diff --git a/lib/util/devutil.js b/lib/util/devutil.js
index f4371bce..da61b0c3 100644
--- a/lib/util/devutil.js
+++ b/lib/util/devutil.js
@@ -39,28 +39,54 @@ devutil.listPidsByComm = function(adb, serial, comm, bin) {
     shell: true
   }
 
-  return adb.shell(serial, ['ps'])
-    .then(function(out) {
-      return new Promise(function(resolve) {
-        var header = true
-        var pids = []
-        out.pipe(split())
-          .on('data', function(chunk) {
-            if (header) {
-              header = false
+  var findProcess = function(out) {
+    return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+      var header = true
+      var pids = []
+      var showTotalPid = false
+
+      out.pipe(split())
+        .on('data', function(chunk) {
+          if (header) {
+            header = false
+          }
+          else {
+            var cols = chunk.toString().split(/\s+/)
+            if (!showTotalPid && cols[0] === 'root') {
+              showTotalPid = true
             }
-            else {
-              var cols = chunk.toString().split(/\s+/)
-              if (cols.pop() === bin && users[cols[0]]) {
-                pids.push(Number(cols[1]))
-              }
+
+            // last column of output would be command name containing absolute path like '/data/local/tmp/minicap'
+            // or just binary name like 'minicap', it depends on device/ROM
+            var lastCol = cols.pop()
+            if ((lastCol === comm || lastCol === bin) && users[cols[0]]) {
+              pids.push(Number(cols[1]))
             }
-          })
-          .on('end', function() {
-            resolve(pids)
-          })
-      })
+          }
+        })
+        .on('end', function() {
+          resolve({showTotalPid: showTotalPid, pids: pids})
+        })
     })
+  }
+
+  return adb.shell(serial, 'ps 2>/dev/null')
+     .then(findProcess)
+     .then(function(res) {
+       // return pids if process can be found in the output of 'ps' command
+       // or 'ps' command has already displayed all the processes including processes launched by root user
+       if (res.showTotalPid || res.pids.length > 0) {
+         return Promise.resolve(res.pids)
+       }
+       // otherwise try to run 'ps -elf'
+       else {
+         return adb.shell(serial, 'ps -lef 2>/dev/null')
+           .then(findProcess)
+           .then(function(res) {
+              return Promise.resolve(res.pids)
+           })
+       }
+     })
 }
 
 devutil.waitForProcsToDie = function(adb, serial, comm, bin) {