diff --git a/lib/emulator-manager.js b/lib/emulator-manager.js
index e878461a8..18a75fb0d 100644
--- a/lib/emulator-manager.js
+++ b/lib/emulator-manager.js
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ async function launchEmulator(avdName, disableAnimations, disableLinuxHardwareAc
         });
         // wait for emulator to complete booting
         await waitForDevice(port, emulatorBootTimeout);
+        // boot_completed doesn't guarantee every service is registered yet (#432)
+        await waitForService(port, 'input');
         await adb(port, `shell input keyevent 82`);
         if (disableAnimations) {
             console.log('Disabling animations.');
@@ -175,6 +177,33 @@ async function waitForDevice(port, emulatorBootTimeout) {
         attempts++;
     }
 }
+/**
+ * Wait for a ServiceManager-registered service (e.g. 'input') to be available.
+ */
+async function waitForService(port, serviceName, maxAttempts = 15, retryIntervalSeconds = 1) {
+    for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
+        let result = '';
+        try {
+            await exec.exec(`adb -s emulator-${port} shell service check ${serviceName}`, [], {
+                listeners: {
+                    stdout: (data) => {
+                        result += data.toString();
+                    },
+                },
+            });
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            console.warn(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error);
+        }
+        if (result.includes('found') && !result.includes('not found')) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (attempt === maxAttempts) {
+            throw new Error(`Timeout waiting for the '${serviceName}' service to become available.`);
+        }
+        await delay(retryIntervalSeconds * 1000);
+    }
+}
 function delay(ms) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
diff --git a/src/emulator-manager.ts b/src/emulator-manager.ts
index d10943d43..831d1a140 100644
--- a/src/emulator-manager.ts
+++ b/src/emulator-manager.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ export async function launchEmulator(
 
     // wait for emulator to complete booting
     await waitForDevice(port, emulatorBootTimeout);
+
+    // boot_completed doesn't guarantee every service is registered yet (#432)
+    await waitForService(port, 'input');
     await adb(port, `shell input keyevent 82`);
 
     if (disableAnimations) {
@@ -170,6 +173,35 @@ async function waitForDevice(port: number, emulatorBootTimeout: number): Promise
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Wait for a ServiceManager-registered service (e.g. 'input') to be available.
+ */
+async function waitForService(port: number, serviceName: string, maxAttempts = 15, retryIntervalSeconds = 1): Promise<void> {
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
+    let result = '';
+    try {
+      await exec.exec(`adb -s emulator-${port} shell service check ${serviceName}`, [], {
+        listeners: {
+          stdout: (data: Buffer) => {
+            result += data.toString();
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error);
+    }
+
+    if (result.includes('found') && !result.includes('not found')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (attempt === maxAttempts) {
+      throw new Error(`Timeout waiting for the '${serviceName}' service to become available.`);
+    }
+    await delay(retryIntervalSeconds * 1000);
+  }
+}
+
 function delay(ms: number) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }