Connection slowdown on AIR for Android?

Hi, I got strange a problem about the web connection speed on AIR Android apps. I made an app for both Android and iOS and when it runs from Android the loading times seems much bigger (both using the same wifi connection). The same app runing from the Android Flash Player does not suffer from the slowdown, only the AIR one. To check the problem, my app is named "Managana" on both google play and appstore. The problem seems worse if you follow this path on the app:
1. at start screen, select "espaço israel pinheiro" (lower right link)
2. when the green index screen is playing, access "águas do cerrado" (lower left link)
3. when the new screen is loaded, click on "(x) águas do cerrado" to return to previous screen
This procedure takes a long time to complete on Android, but it is normal on iOS (even considering that I'm using dual-core Android tablets and phones and the original, slower, iPad to check).
As I said before, the app is available also over the web at www.managana.org/player. When I access it using the Flash player on Android browser, everything seems fine, so I think the problem is related to AIR. I packaged my app with different AIR SDK versions (3.3, 3.4 and the 3.5 beta) and the problem happens on all of them.
Does anyone know what is wrong?
Thank you!

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