# Unable to create a new remote session. Desired capabilities = Capabilities {appActivity: .Settings, appPackage: com.android.settings, autoGrantPermissions: true, automationName: uiautomator2, deviceName: phonemodel

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841>\
**Category:** Mobile Testing\
**Tags:** mobile-testing, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841 "2023-09-27T15:40:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohana](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mohana/32/23870_2.png) [@mohana](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mohana)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841/1 "2023-09-27T15:40:56Z")

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Hi everyone.

I’m new to Katalon and I’m trying to use katalon for mobile android testing. I have follow the steps in order to test mobile application by installing node.js, appium, java(jre) and android SDK. Once done, I did try to configured the device and start with application ID. But error pop shows "Unable to start application and reason Root exception:  
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Desired capabilities = Capabilities {appActivity: .Settings, appPackage: com.android.settings, autoGrantPermissions: true, automationName: uiautomator2, deviceName: Sony SOV41 (Android 11), newCommandTimeout: 1800, platform: ANDROID, platformName: Android, platformVersion: 11, systemPort: 8200, udid: '}  
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’ "

Could anyone please advice on the error shown above. It will very helpful for me to learn on the testing. Thank you.

 ![katalon issue](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/3/6/36f4b9794255ba9efe0fdfb0c8bdf1a623aa227e.png)

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**Author:** ![kreno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kreno/32/24257_2.png) [@kreno](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kreno)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841/2 "2023-09-27T16:10:37Z")

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@mohana What version of appium and Katalon Studio are you using? It could be that the appium version is not compatible with this version Katalon Studio

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**Author:** ![mohana](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mohana/32/23870_2.png) [@mohana](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mohana)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841/3 "2023-09-29T00:50:19Z")

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Thanks for the reply @kreno

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/f/5/f5afa94cd9aee8d59718c85b2abad81793d5861c.png)  
 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/3/4/34c6b975c8a7b8a6e82d10aeeb7cb131e1120a11.png)  
The details above.

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**Author:** ![kreno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kreno/32/24257_2.png) [@kreno](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kreno)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841/4 "2023-09-29T14:50:57Z")

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@mohana That is a very old version of Appium. I would suggest updating to a newer version. To work out of the box on android you could use appium version 1.22.3. They have moved on to appium 2 but that is not yet supported by Katalon Studio fully.

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**Author:** ![mohana](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mohana/32/23870_2.png) [@mohana](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mohana)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session-desired-capabilities-capabilities-appactivity-settings-apppackage-com-android-settings-autograntpermissions-true-automationname-uiautomator2-devicename-phonemodel/97841/5 "2023-10-02T01:06:05Z")

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@kreno Thank you so much for your reply and I have tried to uninstall and install back the mentioned version, its working. 🙂