diff --git a/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.h b/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.h
index bac2714e68..c77b970162 100644
--- a/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.h
+++ b/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
   
   TDownloadFinishedFunction m_finishObserver;
   TDownloadProgressFunction m_progressObserver;
+  
+  NSInteger m_retryCounter;
 }
 
 - (void) dealloc;
diff --git a/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.mm b/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.mm
index b7d4a3103c..c0f6d2d9e3 100644
--- a/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.mm
+++ b/iphone/Maps/Platform/IPhoneDownload.mm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../../platform/download_manager.hpp"
 
 #define TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS 15.0
+#define MAX_AUTOMATIC_RETRIES 3
 
 @implementation IPhoneDownload
 
@@ -37,6 +38,22 @@
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
+- (NSMutableURLRequest *) CreateRequest
+{
+  // Create the request.
+	NSMutableURLRequest * request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString: [NSString stringWithUTF8String:m_url.c_str()]]
+  		cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData timeoutInterval:TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS];
+  long long fileSize = ftello(m_file);
+  if (fileSize > 0)
+  {
+  	NSLog(@"Resuming download for file %s from position %qi", m_requestedFileName.c_str(), fileSize);
+		NSString * val = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat: @"bytes=%qi-", fileSize];
+		[request addValue:val forHTTPHeaderField:@"Range"];
+		[val release];
+  }
+  return request;
+}
+
 - (BOOL) StartDownloadWithUrl: (char const *)originalUrl andFile: (char const *)file
 		andFinishFunc: (TDownloadFinishedFunction &)finishFunc andProgressFunc: (TDownloadProgressFunction &)progressFunc
     andUseResume: (BOOL)resume
@@ -44,6 +61,8 @@
 	m_finishObserver = finishFunc;
   m_progressObserver = progressFunc;
   
+  m_retryCounter = 0;
+  
 	// try to create file first
   std::string tmpFile = file;
   tmpFile += DOWNLOADING_FILE_EXTENSION;
@@ -60,19 +79,9 @@
 	m_requestedFileName = file;
 	m_url = originalUrl;
  
-  // Create the request.
-	NSMutableURLRequest * request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString: [NSString stringWithUTF8String:m_url.c_str()]]
-  		cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData timeoutInterval:TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS];
-  long long fileSize = ftello(m_file);
-  if (resume && fileSize > 0)
-  {
-		NSString * val = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat: @"bytes=%qi-", fileSize];
-		[request addValue:val forHTTPHeaderField:@"Range"];
-		[val release];
-  }
 	// create the connection with the request and start loading the data
-	m_connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
-//  [request release];
+	m_connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:[self CreateRequest] delegate:self];
+ 
 	if (m_connection == 0)
   {
 		NSLog(@"Can't create connection for url %s", originalUrl);
@@ -131,7 +140,25 @@
 - (void) connection: (NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError: (NSError *)error
 {
 	// inform the user
-  NSLog(@"Connection failed! Error - %@ %s", [error localizedDescription], m_url.c_str());
+  NSLog(@"Connection failed for url %s\n%@", m_url.c_str(), [error localizedDescription]);
+  
+  // retry connection if it's network-specific error
+  if ([error code] < 0 && ++m_retryCounter <= MAX_AUTOMATIC_RETRIES)
+  {
+    [m_connection release];
+  	// create the connection with the request and start loading the data
+		m_connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:[self CreateRequest] delegate:self];
+ 
+		if (m_connection)
+    {
+    	NSLog(@"Retrying %d time", m_retryCounter);
+    	return;	// successfully restarted connection
+    }
+      
+    NSLog(@"Can't retry connection");
+    // notify observer about error and exit after this if-block
+  }
+  
   if (m_finishObserver)
 	  m_finishObserver(m_url.c_str(), false);
   // and selfdestruct...
diff --git a/platform/qt_download.cpp b/platform/qt_download.cpp
index 4fb22be926..6cdabc011b 100644
--- a/platform/qt_download.cpp
+++ b/platform/qt_download.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
 #include "../base/assert.hpp"
 
+// How many times we try to automatically reconnect in the case of network errors
+#define MAX_AUTOMATIC_RETRIES 2
+
 QtDownload::QtDownload(QtDownloadManager & manager, char const * url,
   char const * fileName, TDownloadFinishedFunction & finish,
   TDownloadProgressFunction & progress, bool useResume)
   : QObject(&manager), m_currentUrl(url), m_reply(0), m_file(0),
-  m_httpRequestAborted(false), m_finish(finish), m_progress(progress)
+  m_httpRequestAborted(false), m_finish(finish), m_progress(progress),
+  m_retryCounter(0)
 {
   // use temporary file for download
   QString tmpFileName(fileName);
@@ -91,9 +95,18 @@ void QtDownload::OnHttpFinished()
   m_file->close();
 
   QVariant redirectionTarget = m_reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute);
-  if (m_reply->error())
+  QNetworkReply::NetworkError netError = m_reply->error();
+  if (netError)
   {
-    m_file->remove();
+    if (netError <= QNetworkReply::UnknownNetworkError && ++m_retryCounter <= MAX_AUTOMATIC_RETRIES)
+    { // try one more time
+      m_reply->deleteLater();
+      StartRequest();
+      return;
+    }
+    // do not delete file if we can resume it's downloading later
+    if (m_file->pos() == 0)
+      m_file->remove();
     delete m_file;
     m_file = 0;
 
@@ -128,6 +141,7 @@ void QtDownload::OnHttpFinished()
     QFile::remove(originalFileName);
     if (!m_file->rename(originalFileName))
     { // sh*t... file is locked and can't be removed
+      m_file->remove();
       // report error to GUI
       LOG(LERROR, ("File exists and can't be replaced by downloaded one:", qPrintable(originalFileName)));
       resultForGui = false;
diff --git a/platform/qt_download.hpp b/platform/qt_download.hpp
index 40e4ba28ca..5d44ce7926 100644
--- a/platform/qt_download.hpp
+++ b/platform/qt_download.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ private:
   bool m_httpRequestAborted;
   TDownloadFinishedFunction m_finish;
   TDownloadProgressFunction m_progress;
+  int m_retryCounter;
 
   QtDownload(QtDownloadManager & manager, char const * url, char const * fileName,
              TDownloadFinishedFunction & finish, TDownloadProgressFunction & progress,