PhoneGap - Método OnDeviceReady não sendo chamado

Estou desenvolvendo meu primeiro aplicativo em phonegap (android).

index.html
 <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>Device Properties Example</title>

        <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-1.7.0.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        alert('code: 1');
        // Wait for Cordova to load
        //
        document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
        alert('code: 2');
        var watchID = null;
        alert('code: 3');
        // Cordova is ready
        //
        function onDeviceReady() {
            // Update every 3 seconds
            alert('code: 4');
            var options = { frequency: 3000 };
            watchID = navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(onSuccess, onError, options);
        }

        // onSuccess Geolocation
        //
        function onSuccess(position) {
            alert('code: 5');
            var element = document.getElementById('geolocation');
            element.innerHTML = 'Latitude: '  + position.coords.latitude      + '<br />' +
                                'Longitude: ' + position.coords.longitude     + '<br />' +
                                '<hr />'      + element.innerHTML;
        }

        // clear the watch that was started earlier
        // 
        function clearWatch() {
            alert('code: 6');
            if (watchID != null) {
                navigator.geolocation.clearWatch(watchID);
                watchID = null;
            }
        }

        // onError Callback receives a PositionError object
        //
        function onError(error) {
          alert('code: '    + error.code    + '\n' +
                'message: ' + error.message + '\n');
        }

        </script>
      </head>
      <body>
        <p id="geolocation">Watching geolocation...</p>
        <button onclick="clearWatch();">Clear Watch</button>     
      </body>
    </html>

Aqui o método onDeviceReady não está sendo chamado. Por favor, me ajude a entender o que estou perdendo.

Eu adicionei essas permissões

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

no arquivo manifest.xml.

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