp:
     - public/javascripts/vendor/mailchimp/jquery.form.js
diff --git a/public/images/mobile-spinner.gif b/public/images/mobile-spinner.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..901564c3f
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/mobile-spinner.gif differ
diff --git a/public/javascripts/mobile.js b/public/javascripts/mobile.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2632c33aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/mobile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+$(document).ready(function(){
+  $(".like_action.inactive").live('tap click', function(evt){
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    var target = $(this),
+        postId = target.data('post-id');
+
+    $.ajax({
+      url: '/posts/'+postId+'/likes.json',
+      type: 'POST',
+      beforeSend: function(){
+        target.removeClass('inactive')
+              .addClass('loading');
+      },
+      complete: function(data){
+        target.removeClass('loading')
+              .removeClass('inactive')
+              .addClass('active')
+              .data('post-id', postId);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  $(".like_action.active").live('tap click', function(evt){
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    var target = $(this),
+        postId = $(this).data('post-id'),
+        likeId = $(this).data('like-id');
+
+
+    $.ajax({
+      url: '/posts/'+postId+'/likes/'+likeId+'.json',
+      type: 'DELETE',
+      beforeSend: function(){
+        target.removeClass('active')
+              .addClass('loading')
+              .fadeIn(50);
+      },
+      complete: function(data){
+        target.removeClass('loading')
+              .removeClass('active')
+              .addClass('inactive')
+              .data('like-id', '');
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.scss b/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.scss
index 3fa89d1d8..301f53c54 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.scss
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.scss
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ body {
     left: 2px; };
 }
 
+#main {
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.stream {
+  text-align: left;
+  max-width: 700px;
+}
+
+
 .stream_element,
 .comments {
   overflow: auto;
@@ -106,12 +116,9 @@ body {
   @include border-radius(3px);
   @include box-shadow(0, 1px, 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1));
   background: {
-    color: white; };
+    color: #fff; };
   border: {
-    top: 1px solid black;
     bottom: 1px solid black; };
-
-  max-width: 700px;
 }
 
 .photo_attachments {
@@ -129,12 +136,8 @@ body {
     padding: {
       left: 15px;
       top: 10px; };
-    .from {
-      font: {
-        style: italic; }; } }
-  .reshare_action {
-    font: {
-      size: 0.8em; }; } }
+  }
+}
 
 #main_stream {
   font: {
@@ -310,9 +313,17 @@ footer {
     left: 5px; }; }
 
 .like_action {
-  background-image: url("/images/icons/heart_mobile_grey.png");
+  &.inactive{
+    background-image: url("/images/icons/heart_mobile_grey.png");
+  }
   &.active {
-    background-image: url("/images/icons/heart_mobile_red.png"); } }
+    background-image: url("/images/icons/heart_mobile_red.png");
+  }
+
+  &.loading {
+    background-image: url("/images/mobile-spinner.gif");
+  }
+}
 
 .comment_action {
   background-image: url("/images/icons/pencil_mobile_grey.png"); }
@@ -329,3 +340,15 @@ form {
   top: 6px;
   right: 15px;
 }
+
+#new_status_message {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0;
+  top: 45px;
+  width:100%;
+
+  textarea {
+    @include border-radius(0);
+    left: 0;
+  }
+}