u/ElegantDemand4801

hello! recently starting about wednesday (9/30) i’ve noticed problems with my phone/ service. has anyone else had any issues lately? i’ve noticed my cell service will go from 4 bars to 3 to 2 to 1 all in the same spot of my house which has never happened before. when i am out and not connected to wifi i sometimes get texts 3-6 minutes late, along with notifications from life360, snapchat, etc.

for context, i am on iphone 16 p*o (it wouldn’t let me post with the word not redacted). i have not updated to ios 27 as i do not have enough storage. i was going to upgrade to the iphone 18 p*o but ive seen a lot of problems with the new phones in general. any help??

Hello! Recently I had something happen with my apple account (you can see the post on my profile). Although I do know what happened and it was a mistake but I am still worried. Since that happened I realized just how reliant I am on my phone (phone #, passwords, banking, etc.).

I always set up 2 FA, I have my e-sim locked, I generally don’t post on social media (reddit is the most i’ve posted really), I try not to download things I don’t know, I keep internet traffic to a minimum (social media, paying bills online, the normal stuff).

So, are there any tips you have for someone who is worried about cybersecurity? I am possibly looking to change emails to a safer email, changing my router to help protect it better, or anything you can suggest! I just don’t know where to start so please help!

Edit: sorry to add a question, I mostly play games on my Ipad, and occasionally sims on my mac (i just deleted the mods i had cause i realized how dangerous that was). Should I delete games from my devices as well to help?

Hello! I am coming on here to ask about my 2023 toyota camry transmission. I bought my car at 46k miles a little over a year ago. After I bought it I noticed that when I would go to a rolling stop and press the gas pedal my car would “hiccup” (I think that’s the term to use). I just saw a tik tok about toyotas and their 8 speed transmissions and apparently my car has one.

I just took my car to the mechanic on friday cause I thought my transmission was getting worse but no codes came up and he said he thought it was “just the way the car shifted.” He recommended a transmission fluid change since i’m almost at 60k miles, which I was planning on doing soon anyway. I did not go to the dealership cause their diagnostic test was more expensive. I was wondering, should I go to the dealership and get it diagnosed there and see if they can help me in anyway?

I still have the powertrain warranty since i’m only at 56k miles and I need to go to the dealership anyway to get my oil changed soon. What do you think is the best way to go about this? I’m just trying to take the best care of this car so it will last me!

Edit: I looked and have the UB80 transmission, I wish I would have known this before buying the car. I thought toyota was the best 😭

Hello! I have never had this happen and i was wondering if anybody had ever had it happen to them? I woke up this morning to an email saying my apple pay on my macbook was suspended. It was weird so i tried to charge my computer (haven’t used it much since i graduated grad school). As i was putting my macbook password in it restarted and went into macOS recovery mode.

I didn’t even know this was a thing and this is the 2nd macbook i’ve owned. When it went into recovery mode apple sent me an email saying my macbook was locked but i never locked it? On find my it is perfectly fine!

I checked my devices on my apple account, all devices I know and there have been no other emails. I called apple and they confirmed that nothing has been changed or updated. They told me to change my apple password and log back into my macbook and do recovery as well as change my login password for my MacBook. Any clue as to what this could be or any advice?