diff --git a/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/adb.dart b/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/adb.dart
index ebaaf5c0f4..9de5527de8 100644
--- a/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/adb.dart
+++ b/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/adb.dart
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ String get adbPath {
     throw 'ANDROID_HOME environment variable missing. This variable must '
         'point to the Android SDK directory containing platform-tools.';
 
-  final File adbPath = file(path.join(androidHome, 'platform-tools/adb'));
+  final String adbPath = path.join(androidHome, 'platform-tools/adb');
 
-  if (!adbPath.existsSync()) throw 'adb not found at: $adbPath';
+  if (!canRun(adbPath)) throw 'adb not found at: $adbPath';
 
-  return adbPath.absolute.path;
+  return path.absolute(adbPath);
 }
diff --git a/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/utils.dart b/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/utils.dart
index 7f7a07bf9b..e58ead6491 100644
--- a/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/utils.dart
+++ b/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/utils.dart
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
+import 'package:process/process.dart';
 import 'package:stack_trace/stack_trace.dart';
 
 /// Virtual current working directory, which affect functions, such as [exec].
 String cwd = Directory.current.path;
 
 List<ProcessInfo> _runningProcesses = <ProcessInfo>[];
+ProcessManager _processManager = new LocalProcessManager();
 
 class ProcessInfo {
   ProcessInfo(this.command, this.process);
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ void section(String title) {
 
 Future<String> getDartVersion() async {
   // The Dart VM returns the version text to stderr.
-  final ProcessResult result = Process.runSync(dartBin, <String>['--version']);
+  final ProcessResult result = _processManager.runSync(<String>[dartBin, '--version']);
   String version = result.stderr.trim();
 
   // Convert:
@@ -167,9 +169,8 @@ Future<Process> startProcess(
   print('Executing: $command');
   environment ??= <String, String>{};
   environment['BOT'] = 'true';
-  final Process process = await Process.start(
-    executable,
-    arguments,
+  final Process process = await _processManager.start(
+    <String>[executable]..addAll(arguments),
     environment: environment,
     workingDirectory: workingDirectory ?? cwd,
   );
@@ -448,3 +449,5 @@ Future<int> findAvailablePort() async {
     }
   }
 }
+
+bool canRun(String path) => _processManager.canRun(path);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/devicelab/pubspec.yaml b/dev/devicelab/pubspec.yaml
index 641cecf135..54d15a695b 100644
--- a/dev/devicelab/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/dev/devicelab/pubspec.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   args: ^0.13.4
   meta: ^1.0.4
   path: ^1.4.0
+  process: 2.0.1
   stack_trace: ^1.4.0
   vm_service_client: '0.2.2+4'
 
diff --git a/dev/devicelab/test/run_test.dart b/dev/devicelab/test/run_test.dart
index 4a1b2d59cb..a2b03149b4 100644
--- a/dev/devicelab/test/run_test.dart
+++ b/dev/devicelab/test/run_test.dart
@@ -5,18 +5,22 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
+import 'package:process/process.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() {
+  final ProcessManager processManager = new LocalProcessManager();
+
   group('run.dart script', () {
     Future<int> runScript(List<String> testNames) async {
       final List<String> options = <String>['bin/run.dart'];
       for (String testName in testNames) {
         options..addAll(<String>['-t', testName]);
       }
-      final ProcessResult scriptProcess = Process.runSync(
-        '../../bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin/dart',
-        options,
+      final String dart = path.absolute(path.join('..', '..', 'bin', 'cache', 'dart-sdk', 'bin', 'dart'));
+      final ProcessResult scriptProcess = processManager.runSync(
+        <String>[dart]..addAll(options)
       );
       return scriptProcess.exitCode;
     }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/logger.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/logger.dart
index eeb72494e0..73335e8448 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/logger.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/logger.dart
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ class AnsiTerminal {
   static const int _ENOTTY = 25;
   static const int _ENETRESET = 102;
   static const int _ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER = 87;
+  static const int _INVALID_HANDLE = 6;
 
   /// Setting the line mode can throw for some terminals (with "Operation not
   /// supported on socket"), but the error can be safely ignored.
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ class AnsiTerminal {
     _ENOTTY,
     _ENETRESET,
     _ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, // TODO(goderbauer): remove when https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/28599 is fixed
+    _INVALID_HANDLE,
   ];
 
   bool supportsColor;
@@ -284,6 +286,9 @@ class AnsiTerminal {
   String clearScreen() => supportsColor ? _clear : '\n\n';
 
   set singleCharMode(bool value) {
+    // TODO(goderbauer): instead of trying to set lineMode and then catching [_ENOTTY] or [_INVALID_HANDLE], 
+    //     we should check beforehand if stdin is connected to a terminal or not
+    //     (requires https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/29083 to be resolved).
     try {
       stdin.lineMode = !value;
     } on StdinException catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/pubspec.yaml b/packages/flutter_tools/pubspec.yaml
index 532736aa2b..44555ac72d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/pubspec.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
   meta: ^1.0.4
   mustache: ^0.2.5
   package_config: '>=0.1.5 <2.0.0'
-  platform: 1.0.1
+  platform: 1.0.2
   process: 2.0.1
   stack_trace: ^1.4.0
   usage: ^3.0.0+1