diff --git a/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-device-base.ts b/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-device-base.ts
index eedfa06e4f..a91458745b 100644
--- a/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-device-base.ts
+++ b/lib/common/mobile/ios/ios-device-base.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as net from "net";
 import { performanceLog } from "../../decorators";
+import { APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS } from "../../../constants";
 
 export abstract class IOSDeviceBase implements Mobile.IiOSDevice {
 	private cachedSockets: IDictionary<net.Socket> = {};
@@ -16,23 +17,31 @@ export abstract class IOSDeviceBase implements Mobile.IiOSDevice {
 
 	@performanceLog()
 	public async getDebugSocket(appId: string, projectName: string): Promise<net.Socket> {
-		return this.$lockService.executeActionWithLock(async () => {
-			if (this.cachedSockets[appId]) {
-				return this.cachedSockets[appId];
-			}
+		return this.$lockService.executeActionWithLock(
+			async () => {
+				if (this.cachedSockets[appId]) {
+					return this.cachedSockets[appId];
+				}
 
-			this.cachedSockets[appId] = await this.getDebugSocketCore(appId, projectName);
+				this.cachedSockets[appId] = await this.getDebugSocketCore(appId, projectName);
 
-			if (this.cachedSockets[appId]) {
-				this.cachedSockets[appId].on("close", async () => {
-					await this.destroyDebugSocket(appId);
-				});
+				if (this.cachedSockets[appId]) {
+					this.cachedSockets[appId].on("close", async () => {
+						await this.destroyDebugSocket(appId);
+					});
 
-				this.$processService.attachToProcessExitSignals(this, () => this.destroyDebugSocket(appId));
-			}
+					this.$processService.attachToProcessExitSignals(this, () => this.destroyDebugSocket(appId));
+				}
 
-			return this.cachedSockets[appId];
-		}, "ios-debug-socket.lock");
+				return this.cachedSockets[appId];
+			},
+			`ios-debug-socket-${this.deviceInfo.identifier}-${appId}.lock`,
+			{
+				// increase the timeout with `APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` as a workaround
+				// till startApplication is resolved before the application is really started
+				stale: (APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS + 30) * 1000,
+			}
+		);
 	}
 
 	protected abstract async getDebugSocketCore(appId: string, projectName: string): Promise<net.Socket>;
diff --git a/lib/common/services/lock-service.ts b/lib/common/services/lock-service.ts
index 64e0db0176..866596b894 100644
--- a/lib/common/services/lock-service.ts
+++ b/lib/common/services/lock-service.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class LockService implements ILockService {
 		}
 
 		filePath = filePath || this.defaultLockFilePath;
-		fileOpts = fileOpts || this.defaultLockParams;
+		fileOpts = fileOpts ? _.assign({}, this.defaultLockParams, fileOpts) : this.defaultLockParams;
 
 		return {
 			filePath,
diff --git a/lib/constants.ts b/lib/constants.ts
index ffc869fcba..3be5679121 100644
--- a/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/lib/constants.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const AAB_EXTENSION_NAME = ".aab";
 export const HASHES_FILE_NAME = ".nshashes";
 export const TNS_NATIVE_SOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "TNSNativeSource";
 export const NATIVE_SOURCE_FOLDER = "src";
+export const APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60;
 
 export class PackageVersion {
 	static NEXT = "next";
diff --git a/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts b/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
index f68f00f6a0..85f7e5bfe0 100644
--- a/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
+++ b/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from "events";
-import { CONNECTION_ERROR_EVENT_NAME } from "../../constants";
+import { CONNECTION_ERROR_EVENT_NAME, APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS } from "../../constants";
 import * as net from "net";
 import * as ws from "ws";
 import temp = require("temp");
@@ -115,7 +115,15 @@ export class AppDebugSocketProxyFactory extends EventEmitter implements IAppDebu
 			port: localPort,
 			host: "localhost",
 			verifyClient: async (info: any, callback: (res: boolean, code?: number, message?: string) => void) => {
-				await this.$lockService.lock(clientConnectionLockFile);
+				await this.$lockService.lock(
+					clientConnectionLockFile,
+					{
+						// increase the timeout with `APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` as a workaround
+						// till startApplication is resolved before the application is really started
+						stale: (APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS + 30) * 1000,
+					}
+				);
+
 				let acceptHandshake = true;
 				this.$logger.info("Frontend client connected.");
 				let appDebugSocket;
diff --git a/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
index 8dd0463617..1f411d00c5 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { DEBUGGER_PORT_FOUND_EVENT_NAME, ATTACH_REQUEST_EVENT_NAME } from "../common/constants";
 import { cache } from "../common/decorators";
+import { APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS } from "../constants";
 
 export class IOSDebuggerPortService implements IIOSDebuggerPortService {
 	public static DEBUG_PORT_LOG_REGEX = /NativeScript debugger has opened inspector socket on port (\d+?) for (.*)[.]/;
 	private mapDebuggerPortData: IDictionary<IIOSDebuggerPortStoredData> = {};
-	private static DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 10;
 
 	constructor(private $logParserService: ILogParserService,
 		private $iOSNotification: IiOSNotification,
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export class IOSDebuggerPortService implements IIOSDebuggerPortService {
 	public getPort(data: IIOSDebuggerPortInputData): Promise<number> {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			const key = `${data.deviceId}${data.appId}`;
-			let retryCount = Math.max(IOSDebuggerPortService.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS * 1000 / 500, 10);
+			const retryInterval = 500;
+			let retryCount = Math.max(APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS * 1000 / retryInterval, 10);
 
 			const interval = setInterval(() => {
 				let port = this.getPortByKey(key);
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export class IOSDebuggerPortService implements IIOSDebuggerPortService {
 					port = this.getPortByKey(key);
 					retryCount--;
 				}
-			}, 500);
+			}, retryInterval);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export class IOSDebuggerPortService implements IIOSDebuggerPortService {
 				if (!this.getPortByKey(`${data.deviceId}${data.appId}`)) {
 					this.$logger.warn(`NativeScript debugger was not able to get inspector socket port on device ${data.deviceId} for application ${data.appId}.`);
 				}
-			}, IOSDebuggerPortService.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS * 1000);
+			}, APPLICATION_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS * 1000);
 
 			this.setData(data, { port: null, timer });
 		});
diff --git a/test/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts b/test/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
index abbbf43602..9e3b0335f3 100644
--- a/test/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
+++ b/test/services/ios-debugger-port-service.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe("iOSDebuggerPortService", () => {
 				}
 
 				const promise = iOSDebuggerPortService.getPort({ deviceId: deviceId, appId: appId });
-				clock.tick(20000);
+				clock.tick(70000);
 				const port = await promise;
 				assert.deepEqual(port, testCase.emittedPort);
 			});
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe("iOSDebuggerPortService", () => {
 				}
 
 				const promise = iOSDebuggerPortService.getPort({ deviceId: deviceId, appId: appId });
-				clock.tick(20000);
+				clock.tick(70000);
 				const port = await promise;
 				assert.deepEqual(port, testCase.emittedPort);
 			});