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Save the image details in your onPause()
or onStop()
and use it in the onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
to restore the image.
More info on the actual process is detailed here http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#ActivityLifecycle as it is different in Honeycomb than previous Android versions.