diff --git a/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/DolphinEmulator.java b/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/DolphinEmulator.java
index 9d4eb6c42f..b06669f8f7 100644
--- a/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/DolphinEmulator.java
+++ b/Source/Android/src/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/DolphinEmulator.java
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.util.Log;
-
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.gamelist.GameListActivity;
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.settings.UserPreferences;
 
 import java.io.*;
-import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 
 /**
  * The main activity of this emulator front-end.
@@ -25,22 +23,16 @@ public final class DolphinEmulator extends Activity
 {
 	private void CopyAsset(String asset, String output)
 	{
+		InputStream in = null;
+		OutputStream out = null;
+
 		try
 		{
-			// Get input file channel.
-			FileInputStream inStream = getAssets().openFd(asset).createInputStream();
-			FileChannel in =  inStream.getChannel();
-
-			// Get output file channel.
-			FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(output);
-			FileChannel out = outStream.getChannel();
-
-			// Copy over
-			in.transferTo(0, in.size(), out);
-
-			// Clean-up
-			inStream.close();
-			outStream.close();
+			in = getAssets().open(asset);
+			out = new FileOutputStream(output);
+			copyFile(in, out);
+			in.close();
+			out.close();
 		}
 		catch (IOException e)
 		{
@@ -48,6 +40,17 @@ public final class DolphinEmulator extends Activity
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException
+	{
+		byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+		int read;
+
+		while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1)
+		{
+			out.write(buffer, 0, read);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
 	{