diff --git a/src/components/auth/LoginDialog.tsx b/src/components/auth/LoginDialog.tsx
index ff16cb4..d428bb6 100644
--- a/src/components/auth/LoginDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/auth/LoginDialog.tsx
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export const LoginDialog: React.FC<LoginDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onClose, onLog
 
     amberStepRef.current = 'waiting';
     setAmberStep('waiting');
-    setAmberStatus('Waiting for Amber to approve...');
+    setAmberStatus('Approve in Amber, then come back here.');
 
     // Live relay subscription (works on web/PWA; may be backgrounded in Capacitor)
     const pool = new SimplePool();
@@ -316,10 +316,13 @@ export const LoginDialog: React.FC<LoginDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onClose, onLog
     );
     subRef.current = sub;
 
-    // Timeout after 20 seconds — show error, let user retry
+    // On Capacitor (native app) give 3 minutes — the visibility change handler does the real work
+    // after the user returns from Amber, so the live subscription just needs to stay alive.
+    // On web/PWA the live subscription fires instantly, so 3 min is still fine as a safety net.
+    const TIMEOUT_MS = isCapacitor ? 3 * 60 * 1000 : 3 * 60 * 1000;
     setTimeout(() => {
       if (!controller.signal.aborted) {
-        console.warn('[Amber] Timed out after 20s — no response received');
+        console.warn('[Amber] Timed out — no response received');
         controller.abort();
         cleanup();
         if (amberStepRef.current === 'waiting') {
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ export const LoginDialog: React.FC<LoginDialogProps> = ({ isOpen, onClose, onLog
           setAmberStatus('Amber did not respond in time. Did you approve the connection?');
         }
       }
-    }, 20 * 1000);
+    }, TIMEOUT_MS);
   }, [cleanup, completeLogin, toast]);
 
   const handleBunkerLogin = async () => {