diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fc0c10b3fd..747f078d78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+cocos2d-x-3.0alpha1 @??? 2013
+[all platforms]
+     [FIX]          Texture: use CCLOG to log when a texture is being decoded in software
+
 cocos2d-x-3.0alpha0 @Sep.19 2013
 [all platforms]
      [FIX]          TargetAction::reverse() works as expected
diff --git a/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.cpp b/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.cpp
index 024b09b552..cf88679366 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Configuration::Configuration()
 : _maxTextureSize(0) 
 , _maxModelviewStackDepth(0)
 , _supportsPVRTC(false)
-, _supportsETC(false)
+, _supportsETC1(false)
 , _supportsS3TC(false)
 , _supportsATITC(false)
 , _supportsNPOT(false)
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ void Configuration::gatherGPUInfo()
 	_valueDict->setObject(Integer::create((int)_maxSamplesAllowed), "gl.max_samples_allowed");
 #endif
     
-    _supportsETC = checkForGLExtension("GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture");
-    _valueDict->setObject(Bool::create(_supportsETC), "gl.supports_ETC");
+    _supportsETC1 = checkForGLExtension("GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture");
+    _valueDict->setObject(Bool::create(_supportsETC1), "gl.supports_ETC1");
     
     _supportsS3TC = checkForGLExtension("GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc");
     _valueDict->setObject(Bool::create(_supportsS3TC), "gl.supports_S3TC");
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ bool Configuration::supportsETC() const
 {
     //GL_ETC1_RGB8_OES is not defined in old opengl version
 #ifdef GL_ETC1_RGB8_OES
-    return _supportsETC;
+    return _supportsETC1;
 #else
     return false;
 #endif
diff --git a/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.h b/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.h
index 403cb6c131..2b2a4f98ee 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.h
+++ b/cocos2dx/CCConfiguration.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ protected:
     GLint           _maxTextureSize;
     GLint           _maxModelviewStackDepth;
     bool            _supportsPVRTC;
-    bool            _supportsETC;
+    bool            _supportsETC1;
     bool            _supportsS3TC;
     bool            _supportsATITC;
     bool            _supportsNPOT;
diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/CCImageCommon_cpp.h b/cocos2dx/platform/CCImageCommon_cpp.h
index e6999a47b8..833950ba54 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/CCImageCommon_cpp.h
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/CCImageCommon_cpp.h
@@ -1443,6 +1443,8 @@ bool Image::initWithETCData(const unsigned char * data, int dataLen)
     }
     else
     {
+        CCLOG("cocos2d: Hardware ETC1 decoder not present. Using software decoder");
+
          //if it is not gles or device do not support ETC, decode texture by software
         int bytePerPixel = 3;
         unsigned int stride = _width * bytePerPixel;
@@ -1533,8 +1535,6 @@ bool Image::initWithS3TCData(const unsigned char * data, int dataLen)
         if (Configuration::getInstance()->supportsS3TC())
         {   //decode texture throught hardware
             
-            CCLOG("this is s3tc H decode");
-            
             if (FOURCC_DXT1 == header->ddsd.DUMMYUNIONNAMEN4.ddpfPixelFormat.fourCC)
             {
                 _renderFormat = Texture2D::PixelFormat::S3TC_DXT1;
@@ -1553,6 +1553,9 @@ bool Image::initWithS3TCData(const unsigned char * data, int dataLen)
         }
         else
         {   //if it is not gles or device do not support S3TC, decode texture by software
+            
+            CCLOG("cocos2d: Hardware S3TC decoder not present. Using software decoder");
+
             int bytePerPixel = 4;
             unsigned int stride = width * bytePerPixel;
             _renderFormat = Texture2D::PixelFormat::RGBA8888;
@@ -1682,6 +1685,8 @@ bool Image::initWithATITCData(const unsigned char *data, int dataLen)
         {
             /* if it is not gles or device do not support ATITC, decode texture by software */
             
+            CCLOG("cocos2d: Hardware ATITC decoder not present. Using software decoder");
+            
             int bytePerPixel = 4;
             unsigned int stride = width * bytePerPixel;
             _renderFormat = Texture2D::PixelFormat::RGBA8888;