diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccountTest.java b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccountTest.java
index 19b8b63..385fc0a 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccountTest.java
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccountTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class OlmAccountTest {
     private static OlmAccount mOlmAccount;
     private static OlmManager mOlmManager;
     private boolean mIsAccountCreated;
+    final String FILE_NAME = "SerialTestFile";
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUpClass(){
@@ -72,7 +73,11 @@ public class OlmAccountTest {
 
     @Test
     public void test01CreateReleaseAccount() {
-        mOlmAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        try {
+            mOlmAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
         assertNotNull(mOlmAccount);
 
         mOlmAccount.releaseAccount();
@@ -81,7 +86,11 @@ public class OlmAccountTest {
 
     @Test
     public void test02CreateAccount() {
-        mOlmAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        try {
+            mOlmAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
         assertNotNull(mOlmAccount);
         mIsAccountCreated = true;
     }
@@ -198,16 +207,21 @@ public class OlmAccountTest {
     public void test13Serialization() {
         FileOutputStream fileOutput = null;
         ObjectOutputStream objectOutput = null;
-        OlmAccount accountRef = new OlmAccount();
+        OlmAccount accountRef = null;
         OlmAccount accountDeserial = null;
-        OlmException exception;
+
+        try {
+            accountRef = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage(),false);
+        }
 
         int retValue = accountRef.generateOneTimeKeys(GENERATION_ONE_TIME_KEYS_NUMBER);
         assertTrue(0==retValue);
 
+        // get keys references
         JSONObject identityKeysRef = accountRef.identityKeys();
         JSONObject oneTimeKeysRef = accountRef.oneTimeKeys();
-        final String FILE_NAME = "testfile";
 
         /*Context context = getInstrumentation().getContext();
         SharedPreferences sharedPref = context.getSharedPreferences("TestPref",Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
@@ -217,16 +231,15 @@ public class OlmAccountTest {
         try {
             Context context = getInstrumentation().getContext();
             context.getFilesDir();
-            //File serialFile = new File(FILE_NAME);
-            //fileOutput = new FileOutputStream(serialFile);
             fileOutput = context.openFileOutput(FILE_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
 
+            // serialize
             objectOutput = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOutput);
             objectOutput.writeObject(accountRef);
             objectOutput.flush();
             objectOutput.close();
 
-            //FileInputStream fileInput = new FileInputStream(serialFile);
+            // deserialize
             FileInputStream fileInput = context.openFileInput(FILE_NAME);
             ObjectInputStream objectInput = new ObjectInputStream(fileInput);
             accountDeserial = (OlmAccount) objectInput.readObject();
@@ -234,14 +247,20 @@ public class OlmAccountTest {
 
             assertNotNull(accountDeserial);
 
+            // get de-serialized keys
             JSONObject identityKeys2 = accountDeserial.identityKeys();
+            assertNotNull(identityKeys2);
             JSONObject oneTimeKeys2 = accountDeserial.oneTimeKeys();
-            assertEquals(identityKeysRef, identityKeys2);
-            assertEquals(oneTimeKeysRef, oneTimeKeys2);
+            assertNotNull(oneTimeKeys2);
+
+            // compare identity keys
+            assertTrue(identityKeys2.toString().equals(identityKeysRef.toString()));
+
+            // compare onetime keys
+            assertTrue(oneTimeKeys2.toString().equals(oneTimeKeysRef.toString()));
 
             accountRef.releaseAccount();
             accountDeserial.releaseAccount();
-
         }
 
         catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmSessionTest.java b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmSessionTest.java
index 311d6a8..4d7c5b0 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmSessionTest.java
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmSessionTest.java
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@ public class OlmSessionTest {
         final int ONE_TIME_KEYS_NUMBER = 5;
         String bobIdentityKey = null;
         String bobOneTimeKey=null;
-
+        OlmAccount bobAccount = null;
+        OlmAccount aliceAccount = null;
         // creates alice & bob accounts
-        OlmAccount aliceAccount = new OlmAccount();
-        OlmAccount bobAccount = new OlmAccount();
+
+        try {
+            aliceAccount = new OlmAccount();
+            bobAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage(),false);
+        }
 
         // test accounts creation
         assertTrue(0!=bobAccount.getOlmAccountId());
@@ -132,10 +138,16 @@ public class OlmSessionTest {
         final int ONE_TIME_KEYS_NUMBER = 1;
         String bobIdentityKey = null;
         String bobOneTimeKey=null;
+        OlmAccount aliceAccount = null;
+        OlmAccount bobAccount = null;
 
         // creates alice & bob accounts
-        OlmAccount aliceAccount = new OlmAccount();
-        OlmAccount bobAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        try {
+            aliceAccount = new OlmAccount();
+            bobAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage(),false);
+        }
 
         // test accounts creation
         assertTrue(0!=bobAccount.getOlmAccountId());
@@ -226,8 +238,14 @@ public class OlmSessionTest {
     @Test
     public void test03AliceBobSessionId() {
         // creates alice & bob accounts
-        OlmAccount aliceAccount = new OlmAccount();
-        OlmAccount bobAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        OlmAccount aliceAccount = null;
+        OlmAccount bobAccount = null;
+        try {
+            aliceAccount = new OlmAccount();
+            bobAccount = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage(),false);
+        }
 
         // test accounts creation
         assertTrue(0!=bobAccount.getOlmAccountId());
diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmUtilityTest.java b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmUtilityTest.java
index b500cdf..030bea7 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmUtilityTest.java
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/androidTest/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmUtilityTest.java
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ public class OlmUtilityTest {
         String fingerPrintKey = null;
         StringBuffer errorMsg = new StringBuffer();
         String message = "{\"key1\":\"value1\",\"key2\":\"value2\"};";
+        OlmAccount account = null;
 
         // create account
-        OlmAccount account = new OlmAccount();
+        try {
+            account = new OlmAccount();
+        } catch (OlmException e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getMessage(),false);
+        }
         assertNotNull(account);
 
         // sign message
diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccount.java b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccount.java
index 5b2418a..61b6c52 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccount.java
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmAccount.java
@@ -26,17 +26,13 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-import java.security.SecureRandom;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 public class OlmAccount implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 3497486121598434824L;
     private static final String LOG_TAG = "OlmAccount";
-    private static final int MAX_BITS_LENGTH = 128;
-    private static final int RANDOM_TAB_SIZE = 32;
-    private static final int RANDOM_MAX = 256;
+    private static final int RANDOM_KEY_SIZE = 32;
+    private static final int RANDOM_RANGE = 256;
 
     // JSON keys used in the JSON objects returned by JNI
     /** As well as the identity key, each device creates a number of Curve25519 key pairs which are
@@ -60,24 +56,22 @@ public class OlmAccount implements Serializable {
      */
     private transient long mNativeOlmAccountId;
 
-    private transient SecureRandom mSecureRandom;
 
-    public OlmAccount() {
-        initNewAccount();
-        mSecureRandom = new SecureRandom();
+    public OlmAccount() throws OlmException {
+        if(!initNewAccount()) {
+            throw new OlmException(OlmException.EXCEPTION_CODE_INIT_ACCOUNT_CREATION,OlmException.EXCEPTION_MSG_INIT_ACCOUNT_CREATION);
+        }
     }
 
     private String getRandomKey() {
-        //String keyRetValue = new BigInteger(MAX_BITS_LENGTH, mSecureRandom).toString(RANDOM_TAB_SIZE);
         String keyRetValue;
         Random rand = new Random();
-
         StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 
-        for(int i=0;i<RANDOM_TAB_SIZE;i++) {
-            strBuilder.append(rand.nextInt(RANDOM_MAX));
+        for(int i = 0; i< OlmAccount.RANDOM_KEY_SIZE; i++) {
+            strBuilder.append(rand.nextInt(RANDOM_RANGE));
         }
-        keyRetValue = "1234567890";//strBuilder.toString();
+        keyRetValue = strBuilder.toString();
 
         return keyRetValue;
     }
@@ -113,7 +107,7 @@ public class OlmAccount implements Serializable {
         } else if(TextUtils.isEmpty(pickledData)) {
             throw new OlmException(OlmException.EXCEPTION_CODE_ACCOUNT_DESERIALIZATION, OlmException.EXCEPTION_MSG_INVALID_PARAMS_DESERIALIZATION+" pickle");
 
-        } else if(!initNewAccount()) {
+        } else if(!createNewAccount()) {
             throw new OlmException(OlmException.EXCEPTION_CODE_ACCOUNT_DESERIALIZATION, OlmException.EXCEPTION_MSG_INIT_NEW_ACCOUNT_DESERIALIZATION);
 
         } else if(!initWithSerializedData(pickledData, key, errorMsg)) {
@@ -190,14 +184,6 @@ public class OlmAccount implements Serializable {
         return mNativeOlmAccountId;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Destroy the corresponding OLM account native object.<br>
-     * This method must ALWAYS be called when this JAVA instance
-     * is destroyed (ie. garbage collected) to prevent memory leak in native side.
-     * See {@link #initNewAccountJni()}.
-     */
-    private native void releaseAccountJni();
-
     /**
      * Release native account and invalid its JAVA reference counter part.<br>
      * Public API for {@link #releaseAccountJni()}.
@@ -209,14 +195,15 @@ public class OlmAccount implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create the corresponding OLM account in native side.<br>
-     * Do not forget to call {@link #releaseAccount()} when JAVA side is done.
-     * @return native account instance identifier (see {@link #mNativeOlmAccountId})
+     * Destroy the corresponding OLM account native object.<br>
+     * This method must ALWAYS be called when this JAVA instance
+     * is destroyed (ie. garbage collected) to prevent memory leak in native side.
+     * See {@link #initNewAccountJni()}.
      */
-    private native long initNewAccountJni();
+    private native void releaseAccountJni();
 
     /**
-     * Create and initialize a new native account instance.<br>
+     * Create and initialize a native account instance.<br>
      * Wrapper for {@link #initNewAccountJni()}.
      * To be called before any other API call.
      * @return true if init succeed, false otherwise.
@@ -229,6 +216,35 @@ public class OlmAccount implements Serializable {
         return retCode;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create and initialize an OLM account in native side.<br>
+     * Do not forget to call {@link #releaseAccount()} when JAVA side is done.
+     * @return native account instance identifier (see {@link #mNativeOlmAccountId})
+     */
+    private native long initNewAccountJni();
+
+    /**
+     * Create a native account instance without any initialization.<br>
+     * Since the account is left uninitialized, this
+     * method is intended to be used in the serialization mechanism (see {@link #readObject(ObjectInputStream)}).<br>
+     * Public wrapper for {@link #createNewAccountJni()}.
+     * @return true if init succeed, false otherwise.
+     */
+    private boolean createNewAccount() {
+        boolean retCode = false;
+        if(0 != (mNativeOlmAccountId = createNewAccountJni())){
+            retCode = true;
+        }
+        return retCode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an OLM account in native side.<br>
+     * Do not forget to call {@link #releaseAccount()} when JAVA side is done.
+     * @return native account instance identifier (see {@link #mNativeOlmAccountId})
+     */
+    private native long createNewAccountJni();
+
     /**
      * Return the identity keys (identity &amp fingerprint keys) in a JSON array.<br>
      * Public API for {@link #identityKeysJni()}.<br>
diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmException.java b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmException.java
index 97589f0..b83e77c 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmException.java
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/java/org/matrix/olm/OlmException.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class OlmException extends Exception {
     public static final int EXCEPTION_CODE_ACCOUNT_DESERIALIZATION = 5;
     public static final int EXCEPTION_CODE_SESSION_SERIALIZATION = 6;
     public static final int EXCEPTION_CODE_SESSION_DESERIALIZATION = 7;
+    public static final int EXCEPTION_CODE_INIT_ACCOUNT_CREATION = 8;
 
     // exception human readable messages
     public static final String EXCEPTION_MSG_NEW_OUTBOUND_GROUP_SESSION = "failed to create a new outbound group Session";
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class OlmException extends Exception {
     public static final String EXCEPTION_MSG_INIT_NEW_ACCOUNT_DESERIALIZATION = "initNewAccount() failure";
     public static final String EXCEPTION_MSG_INIT_ACCOUNT_DESERIALIZATION = "initWithSerializedData() failure";
     public static final String EXCEPTION_MSG_INVALID_PARAMS_DESERIALIZATION = "invalid deserialized parameters";
+    public static final String EXCEPTION_MSG_INIT_ACCOUNT_CREATION = "Account constructor failure";
 
     /** exception code to be taken from: {@link #EXCEPTION_CODE_CREATE_OUTBOUND_GROUP_SESSION} {@link #EXCEPTION_CODE_CREATE_INBOUND_GROUP_SESSION}
      * {@link #EXCEPTION_CODE_INIT_OUTBOUND_GROUP_SESSION} {@link #EXCEPTION_CODE_INIT_INBOUND_GROUP_SESSION}**/
diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.cpp b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.cpp
index a10b8e0..6f2e6ee 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.cpp
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ OlmAccount* initializeAccountMemory()
     return accountPtr;
 }
 
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(createNewAccountJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz)
+{
+    LOGD("## createNewAccountJni(): IN");
+    OlmAccount* accountPtr = initializeAccountMemory();
+
+    LOGD(" ## createNewAccountJni(): success - accountPtr=%p (jlong)(intptr_t)accountPtr=%lld",accountPtr,(jlong)(intptr_t)accountPtr);
+    return (jlong)(intptr_t)accountPtr;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Release the account allocation made by initializeAccountMemory().<br>
  * This method MUST be called when java counter part account instance is done.
@@ -49,20 +60,21 @@ JNIEXPORT void OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(releaseAccountJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz
 {
   OlmAccount* accountPtr = NULL;
 
-  LOGD("## releaseAccountJni(): accountPtr=%p",accountPtr);
+  LOGD("## releaseAccountJni(): IN");
 
   if(NULL == (accountPtr = (OlmAccount*)getAccountInstanceId(env,thiz)))
   {
-      LOGE("## releaseAccountJni(): failure - invalid Account ptr=NULL");
+      LOGE(" ## releaseAccountJni(): failure - invalid Account ptr=NULL");
   }
   else
   {
+    LOGD(" ## releaseAccountJni(): accountPtr=%p",accountPtr);
     olm_clear_account(accountPtr);
 
-    LOGD("## releaseAccountJni(): IN");
+    LOGD(" ## releaseAccountJni(): IN");
     // even if free(NULL) does not crash, logs are performed for debug purpose
     free(accountPtr);
-    LOGD("## releaseAccountJni(): OUT");
+    LOGD(" ## releaseAccountJni(): OUT");
   }
 }
 
@@ -467,4 +479,167 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_MANAGER_FUNC_DEF(getOlmLibVersion)(JNIEnv* env, jobject th
   return returnValueStr;
 }
 
+/**
+* Serialize and encrypt account instance into a base64 string.<br>
+* @param aKey key used to encrypt the serialized account data
+* @param[out] aErrorMsg error message set if operation failed
+* @return a base64 string if operation succeed, null otherwise
+**/
+JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(serializeDataWithKeyJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring aKey, jobject aErrorMsg)
+{
+    jstring pickledDataRetValue = 0;
+    jclass errorMsgJClass = 0;
+    jmethodID errorMsgMethodId = 0;
+    jstring errorJstring = 0;
+    const char *keyPtr = NULL;
+    void *pickledPtr = NULL;
+    OlmAccount* accountPtr = NULL;
 
+    LOGD("## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): IN");
+
+    if(NULL == (accountPtr = (OlmAccount*)getAccountInstanceId(env,thiz)))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - invalid account ptr");
+    }
+    else if(0 == aKey)
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - invalid key");
+    }
+    else if(0 == aErrorMsg)
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - invalid error object");
+    }
+    else if(0 == (errorMsgJClass = env->GetObjectClass(aErrorMsg)))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - unable to get error class");
+    }
+    else if(0 == (errorMsgMethodId = env->GetMethodID(errorMsgJClass, "append", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuffer;")))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - unable to get error method ID");
+    }
+    else if(NULL == (keyPtr = env->GetStringUTFChars(aKey, 0)))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - keyPtr JNI allocation OOM");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        size_t pickledLength = olm_pickle_account_length(accountPtr);
+        size_t keyLength = (size_t)env->GetStringUTFLength(aKey);
+        LOGD(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): pickledLength=%lu keyLength=%lu",pickledLength, keyLength);
+        LOGD(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): key=%s",(char const *)keyPtr);
+
+        if(NULL == (pickledPtr = (void*)malloc((pickledLength+1)*sizeof(uint8_t))))
+        {
+            LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - pickledPtr buffer OOM");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            size_t result = olm_pickle_account(accountPtr,
+                                               (void const *)keyPtr,
+                                               keyLength,
+                                               (void*)pickledPtr,
+                                               pickledLength);
+            if(result == olm_error())
+            {
+                const char *errorMsgPtr = olm_account_last_error(accountPtr);
+                LOGE(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): failure - olm_pickle_account() Msg=%s",errorMsgPtr);
+
+                if(0 != (errorJstring = env->NewStringUTF(errorMsgPtr)))
+                {
+                    env->CallObjectMethod(aErrorMsg, errorMsgMethodId, errorJstring);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // build success output
+                (static_cast<char*>(pickledPtr))[pickledLength] = static_cast<char>('\0');
+                pickledDataRetValue = env->NewStringUTF((const char*)pickledPtr);
+                LOGD(" ## serializeDataWithKeyJni(): success - result=%lu pickled=%s", result, static_cast<char*>(pickledPtr));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // free alloc
+    if(NULL != keyPtr)
+    {
+     env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(aKey, keyPtr);
+    }
+
+    if(NULL != pickledPtr)
+    {
+        free(pickledPtr);
+    }
+
+    return pickledDataRetValue;
+}
+
+
+JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(initWithSerializedDataJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring aSerializedData, jstring aKey)
+{
+    OlmAccount* accountPtr = NULL;
+    jstring errorMessageRetValue = 0;
+    const char *keyPtr = NULL;
+    const char *pickledPtr = NULL;
+
+    LOGD("## initWithSerializedDataJni(): IN");
+
+    if(NULL == (accountPtr = (OlmAccount*)getAccountInstanceId(env,thiz)))
+    //if(NULL == (accountPtr = initializeAccountMemory()))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): failure - account failure OOM");
+    }
+    else if(0 == aKey)
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): failure - invalid key");
+    }
+    else if(0 == aSerializedData)
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): failure - serialized data");
+    }
+    else if(NULL == (keyPtr = env->GetStringUTFChars(aKey, 0)))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): failure - keyPtr JNI allocation OOM");
+    }
+    else if(NULL == (pickledPtr = env->GetStringUTFChars(aSerializedData, 0)))
+    {
+        LOGE(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): failure - pickledPtr JNI allocation OOM");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        size_t pickledLength = (size_t)env->GetStringUTFLength(aSerializedData);
+        size_t keyLength = (size_t)env->GetStringUTFLength(aKey);
+        LOGD(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): pickledLength=%lu keyLength=%lu",pickledLength, keyLength);
+        LOGD(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): key=%s",(char const *)keyPtr);
+        LOGD(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): pickled=%s",(char const *)pickledPtr);
+
+        size_t result = olm_unpickle_account(accountPtr,
+                                             (void const *)keyPtr,
+                                             keyLength,
+                                             (void*)pickledPtr,
+                                             pickledLength);
+        if(result == olm_error())
+        {
+            const char *errorMsgPtr = olm_account_last_error(accountPtr);
+            LOGE(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): failure - olm_unpickle_account() Msg=%s",errorMsgPtr);
+            errorMessageRetValue = env->NewStringUTF(errorMsgPtr);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            LOGD(" ## initWithSerializedDataJni(): success - result=%lu ", result);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    // free alloc
+    if(NULL != keyPtr)
+    {
+        env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(aKey, keyPtr);
+    }
+
+    if(NULL != pickledPtr)
+    {
+        env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(aSerializedData, pickledPtr);
+    }
+
+    return errorMessageRetValue;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.h b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.h
index 63ec3ef..1c8fb96 100644
--- a/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.h
+++ b/java/android/OlmLibSdk/olm-sdk/src/main/jni/olm_account.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_MANAGER_FUNC_DEF(getOlmLibVersion)(JNIEnv *env, jobject th
 // account creation/destruction
 JNIEXPORT void OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(releaseAccountJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz);
 JNIEXPORT jlong OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(initNewAccountJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz);
+JNIEXPORT jlong OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(createNewAccountJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz);
 
 // identity keys
 JNIEXPORT jbyteArray OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(identityKeysJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz);
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ JNIEXPORT jint OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(markOneTimeKeysAsPublishedJni)(JNIEnv *env,
 // signing
 JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(signMessageJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring aMessage);
 
+// serialization
+JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(serializeDataWithKeyJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring aKey, jobject aErrorMsg);
+JNIEXPORT jstring OLM_ACCOUNT_FUNC_DEF(initWithSerializedDataJni)(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring aSerializedData, jstring aKey);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif