diff --git a/lib/common/mobile/android/android-application-manager.ts b/lib/common/mobile/android/android-application-manager.ts
index 2d94de1da1..7b3f79fdb7 100644
--- a/lib/common/mobile/android/android-application-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/common/mobile/android/android-application-manager.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,51 @@ export class AndroidApplicationManager extends ApplicationManagerBase {
 	}
 
 	public async getInstalledApplications(): Promise<string[]> {
-		const result =
-			(await this.adb.executeShellCommand(["pm", "list", "packages"])) || "";
+		let result = "";
+		try {
+			result = await this.adb.executeShellCommand(["pm", "list", "packages"]);
+		} catch (err) {
+			/**
+			 * on some devices (Samsung) listing packages is prevented by a permission error
+			 * notably, some system apps (bloatware) is installed under user 150
+			 * and listing these packages results in a permission error.
+			 * if this happens, we have to first list all the users, and then loop through
+			 * all the users and trying to list packages for that specific user, ignoring
+			 * any errors. These are all then concatenated together and parsed normally.
+			 * This is a slower operation, so we only do it in case listing failed in the first place.
+			 */
+			const userIDs: string[] = [];
+			const users = await this.adb.executeShellCommand(["pm", "list", "users"]);
+			/**
+			 * Users:
+			 *   UserInfo{0:Owner:c13} running
+			 */
+
+			const userIDRegex = /UserInfo{(\d+)[:}]/;
+			users.split(EOL).forEach((line: string) => {
+				const [, userID] = line.match(userIDRegex) ?? [];
+
+				if (userID) {
+					userIDs.push(userID);
+				}
+			});
+
+			for (let id of userIDs) {
+				try {
+					result +=
+						EOL +
+						(await this.adb.executeShellCommand([
+							"pm",
+							"list",
+							"packages",
+							"--user",
+							id,
+						]));
+				} catch (err) {
+					// ignore - likely permission denied.
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		const regex = /package:(.+)/;
 		return result
 			.split(EOL)