Windows Mobile 6.5 (C # .net cf 3.5) download file gets stuck in Stream Read

I have the following method which is used to download a file. It works great if the internet connection doesn't drop during the download process. In this case, it gets stuck in readStream read (i.e. in len = receiveStream.Read (buffer, 0, buffer.Length). It doesn't continue or throws an exception, it just seems to be stuck inside there forever. I set timeouts to 10 seconds and catch them above Am I doing something wrong or is there something missing?

I've also tried using asynchronous methods (BeginGetResponse, BeginRead, etc.) and they get stuck too.

I tested this on both a professional Windows Mobile 6 emulator and a Windows mobile device.

    private void DownloadFile(string url, string filename)
    {           
        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
        request.Timeout = 10000;
        request.ReadWriteTimeout = 10000;

        using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
        {
            using (Stream receiveStream = response.GetResponseStream())
            {
                long size = response.ContentLength;
                using (Stream file = File.OpenWrite(filename))
                {
                    byte[] buffer = new byte[8 * 1024];
                    int len;
                    while ((len = receiveStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
                    {
                        file.Write(buffer, 0, len);
                        total += len;
                        UpdateDownloadState(total, size);
                    }

                }
            }
        }
    }

      

        
        
        
      

    

thank