diff --git a/lib/util/devutil.js b/lib/util/devutil.js
index 15436ede..de51022e 100644
--- a/lib/util/devutil.js
+++ b/lib/util/devutil.js
@@ -39,28 +39,39 @@ devutil.listPidsByComm = function(adb, serial, comm, bin) {
     shell: true
   }
 
-  return adb.shell(serial, 'ps -lef||ps')
-         .then(function(out) {
-            return new Promise(function(resolve) {
-              var header = true
-              var pids = []
-              out.pipe(split())
-                .on('data', function(chunk) {
-                  if (header && chunk.toString().indexOf('bad pid') === -1) {
-                    header = false
-                  }
-                  else {
-                    var cols = chunk.toString().split(/\s+/)
-                    if (cols.pop() === bin && users[cols[0]]) {
-                      pids.push(Number(cols[1]))
-                    }
-                  }
-                })
-                .on('end', function() {
-                  resolve(pids)
-                })
-            })
-         })
+  var findProcess = function(out) {
+    return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+      var header = true
+      var pids = []
+      out.pipe(split())
+        .on('data', function(chunk) {
+          if (header) {
+            header = false
+          }
+          else {
+            var cols = chunk.toString().split(/\s+/)
+            if (cols.pop() === bin && users[cols[0]]) {
+              pids.push(Number(cols[1]))
+            }
+          }
+        })
+        .on('end', function() {
+          resolve(pids)
+        })
+    })
+  }
+
+  return adb.shell(serial, 'ps')
+     .then(findProcess)
+     .then(function(pids) {
+       if (pids.length > 0) { // return pids if process can be found in the output of 'ps' command
+         return Promise.resolve(pids)
+       }
+       else {                 // otherwise try to run 'ps -elf'
+         return adb.shell(serial, 'ps -lef')
+           .then(findProcess)
+       }
+     })
 }
 
 devutil.waitForProcsToDie = function(adb, serial, comm, bin) {