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diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index 775b8a1..d9ce832 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ define( [
     	}
 
 		// Set the location hash.
-		if ( settings.changeHash !== false && url ) {
+		if ( url ) {
 			// rebuilding the hash here since we loose it earlier on
 			// TODO preserve the originally passed in path
 			if( !path.isPath( url ) && url.indexOf( "#" ) < 0 ) {
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ define( [
 				title: pageTitle,
 				pageUrl: pageUrl,
 				role: settings.role
-			}, true);
+			}, true, !( settings.changeHash ) );
 		}
 
 		//set page title
diff --git a/js/navigation/method.js b/js/navigation/method.js
index 74c96b7..c35d943 100644
--- a/js/navigation/method.js
+++ b/js/navigation/method.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ define([ "jquery", "./path", "./history", "./navigator" ], function( jQuery ) {
 	// TODO consider queueing navigation activity until previous activities have completed
 	//      so that end users don't have to think about it. Punting for now
 	// TODO !! move the event bindings into callbacks on the navigate event
-	$.mobile.navigate = function( url, data, noEvents ) {
-		$.mobile.navigate.navigator.go( url, data, noEvents );
+	$.mobile.navigate = function( url, data, noEvents, noHashWrite ) {
+		$.mobile.navigate.navigator.go( url, data, noEvents, noHashWrite );
 	};
 
 	// expose the history on the navigate method in anticipation of full integration with
diff --git a/js/navigation/navigator.js b/js/navigation/navigator.js
index 2ce7d40..fc58d01 100644
--- a/js/navigation/navigator.js
+++ b/js/navigation/navigator.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ define(["jquery",
 		},
 
 		// TODO reconsider name
-		go: function( url, data, noEvents ) {
+		go: function( url, data, noEvents, noHashWrite ) {
 			var state, href, hash, popstateEvent,
 				isPopStateEvent = $.event.special.navigate.isPushStateEnabled();
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ define(["jquery",
 			// history management. In the case of hashchange we don't swallow it
 			// if there will be no hashchange fired (since that won't reset the value)
 			// and will swallow the following hashchange
-			if( noEvents && hash !== path.stripHash(path.parseLocation().hash) ) {
+			if( !noHashWrite && noEvents && hash !== path.stripHash(path.parseLocation().hash) ) {
 				this.preventNextHashChange = noEvents;
 			}
 
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ define(["jquery",
 			//
 			// if the url is a path we want to preserve the query params that are available on
 			// the current url.
-			this.preventHashAssignPopState = true;
-			window.location.hash = hash;
+			if ( !noHashWrite ) {
+				this.preventHashAssignPopState = true;
+				window.location.hash = hash;
 
 			// If popstate is enabled and the browser triggers `popstate` events when the hash
 			// is set (this often happens immediately in browsers like Chrome), then the
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ define(["jquery",
 			// a `popstate` on hash assignement or `replaceState` then we need avoid the branch
 			// that swallows the event created by the popstate generated by the hash assignment
 			// At the time of this writing this happens with Opera 12 and some version of IE
-			this.preventHashAssignPopState = false;
+				this.preventHashAssignPopState = false;
+			}
 
 			state = $.extend({
 				url: href,
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ define(["jquery",
 				title: document.title
 			}, data);
 
-			if( isPopStateEvent ) {
+			if( !noHashWrite && isPopStateEvent ) {
 				popstateEvent = new $.Event( "popstate" );
 				popstateEvent.originalEvent = {
 					type: "popstate",