diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-router.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav-router.ts
index 77bc9dcb81..b869ad7648 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-router.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-router.ts
@@ -74,22 +74,22 @@ export class NavRouter extends RouterOutlet {
     // viewCtrl is Ionic's ViewController class, which has the properties "componentType" and "params"
 
     // only do an update if there's an actual view change
-    if (!viewCtrl || this._activeViewId === viewCtrl.id) return;
-    this._activeViewId = viewCtrl.id;
+    // if (!viewCtrl || this._activeViewId === viewCtrl.id) return;
+    // this._activeViewId = viewCtrl.id;
 
-    // get the best PathRecognizer for this view's componentType
-    let pathRecognizer = this.getPathRecognizerByComponent(viewCtrl.componentType);
-    if (pathRecognizer) {
+    // // get the best PathRecognizer for this view's componentType
+    // let pathRecognizer = this.getPathRecognizerByComponent(viewCtrl.componentType);
+    // if (pathRecognizer) {
 
-      // generate a componentInstruction from the view's PathRecognizer and params
-      let componentInstruction = pathRecognizer.generate(viewCtrl.params.data);
+    //   // generate a componentInstruction from the view's PathRecognizer and params
+    //   let componentInstruction = pathRecognizer.generate(viewCtrl.params.data);
 
-      // create an Instruction from the componentInstruction
-      let instruction = new Instruction(componentInstruction, null);
+    //   // create an Instruction from the componentInstruction
+    //   let instruction = new Instruction(componentInstruction, null);
 
-      // update the browser's URL
-      this._parentRouter.navigateInstruction(instruction);
-    }
+    //   // update the browser's URL
+    //   this._parentRouter.navigateInstruction(instruction);
+    // }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
index db8a5d36d1..a2391a5634 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
     // this gets or creates the Pane which similar nav items live in
     // Nav items with just a navbar/content would all use the same Pane
     // Tabs and view's without a navbar would get a different Panes
-    let structure = this.inspectStructure(hostProtoViewRef);
+    let structure = this.getStructure(hostProtoViewRef);
 
     if (structure.tabs) {
       // the component being loaded is an <ion-tabs>
       // Tabs is essentially a pane, cuz it has its own navbar and content containers
-      let contentContainerRef = this.viewMngr.getViewContainer(this.anchorElementRef());
+      let contentContainerRef = this._viewManager.getViewContainer(this.anchorElementRef());
       let viewComponetRef = this.createViewComponetRef(componentType, hostProtoViewRef, contentContainerRef, this.getBindings(viewCtrl));
       viewComponetRef.instance._paneView = true;
 
@@ -308,32 +308,40 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
    * @param  {TODO} componentProtoViewRef TODO
    * @return {TODO}                       TODO
    */
-  inspectStructure(componentProtoViewRef) {
-    let navbar = false;
-    let tabs = false;
-    let key = '_';
+  getStructure(componentProtoViewRef) {
+    let templateCmds = componentProtoViewRef._protoView.templateCmds;
+    let compiledTemplateData, directives;
+    let i, ii, j, jj, k, kk;
 
-    componentProtoViewRef._protoView.elementBinders.forEach(rootElementBinder => {
-      if (!rootElementBinder.componentDirective || !rootElementBinder.nestedProtoView) return;
+    for (i = 0, ii = templateCmds.length; i < ii; i++) {
+      if (templateCmds[i].template) {
+        compiledTemplateData = templateCmds[i].template.getData(templateCmds[i].templateId);
+        if (compiledTemplateData) {
+          for (j = 0, jj = compiledTemplateData.commands.length; j < jj; j++) {
+            directives = compiledTemplateData.commands[j].directives;
+
+            if (directives && (kk = directives.length)) {
+
+              for (k = 0; k < kk; k++) {
+
+                if (directives[k].name == 'NavbarTemplate') {
+                  return { navbar: true };
+                }
+
+                if (directives[k].name == 'Tabs') {
+                  return { tabs: true };
+                }
+
+              }
 
-      rootElementBinder.nestedProtoView.elementBinders.forEach(nestedElementBinder => {
-        if ( isComponent(nestedElementBinder, 'Tabs') ) {
-          tabs = true;
-        }
-        if (!nestedElementBinder.componentDirective && nestedElementBinder.nestedProtoView) {
-          nestedElementBinder.nestedProtoView.elementBinders.forEach(templatedElementBinder => {
-            if ( isComponent(templatedElementBinder, 'Navbar') ) {
-              navbar = true;
             }
-          });
-        }
-      });
-    });
 
-    return {
-      navbar,
-      tabs
-    };
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {};
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/index.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/index.ts
index 1926ef7b49..e414b6680a 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/index.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class Tab3Page1 {}
 
 @App()
 @RouteConfig([
-  { path: '/', component: SignIn, as: 'signin' },
-  { path: '/tabs', component: TabsPage, as: 'tabs' },
+  { path: '/', component: SignIn, as: 'Signin' },
+  { path: '/tabs', component: TabsPage, as: 'Tabs' },
 ])
 class E2EApp {}