--- a/mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java
@@ -172,17 +172,17 @@ public class BaseResource implements Res
   public static ClientConnectionManager enablePlainHTTPConnectionManager() {
     synchronized (connManagerMonitor) {
       ThreadSafeClientConnManager cm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager();
       connManager = cm;
       return cm;
     }
   }
 
-  public static ClientConnectionManager enableTLSConnectionManager() throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException  {
+  private static ClientConnectionManager enableTLSConnectionManager() throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException  {
     SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
     sslContext.init(null, null, new SecureRandom());
     SSLSocketFactory sf = new TLSSocketFactory(sslContext);
     SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry = new SchemeRegistry();
     schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("https", 443, sf));
     schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme("http", 80, new PlainSocketFactory()));
     ThreadSafeClientConnManager cm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(schemeRegistry);
     connManager = cm;