AIR for Android: Streaming audio data won't stop unless I quit....

I write an application (AIR-Android with Flash Builder) which can play internet radio stations (streamed audio in mp3).
When I want to stop the stream like myChannel.stop() / mySound.close(); the sound is stopping but the stream is still loading (I can see it with a network monitor app).
Streaming audio data won't stop unless I quit the application or I switch my connection from WIFI to 3G or from 3G to WIFI.
I do not have this problem with Air for Mac and IOS.
How can I solve this problem ?
Bernard

Hi Chris,
I received a response from a certain Wang Zhe (from Adobe) about this bug.
https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3070987
It should provide an example of his test that apparently it worked but I have still no answer from him.
Is it possible to contact him directly?

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Action
68.7.238.55
406
WinampMPEG/5.62, Ultravox/2.1
Kick
74.82.68.16
6
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.16
4
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
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> Stream is "Stopped" (i.e. click stop)
> Stream is restarted (i.e. click Play)
> A new connection is started, this time with a new +1 IP address.
IP
Seconds Connected
User Agent
Action
68.7.238.55
687
WinampMPEG/5.62, Ultravox/2.1
Kick
74.82.68.16
287
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.16
285
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.17
8
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
I can understand that the player may continue to communicate when "stopped" to fill the lookahead buffer, but when it is restarted, it should use the same connection and not start a new one.
> Click Stop.
> Click Play.
IP
Seconds Connected
User Agent
Action
68.7.238.55
803
WinampMPEG/5.62, Ultravox/2.1
Kick
74.82.68.16
403
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.16
401
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.17
124
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.18
24
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
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> Click "back" to exit from browser in Blackberry.
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> Turn off mobile network. Handset not communicating.
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IP
Seconds Connected
User Agent
Action
68.7.238.55
995
WinampMPEG/5.62, Ultravox/2.1
Kick
74.82.68.16
595
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.16
593
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.17
316
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
74.82.68.18
216
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Kick
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IP
Seconds Connected
User Agent
Action
68.7.238.55
1139
WinampMPEG/5.62, Ultravox/2.1
Kick
So, to stop the streaming server from communicating with the Blackberry handset, you must either turn it off or disable mobile network for at least 5 minutes.
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The Blackberry network has intervening servers that continue to receive data from the streaming server even if the handset is off. This behavior likely has utility to deal with the realities of the cellphone network, to allow the stream to be transferred from one cell to another, and deal with the possibility that the handset may be out of range for up to 5 minutes without "interruption." However, it is hard to turn off the stream.
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to start...
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