DatagramSocket, unable to bind socket on Android device

hi,

when I upload an apk to my Desire Z, with INTERNET manifest permissions added, I cannot  bind a socket  to its local network,

or connect it to a remote computer, because of an invalid socket eror:

Error #2002: Operation attempted on invalid socket.

I'm using air 2.5 and android 2.2. Also,

Also, should the findInterfaces method not return at least one interface? It returns 0.

public class UDPClient
    {
    
        protected var _datagramSocket: DatagramSocket = new DatagramSocket()
   
        public function UDPClient( )
        {
            findInterface();
            init();
        }
        public function findInterface():void {
            var results:Vector.<NetworkInterface> = NetworkInfo.networkInfo.findInterfaces();
            trace( "l: " + results.length );//RETURNS 0
 
        }
       
        protected function init():void
        {
          
            if( _datagramSocket.bound )
            {
                _datagramSocket.close();
                _datagramSocket = new DatagramSocket();
            }

               FAILS TO BIND OR CONNECT:
            _datagramSocket.bind( 33445, "127.0.0.1");//INVALID SOCKET ERROR

            // _datagramSocket.bind( 33445, "0.0.0.0");//INVALID SOCKET ERROR

          //_datagramSocket.connect( "77.250.160.80", 33443);//INVALID SOCKET ERROR

            _datagramSocket.addEventListener(DatagramSocketDataEvent.DATA, dataHandler)
            _datagramSocket.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, IOErrorHandler);
            _datagramSocket.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
            _datagramSocket.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
            _datagramSocket.receive();
        }