Java socket cannot read from lines

I am trying to make a small login/registration window, but I could not proceed further because my server code cannot read the inputs from my client code. I could get past the point of me entering info for login or registration. Everytime I press Enter, the connection will reset. What have I done wrong in this case?

Here is a portion of what I have in my client code:

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

    // We create a socket
    Socket clientSocket = new Socket("localhost", 3110);
    DataOutputStream outToServer = new DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
    BufferedReader inFromServer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
    String status = "Init";
    while (true) {
        // Prepare request based on previous response's status.
        String req = "";
        if(status == "Init" || status == "Login Failure" || status == "Registration Success" || status == "Registration Failure") {
            req = getInitReqMsg();
            break;
        }
        else if(status == "LoginSuccess") {
            req = getMenuReqMsg();
            break;                   
        }

        // Encrypt and send request.
        req = AES_128.encrypt(req.getBytes()) + "\n";
        outToServer.writeBytes(req);

        // Receive and decrypt response.
        // For now, responses always have the format "[STATUS] [MESSAGE]".
        String res = inFromServer.readLine();
        res = AES_128.decrypt(res.getBytes());

        status = res.split(" ")[0];

        System.out.println(res.substring(res.indexOf(status) + status.length()).trim());
    }
}

public static String getInitReqMsg() {
    System.out.print("Welcome! Please enter a choice: \nType 1 for Login \nType 2 for Registration \n > ");
    int choice = scanner.nextInt();
    scanner.nextLine();

    if(choice == 1) {
        return getLoginReqMsg();
    }
    else if(choice == 2) {
        return getCreateAcctReqMsg();
    }
    else {
        System.out.println("Invalid input.");
        return getInitReqMsg();
    }
} // end of getInitReqMsg

Here is a portion of what I have in my server code:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    ServerSocket welcomeSocket = new ServerSocket(3110);
    System.out.println("Login server running on " + welcomeSocket.getLocalSocketAddress());

    Connection connection  = null;
    connection = dbConnector();

    outer: while(true) {
        Socket connectionSocket = welcomeSocket.accept();
        System.out.println("Connected to " + connectionSocket.getInetAddress());
        BufferedReader inFromClient = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connectionSocket.getInputStream()));
        DataOutputStream outToClient = new DataOutputStream(connectionSocket.getOutputStream());
        loggedInUser = "";

        while(true) {
            String req = inFromClient.readLine();
            System.out.println(req);
            if(req == "") continue outer;
            req = AES_128.decrypt(req.getBytes());

            String[] reqArr = req.split("\t");

            String res = "";
            switch(reqArr[0]) {
                case "Create":
                    res = Registration(reqArr[1], reqArr[2], reqArr[3]);
                break;

                case "Login":
                    res = Login(reqArr[1], reqArr[2]);
                    if(res.contains("Login Success")) {
                        loggedInUser = reqArr[1];
                    }
                break;

                case "Capitalize":
                    res = doCapitalize(reqArr[1]);
                break;

                case "Logout":
                    loggedInUser = "";
                    res = "LogoutSuccess Bye!";
            }

            res = AES_128.encrypt(res.getBytes()) + "\n";
            outToClient.writeBytes(res);
        }
    }
}