diff -r e80bfaa1cf1f src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp  vie oct 14 07:54:13 2011 -0300
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp  vie oct 14 11:42:25 2011 -0300
@@ -522,13 +522,26 @@

     if (movement > 0) {
         // The easy case where we're seeking forwards
+        void *buffer = malloc(1024);
+        long result;
         while (movement > 0) {
+            // skip shouldn't skip more bytes than requested, but under certain conditions
+            // it seems to be buggy, and from the documents it's implied that it reads bytes anyway,
+            // so we just read the bytes ourselves to avoid problems
             // inputStream.skip(...);
-            movement -= mEnv->CallLongMethod(inputStream, skipMethod, movement);
+            //movement -= mEnv->CallLongMethod(inputStream, skipMethod, movement);
+            if(movement > 1024) result = Android_JNI_FileRead(ctx, buffer, 1, 1024);
+            else result = Android_JNI_FileRead(ctx, buffer, 1, movement);
+            if (result == -1) {
+                newPosition += movement;
+                break;
+            }
+            movement -= result;
             if (Android_JNI_ExceptionOccurred()) {
                 return -1;
             }
         }
+        free(buffer);
     } else if (movement < 0) {
         // We can't seek backwards so we have to reopen the file and seek
         // forwards which obviously isn't very efficient