window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL weirdness

// Take a picture using the camera
$scope.takePicture = function () {
    var options = {
      quality: 100,
      targetWidth: 500,
      targetHeight: 500,
      destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
      encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG,
      saveToPhotoAlbum: true,
      correctOrientation: true,
      sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA,
      allowEdit: true
    };

    navigator.camera.getPicture(
      cameraSuccess,
      cameraFailure,
      options
    );
    return false;
  };

  // what to do when the camera has  successfully yielded a good image
  function cameraSuccess(imageURI){
    var uri = 'cdv' + imageURI;
    alert('this is imageURI: ' + imageURI);
    window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(imageURI, resolvePhotoPath, fail);
  };