# Appium Launching issue with Android 5.1.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-launching-issue-with-android-5-1-1/31212>\
**Category:** Issues/Bugs\
**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-launching-issue-with-android-5-1-1/31212 "2020-06-30T16:07:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Divakar\_S](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/divakar_s/32/7735_2.png) [@Divakar\_S](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Divakar_S)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-launching-issue-with-android-5-1-1/31212/1 "2020-06-30T16:07:41Z")

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![image](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/b/be80706613f73935a66b2a27b2eeb50410d89bfa.png)

We are using Android 5.1.1 for the mobile testing and when we try to launch the app in Appium, we are getting a timeout error issue(Refer the above screenshot). Can anyone please suggest how to resolve the timeout issue in the Appium?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Divakar\_S](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/divakar_s/32/7735_2.png) [@Divakar\_S](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Divakar_S)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-launching-issue-with-android-5-1-1/31212/2 "2020-07-01T19:51:10Z")

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@Aleksei - Do you have any idea in resolving the above issue?

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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-launching-issue-with-android-5-1-1/31212/3 "2020-07-01T20:00:08Z")

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with Android 5.1 = no idea. possibly switch to “UIAutomator”, install android SDK valid Android 5.1 age, use Appium and java client versions of 3 years ago or moe…