Phone charging vs wifi

[joeewhite]

The other day I was going to bed and plugged in my phone... A few seconds later my phone beeped to inform me my wifi had stopped... I checked the WiFi router and it showed everything was a-ok... No one I the house had wifi so I reset the wifi, phone in hand and returnedto bed... Plugged my phone back in and seconds later the wifi was out again so I went to my routers address and reset it from my phone... It restarted connected to the internet and was immediately off-line again... I unplugged my phone and went to investigate, by the time I got to the location of my wifi it was running as smoothly as ever... Walked back to my room and again plugged in my phone when my better half informed me seconds later the wifi was out again... I unplugged my phone and waited.. She let me know the wifi was up and running again... I plugged my phone in again and asked what about now and she said nope it's down again... I had to turn off my phone to charge and to have Wi-Fi at the same time... Any ideas?

 

[lvt]

Never happened to me.

And this thing should never happen, a smartphone can't interfere with a Wi-Fi network. There must be something abnormal in your house

 

[joeewhite]

Never happened to me.

And this thing should never happen, a smartphone can't interfere with a Wi-Fi network. There must be something abnormal in your house

It only happens when I plug in my phone... I think it may be my charger itself and not the phone as I've had the phone a long time with no issues however my charger broke a few days ago and i replaced it... Side note I did not know your user status reset... I'm a newbie again I guess after 5 years absence it makes sense

 

[lvt]

It only happens when I plug in my phone... I think it may be my charger itself and not the phone as I've had the phone a long time with no issues however my charger broke a few days ago and i replaced it...

Do you actually use some Wi-Fi extenders that plug in the wall outlets in your house?

 

[joeewhite]

Do you actually use some Wi-Fi extenders that plug in the wall outlets in your house?

Nothing has been changed with the wifi... I just retried it from another part of the house with the charger and sure enough the rest of the household was moaning within seconds of plugging it in... I unplugged my phone and the WiFi started working again... I have repeated this test through different parts of the house with the same result... I plug in my phone the wifi stops working I unplug it it starts working again and i tried other chargers and its the same now any charger I plug into with my phone the wifi stops... I'm planning to spot check tomorrow to see if I can isolate the reason... But as far as I'm aware the device can't interfere however I'm able to repeat the test with the same result... Guess I won't be able to play Kotor while the phone charges anymore

 

[ocnbrze]

reboot your wifi router and even your modem

 

[joeewhite]

reboot your wifi router and even your modem

I have on 3 occasions I'm racking my brain trying too figure out how this is happening... I know that I don't have any apps of unknown sources that might possibly be causing the issue the only apps on my phone are the games I've playedfor a very long time and code writing apps I've had for years

 

[Hadron]

Are we sure this isn't a faulty charger somehow messing up the phone? It sounds to me like the phone loses WiFi when plugged in, nothing more - I've not read anything that suggests a problem with the WiFi.

What if you try a different cable with the charger?