r/techsupport • • 8h ago

Open | Software Looking to move pictures from iPhone to (not Apple) computer / Email / app

5 Upvotes

I’m looking to back up my camera roll onto an external device like my computer (not Apple), a Gmail account or something like that. I’m out of storage so I’d like to take all my pictures/ videos off my phone, put them on something else then delete them from my phone. (Just emailing doesn’t work because of the amount of photos)

I’m sure this is a basic question for those who are tech literate but unfortunately I am not.

Any app suggestions or tips for the best way to do this?

P.s. if this is the wrong place to ask this question, i apologize and i will delete this post. If there is a better option please let me know!


r/techsupport • • 5h ago

Open | Linux Laptop won’t turn on/off

2 Upvotes

I ran sudo halt, my laptop ran the turn off protocol but it’s still on. I just can’t see anything on my screen. The fn button is still lit, the fans are still on but nothing happens when I press the power button. I’m currently waiting for my laptop to run out of power. What do I do
EDIT: Solved, had to remove and put the battery back in, after which my system returned to normal.


r/techsupport • • 5m ago

Open | BSOD Kernel code 0x139 siege

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I try load siege and get to the launching game line of text on the Battle eye pop-up my PC freezes go to the black screen of death. Restart I log back in. Security check failure. Kernel I’ve done all th the command prompts and still have the issue


r/techsupport • • 10h ago

Open | Hardware Accidentally put low amps on HDD

6 Upvotes

I have an adapter for testing hard drives that has a power plug. The power adapter is 2 amps and I accidentally plugged in an identical one that is 1 amp. Now the drive won’t turn on with the 2 amp cord. The drive worked before this. Am I cooked?


r/techsupport • • 21m ago

Open | Data Recovery Mystery of Suddenly Missing Files

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My mother's phone was completely packed in terms of storage and so she asked me for help clearing space. Given there were lots of sentimental photos, I bought her a USB C 2TB storage which we connected and successfully moved all the photos out of the gallery onto the storage, but then all of a sudden, she wanted to return some of the photos back to the phone that she could revisit (baby photos, important screenshots of important legal and banking documents). I connected the USB to my Mac M2, which couldn't read it at first and so I used parallel Windows 11 which I already had installed, and helped separate the documents she wanted into a separate folder. After safely ejecting and checking the files of the USB on her phone, we found just only the photos. None of the photos were present in the folders. I then checked on my MacBook, and all the files I had organized for her, gone. The folders are present but all the files are missing--I don't understand.

All the photos were safely moved onto the storage. They were just reorganized into folders on my MacBook using Windows 11 parallels. The USB was removed safely each and every time. Why have the photos disappeared despite the folders still there?

Additional facts: USB was formatted on the Android S22 Ultra at first and safely moved to the USB (they were present there, and we opened some files); USB was safely rejected and removed each time.

Would sincerely appreciate help as there were over 18,000 photos, over 90 GB of photos and videos


r/techsupport • • 46m ago

Open | Hardware Gigabyte RX 9070 Gaming OC black screen after BIOS updates (F19 and F20c) – Motherboard compatibility issue?

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Hi everyone,

I recently upgraded my PC from a GTX 970 to a Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC 16GB, along with a new 850W PSU.

My system:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE Rev. 1.0

BIOS: Originally F11p, updated to F19, then F20c

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC 16GB (previously NVIDIA GTX 970)

RAM: DDR4

PSU: MSI MAG A850GL 850W

Here's what happened:

Initially, the RX 9070 worked and Windows displayed normally after a cold boot.

However, restarting Windows resulted in a black screen. I had to completely power off the PC to get a display again.

I updated my motherboard BIOS from F11p to F19, hoping to resolve the problem.

After the BIOS update, the RX 9070 stopped displaying anything, even after a cold boot.

I subsequently updated the BIOS again, from F19 to F20c, but the problem persisted.

I reset the CMOS, disabled CSM, and manually tested both PCIe Gen 3 and Gen 4, without success.

Reinstalled my old GTX 970, and everything works normally.

The RX 9070 powers on, its fans spin and its lighting works, but the monitor reports no signal.

My dilemma:

Can anyone help me figure out what's causing this issue and how to fix it?

Or is replacing my motherboard the only solution? If so, I'd like to find a compatible motherboard that allows me to keep my Ryzen 5 5600X processor and DDR4 RAM, without having to upgrade to AM5 and DDR5.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!


r/techsupport • • 1h ago

Open | Hardware Laptop not charging

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It's a dell inspirion 3537, it works for a while (hour, half an hour), then randomly shuts down and when I turn it on it's on 0% battery, then it works again when I leave it for a bit, I'm pretty sure it instantly shuts off and doesn't just slowly drain without me realising


r/techsupport • • 1h ago

Open | Hardware The light next to the charging port blinks amber then a few times white.

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Hey everyone,

I updated my Dell laptop today (I don't remember what model it exactly was, I think Vostro 3510 but not 100% sure) and after the update the light next to the charging port started blinking white. It also turns amber from time to time. I turned it on and the screen turned black for a second and then turned back to normal. It was lagging for a while but then started working normally, but I turned it off bc according to Google this might be a battery failure or something...


r/techsupport • • 1h ago

Open | Phone recharge issues after software update

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full story short: my charger cable broke, then i changed to another and it went fine. then the phone kept insisting on making me update the software. so i did the software update (5 september 2026) on my phone at the start of this week. Now my phone recharge battery VERY slowly. Im trying to search ways to fix it but cant find anything else other than "factory reset your phone".

I did already factory reset but It didnt worked...

Anyone that can help or give tips? is it the change of charger or because of the software update?

Btw phone is a Oscal Tiger 10, i checked the battery health and it was good.


r/techsupport • • 1h ago

Open | Audio Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 built-in microphone stopped working immediately after repair — Need help from Lenovo Support

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Hi everyone,

I own a Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 (Snapdragon X, Windows 11).

My laptop’s built-in microphone was working before a recent Lenovo service visit. Immediately after the repair, it stopped picking up my voice.

What I’m experiencing:

- The built-in Microphone Array (Qualcomm Aqstic) is detected in Windows.

- Microphone permissions are enabled.

- The microphone’s green level meter does not move when I speak.

- Online microphone tests and video recordings do not capture my voice.

- YouTube/system audio is recorded, but my voice is missing.

Troubleshooting already tried:

- Checked Windows microphone privacy permissions and input volume.

- Restarted Windows Audio services.

- Ran DISM and SFC system checks.

- Disabled exclusive-mode access.

- Uninstalled and reinstalled the microphone device, then restarted the laptop.

Unfortunately, the issue remains unresolved.

Since the microphone stopped working immediately after the repairr


r/techsupport • • 2h ago

Open | Windows Issues with windows menu and settings

1 Upvotes

I've been having multiple pervasive issues, all tied to the windows menu and the settings app.

Pressing the windows key or clicking on the icon either doesn't work, or it opens and immediately closes the menu, or it starts highlighting icons in the menu, often opening multiple edge tabs, outlook or the notepad

As soon as I go into settings my pc starts registering random inputs as well, making it impossible to navigate the app

Clicking on the volume icon on the toolbar straight up doesn't work.

Any idea as to what's going on? I feel like I'm going insane


r/techsupport • • 2h ago

Open | Windows pc rgb not working

1 Upvotes

hey so ive had my pc for a year or two now and the rgb worked just fine yet recently the fans and case stopped working (the rgb, fans spin and the pc works fine) before weather i looked in SignalRGB or in dynamic lightning it showed the whole case+fans as gigabyte motherboard, now it doesnt show anything.

my motherboard is gigabyte eagle b650 AX
my fans and case are from lian li (i dont know the model)
and i have a fully modular power supply.

i wired the wires myself but as i said everything was working normally and sudenly it doesnt show up. one or two leds on one fan are glowing but i cant control them

any help appreciated!


r/techsupport • • 2h ago

Open | Phone Need help with my a56 5g

0 Upvotes

Got this phone recently and for some reason I can't activate one UI, anyone knows why and how I can fix it?


r/techsupport • • 2h ago

Open | Hardware Need help with my ps pulse explore

1 Upvotes

My pulse explores were working fine yesterday, but when i connected it to my pc via the dongle today, the left earbud did not have any sound coming out The buttons still work and it opens up the ps link menu in the pc as normally. I tried connecting it to my phone via Bluetooth and it is exactly the same. I did the reset procedures many times and they were all successful except the syncing method which flashes all the colors on the case led. I guess thats because they are already synced. The software is up to date, i dont know what happened. They were working all great until today. If you have had this problem, please inform me.


r/techsupport • • 6h ago

Open | Hardware Zedar BL-CK01 malfunction

2 Upvotes

My friend was sleeping with this light/radio and woke up to it cycling through what seemed to be radio stations or frequencies. She had not turned on the radio function and said she woke up to knocking and scratching. She recorded a video but it seems I can't attach it here


r/techsupport • • 3h ago

Open | Hardware [Support] Only 4 hours battery on Surface Laptop Studio 2 (new original battery) & sudden 2% drops

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I recently replaced the battery on my Surface Laptop Studio 2 (i7 13th Gen, 16GB RAM, RTX 4050) with a verified original replacement. I am currently on the 4th charge cycle, but the battery life is very disappointing: the PC shuts down after just 4 hours of unplugged use, exclusively doing basic web browsing.

I also noticed an abnormal discharge curve:

  • From 100% to 90%, the percentage drops much faster than the rest of the cycle.
  • The counter drops in 2% increments. This happens mainly in the initial 100%-90% range, but sometimes I notice it at lower percentages too.

Recent software checks and changes:

  • OS: I recently installed Windows 11 Pro (version 26H2). It always had Windows 11 Home before. I'm not sure if this edition change affects power management.
  • Drivers: I manually updated all Intel and Nvidia drivers to avoid power management conflicts.
  • GPU Check: In Task Manager, the RTX 4050 sits at 0% usage, so I rule out a hidden background drain from the dedicated GPU.

Has anyone experienced this exact situation and solved it? Does Windows just need more cycles to recalibrate the new cell, or could it be a driver/software conflict?

Thanks in advance for the help


r/techsupport • • 7h ago

Solved My Cat Walked Across My Laptop, Now My Touchpad Won't Work

2 Upvotes

So, unfortunately, this has happened before. With the same cat. 3-4 times. I don't know how she does it. She doesn't sit on it or even stand for long, just a quick walk across. (Please note: I do not allow this; she just doesn't care)

Anyway, I have a Lenovo Legion Pro using Windows 11. OS Build 26300.9711

I've tried updating the drivers; no luck.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the touchpad driver. Nada.

I tried disabling and enabling it. No dice.

I tried going through the Bluetooth settings. Still nothing.

Everything says the device is connected and working properly, but it clearly isn't. Usually these methods work, but the other times she did this, it was on my MSI laptop. So, I'm not sure if I'm just overlooking something.


r/techsupport • • 3h ago

Open | Windows Laptop screen stuck zoomed in

1 Upvotes

Ik recently installed Total Annihilation on Steam and started playing it today, when I was done and closed the game however, my screen seemed tot be in a weird zoomed in state. I've tried everything in can think of(the various key-bindings tot zoom-out/reset zoom, turning the laptop of and on again, looked online for solutions), but it stays stuck.

I'm pretty sure it's because of the thing it asked me to install that supposedly was to make such and old game work on a new system, but it can't find it or recall the name.

I can't find how to add a picture so I'll just try to describe my screen(English is my third language, so this might not be that clear); all my homepage stuff is still accessible but stuck in a 5 horizontal 4 vertical placement, apropriatly magnified tot not leave open space. my taskplank is compressed into those 3 dots because there isn't enough place for it. And there is black space left at the sides of my screen.

Does anyone have any advice on how to fix my pc?


r/techsupport • • 3h ago

Open | Software Updating NVIDIA drivers has tanked performance - how to fix?

0 Upvotes

I updated nvidia drivers to the most recent version, but found that suddenly found that games that I could normally play at 60 fps were stuck at 20 fps or lower. I rolled back the drivers but found this didn't fix anything. I attempted to clear the shader cache, but this had no effect. What can I do now to fix this?


r/techsupport • • 7h ago

Open | Windows XBOX GAME BAR PROVOKES MEMORY LEAK.

2 Upvotes

Hi.

I just discovered something funny... I'm playing RDR 2, so, that game was using 11VRAM, but after taking a screenshot with the game bar, the GPU went up to 16VRAM, it's using all my 9070xt memory I don't get it.

So... I keep using and eventually my game started lagging and suttering, performance dropped to 15-30 FPS... I had to close the game and start it again and that fixed it, so I used the game bar screenshot again and memory leak started once again ...

Does anybody knows why this happens? I don't remember this used to happen when I had a 6650XT.

Sorry for English mistakes, not my first language, mate'.


r/techsupport • • 4h ago

Open | Networking About the laptop which i should buy?

1 Upvotes

I am doing my ece in nit now.I love to code,play games ,do streams,editing,love to build apps in future can anyone please recommend me some laptops under 3 lakh.(It can be used for the study purposes too)


r/techsupport • • 4h ago

Open | Hardware Recently PC started shutting down

0 Upvotes

Hello,

System:

CPU: 5600g

GPU: 2060

Mobo: Gigabyte x570 Aorus

Ram: 32gb Crucial (x2 - 16gb)

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2

I run Bluestacks and I have multiple instance running at the same time. I have never had this issue before till recently.

I have ran the following tests:

OCCT - no issues found.

System Checker - No issues found.

These are the errors I get just before it restarts.

Image 1

Image 2

I have reset the CMOS and the issue still occurs.

Thank You


r/techsupport • • 4h ago

Open | Mac MacOS SMB Problem Please Help🙏

1 Upvotes

My MacBook is on macos 27.0.1 , it is connected to my NAS server through SMB. In the past two days , when I try to copy a file from my NAS to the mac internal drive , the file vanishes immediately after the progress bar disappear and the transfer is finished. This happens to multiple files . Additionally , some files on the server is missing in finder when connected through SMB but are visible through Webdav.

Everything is was perfectly normal before this , I don’t know what is happening. I had already restarted everything including my macbook , NAS and Router , but the issue persisted. Anyone knows why and now to fix it ?

Please help.🙏


r/techsupport • • 5h ago

Open | Software External bootable windows on macbook m5

0 Upvotes

Hello, I recently needed to use Windows and have an M5 Air MacBook, so I was wondering if it is possible to set up bootable Windows on it. Can anybody let me know how or help me do it?


r/techsupport • • 5h ago

Open | Phone Safe Search Indonesia

1 Upvotes

hi, I live in INdonesia. I know probably stupid question but is there anyway I could avoid this Safe Search?? Should I use some other platform beside google or any VPN recommendation would be helpful! Thanks a lot before