diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/HardwareImageFailure.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/HardwareImageFailure.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd5c19873fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/HardwareImageFailure.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils
+
+internal object HardwareImageFailure {
+    fun isRecoverable(error: Throwable): Boolean {
+        val visited = HashSet<Throwable>()
+        var current: Throwable? = error
+        var recoverable = false
+        while (current != null && visited.add(current)) {
+            if (current is Error || current is java.util.concurrent.CancellationException) return false
+            val message = current.message.orEmpty().lowercase()
+            if (("hardware" in message && "bitmap" in message) ||
+                "ahardwarebuffer" in message ||
+                ("graphicbuffer" in message && "allocat" in message)) recoverable = true
+            current = current.cause
+        }
+        return recoverable
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageCompatibilityInterceptor.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageCompatibilityInterceptor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b02475131e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageCompatibilityInterceptor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils
+
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import coil3.intercept.Interceptor
+import coil3.request.ErrorResult
+import coil3.request.ImageResult
+import coil3.request.allowHardware
+import coil3.request.bitmapConfig
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+
+internal class ImageCompatibilityInterceptor : Interceptor {
+    private val softwareRequired = AtomicBoolean(false)
+
+    override suspend fun intercept(chain: Interceptor.Chain): ImageResult {
+        val request = chain.request
+        if (request.allowHardware && softwareRequired.get()) {
+            return chain.withRequest(request.newBuilder().allowHardware(false)
+                .bitmapConfig(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888).build()).proceed()
+        }
+        val result = chain.proceed()
+        if (request.allowHardware && result is ErrorResult &&
+            HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(result.throwable)) {
+            softwareRequired.set(true)
+            return chain.withRequest(request.newBuilder().allowHardware(false)
+                .bitmapConfig(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888).build()).proceed()
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageModuleCoil.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageModuleCoil.kt
index 96193fe45f7..32a0551c7ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageModuleCoil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ImageModuleCoil.kt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ object ImageLoader {
             /** Pass interceptors with care, unnecessary passing tokens to servers
             or image hosting services causes unauthorized exceptions **/
             .components {
+                add(ImageCompatibilityInterceptor())
                 add(OkHttpNetworkFetcherFactory(callFactory = { buildDefaultClient(context) }))
                 if (isBrokenHardware) {
                     add(BitmapFactoryDecoder.Factory())
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/HardwareImageFailureTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/HardwareImageFailureTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92ca16cd6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/HardwareImageFailureTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils
+
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class HardwareImageFailureTest {
+    @Test fun recoversAllocationFailureWithoutModelDetection() {
+        assertTrue(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IllegalStateException("failed to allocate hardware Bitmap!")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun recoversWrappedSoftwareCanvasFailure() {
+        assertTrue(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IOException("decode failed",
+            IllegalArgumentException("Software rendering does not support hardware bitmaps"))))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun doesNotRetryHttpFailuresAsDecodeFailures() {
+        assertFalse(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IOException("HTTP 403")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun doesNotRetryOutOfMemoryEvenWhenWrappedByHardwareError() {
+        assertFalse(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IllegalStateException("hardware bitmap",
+            OutOfMemoryError("heap exhausted"))))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun doesNotRetryCancellation() {
+        assertFalse(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(CancellationException("hardware bitmap request cancelled")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun recoversGraphicBufferAllocationFailure() {
+        assertTrue(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IllegalStateException("GraphicBuffer allocation failed")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun recoversAHardwareBufferFailure() {
+        assertTrue(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IllegalStateException("AHardwareBuffer allocation failed")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun rejectsUnrelatedDecodeFailure() {
+        assertFalse(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(IllegalArgumentException("Invalid image data")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun doesNotRetryFatalErrors() {
+        assertFalse(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(StackOverflowError("hardware bitmap")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun terminatesForCyclicCauseChains() {
+        val first = IllegalStateException("hardware bitmap allocation failed")
+        val second = IllegalArgumentException("decode failed")
+        first.initCause(second)
+        second.initCause(first)
+        assertTrue(HardwareImageFailure.isRecoverable(first))
+    }
+}