4 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/angular-debug.js b/angular-debug.js
index c96947a3..897db442 100644
--- a/angular-debug.js
+++ b/angular-debug.js
@@ -3185,13 +3185,13 @@ function valueAccessor(scope, element) {
 }
 
 function checkedAccessor(scope, element) {
-  var domElement = element[0];
+  var domElement = element[0], elementValue = domElement.value;
   return {
     get: function(){
       return !!domElement.checked;
     },
     set: function(value){
-      domElement.checked = !!value;
+      domElement.checked = toBoolean(value);
     }
   };
 }
@@ -3444,8 +3444,13 @@ angularService("$location", function(browser){
     scope.$root.$eval();
   });
   parse(browser.getUrl());
+  var lastURL;
   this.$onEval(PRIORITY_LAST, function(){
-    browser.setUrl(toString());
+    var url = toString();
+    if (lastURL != url) {
+      browser.setUrl(url);
+      lastURL = url;
+    }
   });
   return location;
 }, {inject: ['$browser']});
diff --git a/src/services.js b/src/services.js
index e91a8eca..11453338 100644
--- a/src/services.js
+++ b/src/services.js
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ angularService("$location", function(browser){
     scope.$root.$eval();
   });
   parse(browser.getUrl());
+  var lastURL;
   this.$onEval(PRIORITY_LAST, function(){
-    browser.setUrl(toString());
+    var url = toString();
+    if (lastURL != url) {
+      browser.setUrl(url);
+      lastURL = url;
+    }
   });
   return location;
 }, {inject: ['$browser']});
diff --git a/src/widgets.js b/src/widgets.js
index b281ac2e..28798c1b 100644
--- a/src/widgets.js
+++ b/src/widgets.js
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ function valueAccessor(scope, element) {
 }
 
 function checkedAccessor(scope, element) {
-  var domElement = element[0];
+  var domElement = element[0], elementValue = domElement.value;
   return {
     get: function(){
       return !!domElement.checked;
     },
     set: function(value){
-      domElement.checked = !!value;
+      domElement.checked = toBoolean(value);
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/test/widgetsSpec.js b/test/widgetsSpec.js
index c64f03ca..04b8b1ec 100644
--- a/test/widgetsSpec.js
+++ b/test/widgetsSpec.js
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ describe("input widget", function(){
     scope = null;
     element = null;
     var compiler = new Compiler(angularTextMarkup, angularAttrMarkup, angularDirective, angularWidget);
-    compile = function(html) {
+    compile = function(html, before) {
       element = jqLite(html);
       scope = compiler.compile(element)(element);
+      (before||noop)();
       scope.$init();
     };
   });
@@ -51,6 +52,14 @@ describe("input widget", function(){
     expect(scope.$get('list')).toEqual(['1', '2', '3']);
   });
 
+  it("should process ng-format for booleans", function(){
+    compile('<input type="checkbox" name="name" value="true" ng-format="boolean"/>', function(){
+      scope.name = false;
+    });
+    expect(scope.name).toEqual(false);
+    expect(scope.$element[0].checked).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
   it("should process ng-validation", function(){
     compile('<input type="text" name="price" value="abc" ng-validate="number"/>');
     expect(element.hasClass('ng-validation-error')).toBeTruthy();