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P: Lightroom mobile v11.2.3 on Samsung Devices HDR Editing becomes unavailable when Adaptive or Extra Brightness is enabled

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March 17, 2026
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Description of Issue: The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is supported for HDR editing. However, if "Adaptive brightness" or "Extra brightness" is enabled in the device's system display settings, the HDR editing feature in Lightroom breaks. Attempting to use HDR mode triggers an "HDR Unavailable" popup claiming the display is not supported. Restoring the HDR functionality requires disabling these system settings and performing a complete device restart

Lightroom Mobile Version Number: LIGHTROOM ANDROID v11.2.3

Purchased From: Galaxy Store

OS Version Number: One UI 8 / Android 16

Device Model: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions:

On the device, navigate to Settings > Display.

Enable Adaptive brightness and/or Extra brightness.

Open Adobe Lightroom.

Open an HDR-capable image in the Edit module.

Attempt to toggle on Edit in HDR Mode.

The Expected Result: The image should enter HDR editing mode successfully, utilizing the device's HDR display capabilities regardless of the active system brightness preference.

The Actual Result: An error popup appears stating: "HDR Unavailable. High Dynamic Range display is not supported on this device." The HDR edit is unusable until the display settings are disabled and the phone is restarted.

Sameer K

Community Manager

Hey, @Dr. Abdullah TOKGOEZ , @spiros_7436, @Snipercoast. We’ve shared this with the team for review.

As a preliminary step, enabling Adaptive Brightness and Extra brightness leaves less headroom for HDR. This can be treated as a known behavior once we hear back from the team.

Thanks!
Sameer K

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spiros_7436Author

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Thank you for your response, @Sameer K . To clarify, Adaptive Brightness and Extra Brightness cannot be activated concurrently.

If this is by design, it would be beneficial if a device reboot were not necessary to resolve this. The application should ideally detect the current display settings and adapt accordingly. Should a screen setting impede a feature, the application ought to recommend specific adjustments to that setting to enable the feature, again without necessitating a reboot.

While I understand that Extra Brightness might limit available headroom, it is less clear why Adaptive Brightness would exhibit similar behavior, particularly when the screen brightness is already low due to ambient light conditions.

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Dr. Abdullah TOKGOEZ

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App Version: Lightroom Mobile 11.2.3

Device: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

OS: Android 16 / One UI 8.x

Issue Type: Feature Regression / HDR Compatibility

Description:

Since updating to Lightroom Mobile 11.2.3, the HDR editing support has stopped working on my Samsung S24 Ultra. While the device's hardware fully supports Ultra HDR (confirmed by Samsung Gallery and Instagram system picker where HDR is visible), Lightroom now labels HDR as "Unsupported" or fails to trigger the HDR edit toggle in the Light panel.

Steps to Reproduce:

Open Lightroom 11.2.3 on Samsung S24 Ultra.

Import or open a photo captured in HDR (Ultra HDR).

Navigate to the "Light" panel.

Attempt to enable "Edit in HDR Mode".

Expected Result:

The app should recognize the S24 Ultra's display capabilities and allow HDR editing.

Actual Result:

HDR editing is unavailable or grayed out.

Troubleshooting attempted:

Cleared app cache.

Toggled Samsung's "Super HDR" setting in Gallery.

Toggled "Extra Brightness" and "Adaptive Brightness" in system settings.

Re-installed the app (issue persists).

Verified that HDR works in other apps (Instagram/Gallery), confirming it's an app-specific regression in 11.2.3.

Snipercoast

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Same issue with S26 ultra

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spiros_7436Author

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It's the same on every supposedly supported Samsung device. I have the same issue on the Galaxy S26 Ultra also. Tested the Fold 7, same issue.

Well, I don't expect an unhinged issue to be solved anytime soon. Adobe support seems to ignore all of my posts, and they move what clearly belongs to bugs to the questions sector.

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