GoKawiilEdgar Cervantes / Android Authority
I’ve been into tech for as long as I can remember, and have essentially been my family’s tech support go-to since I was about twelve years old. Nearly three decades later, I still find myself occasionally being asked to look at people’s computers, phones, smart TVs, and the list goes on.
As you can imagine, I’ve encountered a wide range of problems in that time. Some of them were real issues, others were a bit stranger. With that in mind, I wanted to take a look at some of the funniest, silliest, or just strangest tech problems I’ve encountered over the years. While most of these so-called problems were user errors, others were just funny glitches or mysteries that I have yet to solve even today.
Grandma and the ‘glitching’ computer monitor
Harley Maranan / Android Authority
The year is 2001, and I’m a teenager. I had rebuilt an older computer for my grandma as a replacement for her aging word processor. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically like a computer/typewriter hybrid that is very limited in function.
She tried hard to learn, but never quite got it. I got all sorts of fun calls back in those days, but my favorite was when she called and said, “Andy, I went away from my computer for just fifteen minutes. When I returned, there were all these lines bouncing around, and all these weird glitches on my screen.” I replied to my grandma, “Move the mouse”. Her screen protector was set to turn on after fifteen minutes. Problem solved!
Fixing my mom’s slow phone problems
Ryan Haines / Android Authority
My mom told me her Motorola phone was getting too slow. I usually try to do maintenance on it about every six months or so, but it had been a while. I opened up her phone to figure out the problem. As it turns out, she had over 150 apps installed, many of them running at the same time, and was completely out of extra space.
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