Android SQLite closed exception

I have no solid background of synchronization. I think this issue will be fixed when I use synchronized method. But can anyone help me to fix this issue? Code is below:

public HashMap<String, FriendInfo> getAllRecordsInList_HashMap() {

        MySQLiteHelper dbHelper = MySQLiteHelper.getInstance(mActivity);
        HashMap<String, FriendInfo> list_map = new HashMap<String, FriendInfo>();

        SQLiteDatabase db = dbHelper.getReadableDatabase();
        // Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * from " +
        // dbHelper.tbl_friendlist, new String[] {});
        String[] cols = { dbHelper.id, dbHelper.name, dbHelper.picture, dbHelper.birthday, dbHelper.livein, dbHelper.gender, dbHelper.is_online, dbHelper.is_vip };
        Cursor cursor = db.query(dbHelper.tbl_friendlist, cols, null, null, null, null, dbHelper.name);

        if (cursor != null && cursor.getCount() > 0) {

            // some code here....
        }
        cursor.close();
        return list_map;
    }

Different threads can call this method getAllRecordsInList_HashMap(). Please advise how to fix this issue if I make synchronized method. Will it be fixed?

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot perform this operation 
    because the connection pool has been closed. 

at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnectionPool.throwIfClosedLocked(SQLiteConnectionPool.java:962) 
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnectionPool.waitForConnection(SQLiteConnectionPool.java:599) 
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnectionPool.acquireConnection(SQLiteConnectionPool.java:348) 
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteSession.acquireConnection(SQLiteSession.java:894) 
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteSession.executeForCursorWindow(SQLiteSession.java:834) 
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.fillWindow(SQLiteQuery.java:62) 
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.fillWindow(SQLiteCursor.java:143) 
at android.database.s