diff --git a/lib/src/orientation.dart b/lib/src/orientation.dart
index e5b09455..d6a54321 100644
--- a/lib/src/orientation.dart
+++ b/lib/src/orientation.dart
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void changeDeviceOrientation(DeviceType deviceType, Orientation orientation,
         'system',
         'user_rotation',
         androidOrientations[_orientation]
-      ]);
+      ], retry: true);
       break;
     case DeviceType.ios:
       // requires permission when run for first time
diff --git a/lib/src/utils.dart b/lib/src/utils.dart
index 54eb558a..7fc44f0a 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert' as cnv;
 import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
@@ -416,18 +417,26 @@ Future<bool> isEmulatorPath() async {
 
 /// Run command and return stdout as [string].
 String cmd(List<String> cmd,
-    {String workingDirectory, bool silent = true, bool trace = true}) {
-  final result = processManager.runSync(cmd,
-      workingDirectory: workingDirectory, runInShell: true);
-  if(trace) _traceCommand(cmd, workingDirectory: workingDirectory);
-  if (!silent) printStatus(result.stdout);
-  if (result.exitCode != 0) {
-    if (silent) printError(result.stdout);
-    printError(result.stderr);
-    throw 'command failed: exitcode=${result.exitCode}, cmd=\'${cmd.join(" ")}\', workingDir=$workingDirectory';
+    {String workingDirectory, bool silent = true, bool trace = true, bool retry = false, int retryAttempts = 5 }) {
+
+  StdoutException error = StdoutException('');
+  for (var i = 0; i < retryAttempts; i++) {
+    try {
+      final result = processManager.runSync(cmd, workingDirectory: workingDirectory, runInShell: true);
+      if(trace) _traceCommand(cmd, workingDirectory: workingDirectory);
+      if (result.exitCode != 0) {
+        error = StdoutException(result.stdout, OSError(result.stderr, result.exitCode));
+        throw error;
+      }
+      // return stdout
+      return result.stdout;
+    } on StdoutException catch (e) {
+      sleep(Duration(seconds: 5));
+    }
   }
-  // return stdout
-  return result.stdout;
+  if (silent) printError(error.message);
+  printError(error.osError.message);
+  throw 'command failed: exitcode=${error.osError.errorCode}, cmd=\'${cmd.join(" ")}\', workingDir=$workingDirectory';
 }
 
 /// Run command and return exit code as [int].