Android App - what are biggest reasons for slow mp3 downloads
<p>For an Android app in development, mp3 download times from a 3rd party server are up to 200% slower than downloading the same mp3 (from same 3rd party server) using several other existing apps. There is no processing being done against the mp3 file during or post-download...rather, it's just a straightforward download. Testing was done on a Samsung Galaxy device running Android 4.0, with 1 gig RAM.</p>

<p>Aside from using the wrong buffer rate (which as I understand it from reading other questions on StackOverflow determines how often to write from cache to the internal SD card), what are the biggest red flags that we should look for or biggest mistakes we are likely making that are causing our downloads to be so much slower than other apps?</p>

<p>Thank you for any help!</p>
