HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, 5000); // Connection timeout 
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, 3000); // Socket timeout
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);

private String httpGet(String service, String method, String contentType, List<NameValuePair> param) {

        HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
	HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, TIMEOUT);
	HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, TIMEOUT);
        DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);

	HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(createUrl(service, method) + "?" + URLEncodedUtils.format((List<NameValuePair>) param, "utf-8"));
	client = new DefaultHttpClient(createTimeOutHttpParams());
	client.getParams().setParameter("http.protocol.content-charset", "UTF-8");
	client.setCookieStore(PersistentCookieStore.getInstance());
		
	HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
	HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
	String json = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
	return json;
}

 client = new DefaultHttpClient(createTimeOutHttpParams());