(Android) Edits made on device not synced to LrC and LrC overwrites devices edits

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November 6, 2021
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I am so upset.

I did a TON of edits to images via lightroom mobile to a collection I had synced initially from lightroom classic. Today I went back into lightroom classic to finish up and do some additional tweaks, but I noticed none of my images had been updated, despite seeing that it said everything was synced.

I go into lightroom CC and see that my lightroom mobile edits are still there, thank goodness. I hope it will sync and then update in lightroom classic. However the opposite happens and the lightroom CC syncs with how the images are in lightroom classic, essentially reverting them to original RAW.

When I check the history in Lightroom Classic it shows "From LR mobile" however clicking on it does not change anything, it is still the base unedited image.

Is there a way to see history in lightroom CC and undo the last sync with Classic?

I have never had this happen before. I am wondering if it has something to do with the new updates?

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defaultww2jr5vm6eon

Participant

Solved! I had the exact same issues and found a fix after hours of troubleshooting. The bug relates to LrC classic first syncing the photos stars/flag status then development settings ~1 min later (then when LrC receives the development syncs from cloud it incorrectly thinks it has more currrent version due to recent flag/star change and then overwrites its older development settings). Avoid by never trying to sync change to development settings and changes in star ratings/flags simultaneously. Doing so will caus LrC to earse the development settings every single time.

Tip1: Only sync either developmet settings or stars/flag status from Lr to LrC at a time. Never both. Dev settigns will be lost

Tip2: You can recover all your edits in Lr (non -classic) under the "versions" section of the edit mode (near the undo button on phone Lr versions). You can select the edit version mobile that was overwritten and set to 'current' to recover them by photo at a time. Painful but better than reediting. They will sync second time to LrC since they is not a simultaneous flag/star change.

Things that never help me:

-Checking system clocks as Adobe helplessly suggest everytime.

-Updating apps or OS or reinstalling apps

-Resetting sync settings in LrC

FYI this happens with all versions of Lr (non-LrClass): android, iPhone, iPad, desktop Lr (non-classic). Issue relates to how LrC (13.1 or earlier) syncs.

Adobe Please Fix!

Nadeem28230335k4xr

Known Participant

So, if I'm following what you're suggesting and I start on my iPad...do my star ratings and flags, let them to sync to classic, wait some time just to be sure, then later do my edits on the iPad and then let those sync to classic.

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Vidr5FBBAuthor

Participant

Update. I reedited the images I lost.

The same thing started to happen again. I noticed my images in Lightroom classic did not have updates applied but was fully synced (I had made these edits days ago in lightroom mobile and made sure they were fully synced then). I paused sync on my Lightroom mobile app, so I would still have the manual settings to refer back to and they wouldn't get overwritten like last time.

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Vidr5FBBAuthor

Participant

Update 2. With lightroom mobile still paused, it started applying the metadata info changes (flags, stars, etc) in lightroom classic but did not apply the photo edits (color/ lighting/ profiles/ etc).

My current solution is just to stop using Lightroom mobile.