diff --git a/sync_file_reader.go b/sync_file_reader.go
index 69f474d..1aa1b89 100644
--- a/sync_file_reader.go
+++ b/sync_file_reader.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package goadb
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/zach-klippenstein/goadb/util"
@@ -15,6 +14,9 @@ type syncFileReader struct {
 
 	// Reader for the current chunk only.
 	chunkReader io.Reader
+
+	// False until the DONE chunk is encountered.
+	eof bool
 }
 
 var _ io.ReadCloser = &syncFileReader{}
@@ -26,18 +28,30 @@ func newSyncFileReader(s wire.SyncScanner) (r io.ReadCloser, err error) {
 
 	// Read the header for the first chunk to consume any errors.
 	if _, err = r.Read([]byte{}); err != nil {
-		r.Close()
-		return nil, err
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			// EOF means the file was empty. This still means the file was opened successfully,
+			// and the next time the caller does a read they'll get the EOF and handle it themselves.
+			err = nil
+		} else {
+			r.Close()
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 	return
 }
 
 func (r *syncFileReader) Read(buf []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if r.eof {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+
 	if r.chunkReader == nil {
 		chunkReader, err := readNextChunk(r.scanner)
 		if err != nil {
-			// If this is EOF, we've read the last chunk.
-			// Either way, we want to pass it up to the caller.
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				// We just read the last chunk, set our flag before passing it up.
+				r.eof = true
+			}
 			return 0, err
 		}
 		r.chunkReader = chunkReader
@@ -82,7 +96,7 @@ func readNextChunk(r wire.SyncScanner) (io.Reader, error) {
 	case wire.StatusSyncDone:
 		return nil, io.EOF
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected chunk id '%s' or '%s', but got '%s'",
+		return nil, util.Errorf(util.AssertionError, "expected chunk id '%s' or '%s', but got '%s'",
 			wire.StatusSyncData, wire.StatusSyncDone, []byte(status))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sync_file_reader_test.go b/sync_file_reader_test.go
index d2b2a55..83da0e8 100644
--- a/sync_file_reader_test.go
+++ b/sync_file_reader_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/zach-klippenstein/goadb/util"
 	"github.com/zach-klippenstein/goadb/wire"
+	"io/ioutil"
 )
 
 func TestReadNextChunk(t *testing.T) {
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func TestReadNextChunkInvalidChunkId(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Read 1st chunk
 	_, err := readNextChunk(s)
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "expected chunk id 'DATA' or 'DONE', but got 'ATAD'")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "AssertionError: expected chunk id 'DATA' or 'DONE', but got 'ATAD'")
 }
 
 func TestReadMultipleCalls(t *testing.T) {
@@ -91,6 +92,20 @@ func TestReadError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "AdbError: server error for read-chunk request: fail ({Request:read-chunk ServerMsg:fail})")
 }
 
+func TestReadEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	s := wire.NewSyncScanner(strings.NewReader(
+		"DONE"))
+	r, err := newSyncFileReader(s)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Multiple read calls that return EOF is a valid case.
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Empty(t, data)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestReadErrorNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	s := wire.NewSyncScanner(strings.NewReader(
 		"FAIL\031\000\000\000No such file or directory"))
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 6291f23..92d83ef 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func wrapClientError(err error, client interface{}, operation string, args ...in
 		return nil
 	}
 	if _, ok := err.(*util.Err); !ok {
-		panic("err is not a *util.Err")
+		panic("err is not a *util.Err: " + err.Error())
 	}
 
 	clientType := reflect.TypeOf(client)
diff --git a/wire/sync_sender.go b/wire/sync_sender.go
index 9189080..182678a 100644
--- a/wire/sync_sender.go
+++ b/wire/sync_sender.go
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ func (s *realSyncSender) SendBytes(data []byte) error {
 	if err := s.SendInt32(int32(length)); err != nil {
 		return util.WrapErrorf(err, util.NetworkError, "error sending data length on sync sender")
 	}
-	return util.WrapErrorf(writeFully(s.Writer, data),
-		util.NetworkError, "error sending data on sync sender")
+	return writeFully(s.Writer, data)
 }
 
 func (s *realSyncSender) Close() error {