Firefox, PHP Headers and application/octet-stream - firefox

We have a page that outputs a file using PHP headers, so when you visit the page the download prompts up.
Randomly, the page will return a file application/octet-stream, other times it will return the correct thing.
It works prefectly in Chrome, IE, etc.
This only happens in Firefox and it is completely random.
Basically, it outputs as a application/octet-stream instead of the correct one.
After some more digging, I found the following:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/800957
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/746116
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/699834

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I am using jQuery form plugin to upload images in my MVC project.
For some reason the Code in IE no longer working (worked before):
I can tell the submit is successful, image is successful uploaded, and recoded in database, however the response seems somehow corrupted in IE.
function showResponse(responseText, statusText, xhr, $form) {
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buildArray();
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OMFG, Internet Explore!
Code I have changed:
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hope that would help someone else as well.
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