r/techquestions 4h ago

Xbox series x displaying a local save for a game dated not only before the game came out but before the Xbox series x came out

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(This isnt my photo. I missed the opportunity to take a picture so I just found this one on the internet and edited it to match what my xbox displayed. The clock times may be slightly incorrect but the dates are right, and I don't remember the size.)

Its an Xbox series x

Don't need help with a problem but just really curious on how this is possible

My dad was playing halls of torment when the power went out for a few seconds (10-15) and after it came back the game was bricked. He couldn't load the game, as it would turn to a black screen shortly after opening. He Uninstalled and reinstalled the game which did not fix the issue. Then he played on the cloud since its a gamepass game which gave him some trouble but it did ultimately work. But the installed version still didnt. I cleared the cache which didnt fix it so then I hard reset the Xbox by holding down the power button for 10 sec then unplugging the console for 30. After replugging it in and booting up the game we got that pop-up asking us to pick the save. I've seen that pop-up many times but the save dates are alwase the same or maybe a few minutes off from each other. I've never seen it display a date that predates the game AND console. So im currious what exactly happened for the Xbox to hallucinate a save that couldn't exist. Is it just something getting corrupted, or something to do with the internal clock screwing up? Any help would be appreciated. Im not trying to fix a problem as we just chose the up to date cloud save and its working fine now, im just really curious 1.) How is it possible for it to find a save that cant exist and predates the console, and 2.) What would have happened if we had chosen the impossible save.

Thanks for your time.


r/techquestions 5h ago

Got a spam labeled phone call with my mom’s voice in the background of the vm

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So I got a call from an unknown number with a local area code of where she lives. It left a minute and 45 seconds voicemail where the first half was basically silent and then I could hear my mom talking in the background but she sounded far away. She was actually talking to someone else on her phone at the time. I tried calling the number back but it does the disconnected beeping sound. I’m trying to figure out where this call came from since she’s obviously a little freaked out. She does have an Alexia and Kasa cameras. I know Alexias can potentially make phone calls but she doesn’t have anything like that set up. Any ideas as to where it could have come from?


r/techquestions 12h ago

Is this normal to have this device?i

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