Creating new socket after closing an old one causes connection refused

Question

I'm new to android programming and I'm trying to port a program from standard java to android. This java application contains sockets. When I ported the program I get a connection refused if I press a button too fast. I made a simple program for testing.

Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            Socket mySocket = new Socket();
            InetSocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress("10.94.35.24", 5000);
            mySocket.connect(address, 5000);
            mySocket.shutdownOutput();
            mySocket.shutdownInput();
            mySocket.close();
            Log.w("Socket", "Socket closed");
            Socket mySocket2 = new Socket();
            mySocket2.connect(address, 5000);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
});
thread.start();

I have a server up and running on this IP and port and my program works fine on a java application on my computer. But on android the program gets the following exception when trying to connect to mySocket2

java.net.ConnectException: failed to connect to /10.94.35.24 (port 5000) after 5000ms: isConnected failed: ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused)

My guess is that this has something to do with a limitation in the android OS but I hope not. Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong or can confirm that sockets have these limitations in Android?

You don't need to call those shutdown methods just before closing the socket. Closing is sufficient. — user207421, Sep 24 '14 at 07:47
Tried that too, still works on my computer but not on my phone. — Jani, Sep 24 '14 at 07:51
It wasn't intended as an answer. That's why I posted it as a comment. — user207421, Sep 25 '14 at 01:04

Creating new socket after closing an old one causes connection refused

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