diff --git a/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsNetworkManager.java b/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsNetworkManager.java
index 67b0af6..c2e2f6a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsNetworkManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsNetworkManager.java
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
  */
 public class MmsNetworkManager {
     // Timeout used to call ConnectivityManager.requestNetwork
-    private static final int NETWORK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 60 * 1000;
+    // Given that the telephony layer will retry on failures, this timeout should be high enough.
+    private static final int NETWORK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 30 * 60 * 1000;
     // Wait timeout for this class, a little bit longer than the above timeout
     // to make sure we don't bail prematurely
     private static final int NETWORK_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS =
diff --git a/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsRequest.java b/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsRequest.java
index e4ebdc4..4eeac08 100644
--- a/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsRequest.java
+++ b/src/com/android/mms/service/MmsRequest.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             result = SmsManager.MMS_ERROR_IO_ERROR;
         } else { // Execute
             long retryDelaySecs = 2;
-            // Try multiple times of MMS HTTP request
+            // Try multiple times of MMS HTTP request, depending on the error.
             for (int i = 0; i < RETRY_TIMES; i++) {
                 try {
                     networkManager.acquireNetwork(requestId);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
                 } catch (MmsNetworkException e) {
                     LogUtil.e(requestId, "MMS network acquiring failure", e);
                     result = SmsManager.MMS_ERROR_UNABLE_CONNECT_MMS;
-                    // Retry
+                    break;
                 } catch (MmsHttpException e) {
                     LogUtil.e(requestId, "HTTP or network I/O failure", e);
                     result = SmsManager.MMS_ERROR_HTTP_FAILURE;