Troubleshooting
When guests can’t upload, the wall freezes on the venue TV, or the QR won’t scan.
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Guests can't upload photos — fix it now
The five most common reasons a guest's upload fails and how to fix each one in under 60 seconds: cellular signal, photo size, browser quirks, hitting the upload limit, and the rare server-side issue.
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Photo wall not updating live — what to check
When the wall has frozen on a stale image and new approved photos aren't appearing, walk this checklist: connection, browser tab, full-screen state, and the rare real-time-sync issue.
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QR code not scanning — fixes and prevention
When guests can't scan the QR code, it's one of five issues: contrast, size, lighting, paper finish, or a phone too old to recognize QR codes natively. Diagnose and fix each in under a minute.
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Forgotten password or locked out of your account
How to reset your password, what happens when you're locked out after too many attempts, and how to recover access when you've lost access to your sign-in email address.
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Wrong template applied to your event
Coming soonIf your event was created with the wrong template — Gala selected instead of Wedding, for example — here's how to switch without disrupting uploads already in progress.
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Wall display goes blank or crashes mid-event
When the venue screen freezes, goes black, or shows an error mid-event, here's the 60-second recovery protocol — and the device-level configuration that prevents this from happening in the first place.
Keep exploring.
- Getting started Create your first event, invite your team, and have a wall on a screen by tonight.
- Wall setup Templates, presentation modes, 4K projectors, and how to pause without dropping uploads.
- Team & permissions Roles, invites, per-event access, and the audit log every event lead asks for.
- Guest experience The upload flow, moderation queue, custom fields, and the screen guests actually see.
- Branding & white-label Event name, accent color, sponsor logos, and removing Fotowall attribution on Pro.
- Billing & plans Plan comparison, how to upgrade, what happens to your data after you cancel.
- API & integrations For dev teams: read-only API, webhooks, and the integrations on our roadmap.
Still stuck on troubleshooting?
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