diff --git a/renderdoc/android/android.cpp b/renderdoc/android/android.cpp
index b7e53db53..f3ee3b23a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/android/android.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/android/android.cpp
@@ -181,8 +181,9 @@ int GetCurrentPID(const rdcstr &deviceID, const rdcstr &processName)
     RDCLOG("Getting PID from device %s for process '%s'", deviceID.c_str(), processName.c_str());
   }
 
-  // try 5 times, 200ms apart to find the pid
-  for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+  // try 15 times, 200ms apart to find the pid, for a total of 3 seconds timeout waiting for the
+  // process to even be alive
+  for(int i = 0; i < 15; i++)
   {
     Process::ProcessResult pidOutput =
         adbExecCommand(deviceID, StringFormat::Fmt("shell ps -A | grep %s", processName.c_str()));
@@ -1094,7 +1095,7 @@ struct AndroidController : public IDeviceProtocolHandler
     });
 
     // allow the package to start and begin listening before we return
-    Threading::Sleep(5000);
+    Threading::Sleep(8000);
 
     return result;
   }