diff --git a/apps/automated/app/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts b/apps/automated/app/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
index 74ef94543..08ee90412 100644
--- a/apps/automated/app/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/app/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function _test_PageNavigation_EventSequence(withTransition: boolean) {
 	helper.navigateWithEntry(navigationEntry);
 	helper.goBack();
 
-	const expectedEventSequence = ['navigatingTo', 'loaded', 'navigatedTo', 'navigatingFrom', 'unloaded', 'navigatedFrom'];
+	const expectedEventSequence = ['navigatingTo', 'loaded', 'navigatedTo', 'navigatingFrom', 'navigatedFrom', 'unloaded'];
 	TKUnit.arrayAssert(eventSequence, expectedEventSequence, 'Actual event sequence is not equal to expected. Actual: ' + eventSequence + '; Expected: ' + expectedEventSequence);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/frame/fragment.transitions.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/frame/fragment.transitions.android.ts
index 83fe2dd1a..76cf44924 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/frame/fragment.transitions.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/frame/fragment.transitions.android.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ let AnimationListener: android.animation.Animator.AnimatorListener;
 
 interface ExpandedTransitionListener extends androidx.transition.Transition.TransitionListener {
 	entry: ExpandedEntry;
+	backEntry?: BackstackEntry;
 	transition: androidx.transition.Transition;
 }
 
@@ -143,13 +144,12 @@ export function _setAndroidFragmentTransitions(animated: boolean, navigationTran
 		if (currentFragmentNeedsDifferentAnimation) {
 			setupCurrentFragmentFadeTransition(navigationTransition, currentEntry);
 		}
-	} else if (name === 'explode') {
+	} else if (name === 'explode') { 
 		setupNewFragmentExplodeTransition(navigationTransition, newEntry);
 		if (currentFragmentNeedsDifferentAnimation) {
 			setupCurrentFragmentExplodeTransition(navigationTransition, currentEntry);
 		}
 	} else if (name.indexOf('flip') === 0) {
-		navigationTransition = { duration: 3000, curve: null };
 		const direction = name.substr('flip'.length) || 'right'; //Extract the direction from the string
 		const flipTransition = new FlipTransition(direction, navigationTransition.duration, navigationTransition.curve);
 
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ function getAnimationListener(): android.animation.Animator.AnimatorListener {
 
 			onAnimationStart(animator: ExpandedAnimator): void {
 				const entry = animator.entry;
+				const backEntry = animator.backEntry;
 				addToWaitingQueue(entry);
 				if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
 					Trace.write(`START ${animator.transitionType} for ${entry.fragmentTag}`, Trace.categories.Transition);
@@ -237,10 +238,13 @@ function getAnimationListener(): android.animation.Animator.AnimatorListener {
 			}
 
 			onAnimationEnd(animator: ExpandedAnimator): void {
+				const entry = animator.entry;
+				const backEntry = animator.backEntry;
 				if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
-					Trace.write(`END ${animator.transitionType} for ${animator.entry.fragmentTag}`, Trace.categories.Transition);
+					Trace.write(`END ${animator.transitionType} for ${entry.fragmentTag} backEntry:${backEntry ? backEntry.fragmentTag : 'none'}`, Trace.categories.Transition);
 				}
-				transitionOrAnimationCompleted(animator.entry, animator.backEntry);
+				transitionOrAnimationCompleted(entry, backEntry);
+				animator.backEntry = null;
 			}
 
 			onAnimationCancel(animator: ExpandedAnimator): void {
@@ -346,10 +350,12 @@ function getTransitionListener(entry: ExpandedEntry, transition: androidx.transi
 
 			onTransitionEnd(transition: androidx.transition.Transition): void {
 				const entry = this.entry;
+				const backEntry = this.backEntry;
 				if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
-					Trace.write(`END ${toShortString(transition)} transition for ${entry.fragmentTag}`, Trace.categories.Transition);
+					Trace.write(`END ${toShortString(transition)} transition for ${entry.fragmentTag} backEntry:${backEntry ? backEntry.fragmentTag : 'none'}`, Trace.categories.Transition);
 				}
-				transitionOrAnimationCompleted(entry, this.backEntry);
+				transitionOrAnimationCompleted(entry, backEntry);
+				this.backEntry = null;
 			}
 
 			onTransitionResume(transition: androidx.transition.Transition): void {
@@ -661,6 +667,7 @@ function transitionOrAnimationCompleted(entry: ExpandedEntry, backEntry: Backsta
 	if (!entries) {
 		return;
 	}
+	console.log('transitionOrAnimationCompleted', frameId, backEntry && backEntry.fragmentTag, waitingQueue.size, entries.size, completedEntries.size );
 
 	entries.delete(entry);
 	if (entries.size === 0) {
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/frame/frame-common.ts b/packages/core/ui/frame/frame-common.ts
index e89038db2..f52530aa3 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/frame/frame-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/frame/frame-common.ts
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ export class FrameBase extends CustomLayoutView {
 	public _updateBackstack(entry: BackstackEntry, navigationType: NavigationType): void {
 		const isBack = navigationType === NavigationType.back;
 		const isReplace = navigationType === NavigationType.replace;
-		this.raiseCurrentPageNavigatedEvents(isBack);
 		const current = this._currentEntry;
+		this.raiseCurrentPageNavigatedEvents(isBack);
 
 		// Do nothing for Hot Module Replacement
 		if (isBack) {
@@ -296,10 +296,6 @@ export class FrameBase extends CustomLayoutView {
 	private raiseCurrentPageNavigatedEvents(isBack: boolean) {
 		const page = this.currentPage;
 		if (page) {
-			if (page.isLoaded) {
-				// Forward navigation does not remove page from frame so we raise unloaded manually.
-				page.callUnloaded();
-			}
 			page.onNavigatedFrom(isBack);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/frame/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/frame/index.android.ts
index d11f8fcca..be1d68013 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/frame/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/frame/index.android.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Builder } from '../builder';
 import { CSSUtils } from '../../css/system-classes';
 import { Device } from '../../platform';
 import { profile } from '../../profiling';
+import { ExpandedEntry } from './fragment.transitions.android';
 
 export * from './frame-common';
 
@@ -319,6 +320,8 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
 
 			// If we had real navigation process queue.
 			this._processNavigationQueue(entry.resolvedPage);
+
+
 		} else {
 			// Otherwise currentPage was recreated so this wasn't real navigation.
 			// Continue with next item in the queue.
@@ -431,7 +434,14 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
 			//transaction.setTransition(androidx.fragment.app.FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN);
 		}
 
-		transaction.replace(this.containerViewId, newFragment, newFragmentTag);
+		if (clearHistory || isReplace) {
+			transaction.replace(this.containerViewId, newFragment, newFragmentTag);
+		} else  {
+			transaction.add(this.containerViewId, newFragment, newFragmentTag);
+		}
+		if (this._currentEntry && this._currentEntry.entry.backstackVisible === false) {
+			transaction.remove(this._currentEntry.fragment);
+		}
 		transaction.commitAllowingStateLoss();
 	}
 
@@ -453,8 +463,26 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
 
 		_reverseTransitions(backstackEntry, this._currentEntry);
 
-		transaction.replace(this.containerViewId, backstackEntry.fragment, backstackEntry.fragmentTag);
-
+		const currentIndex =this.backStack.length;
+		const goBackToIndex = this.backStack.indexOf(backstackEntry);
+		
+		// the order is important so that the transition listener called be 
+		// the one from the current entry we are going back from
+		if (this._currentEntry !== backstackEntry) {
+			const entry = this._currentEntry as ExpandedEntry;
+			// if we are going back we need to store where we are backing to
+			// so that we can set the current entry
+			// it only needs to be done on the return transition
+			if (entry.returnTransitionListener) {
+				entry.returnTransitionListener.backEntry = backstackEntry;
+			}
+			
+			transaction.remove((this._currentEntry).fragment);	
+		}
+		for (let index = goBackToIndex + 1; index < currentIndex; index++) {
+			transaction.remove(this.backStack[index].fragment);
+		}
+		
 		transaction.commitAllowingStateLoss();
 	}