how do you correctly copy a jpg file from streaming assets folder using www?

I have found couple of questions in these posts w$$anonymous$$ch are near to my problem but I see no answers. I am copying from streaming assets to a directory in an Android version. My copy method works for text files but fails for some jpg images I want to copy over.

The setup code:

  var dir_path2 = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "saved_images");
    Directory.CreateDirectory(dir_path2);
    ReadFromStreamingAssets("saved_images/spectrum_blue");
    File.WriteAllText(Application.persistentDataPath + "/saved_images/spectrum_blue", stream_result);
    Debug.Log("stream_result for spectrum_blue:"+stream_result);

The ReadFromStreamingAssets code:

 public static void ReadFromStreamingAssets(string file_ref)
     {
         var full_path = Path.Combine(Application.streamingAssetsPath, file_ref);
         Debug.Log("full_path at start of ReadFromStreamingAssets"+full_path);
         if (full_path.Contains("://") || full_path.Contains(":///"))
         {
             WWW www = new WWW(full_path);
             w$$anonymous$$le (!www.isDone) { }
             stream_result = www.text.Trim();
             Debug.Log("TRIM");
         }
         else
         {
             Debug.Log("full_path:"+full_path);
             stream_result = File.ReadAllText(full_path);
         }
     }

T$$anonymous$$s method works for everyt$$anonymous$$ng but jpegs. When I run on a jpeg I get 0 length files created. I'm hoping there's some magic line of code to replace: stream_result=www.text.Trim() because that is exactly where the problem seems to occur. The docs say somet$$anonymous$$ng about bytes property but I can't seem to $$anonymous$$t on right combination of letters (I often t$$anonymous$$nk coding is partially a random walk through murky shadows). Thanks for any help!