I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon. When my cell phone rings, the cursor on my computer screen moves around by itself and I lose control of my mouse. Just now I tried calling my cell phone and my mouse stops working, especially if I’m waving the cell phone near my mouse. Why is this happening? I’m worried that the cell phone may be doing even worse things to my computer’s innards.
Wireless mouse?
Cell phones, especially GSM phones emit a lot of radio frequency energy. They’re actually allowed under FCC rules to cause interference, and it is up to the decive being affected by the interference to be designed properly to reject it.
In any case, no permanent damage will occur to your computer. Just keep the cell phone further away.
With my old cell phone I always new when the phone was going to ring a second or two before it did. My monitor would start to shimmer rainbow colors if I had the cell phone beneath it and it was about to start ringing.
They’re he-e-e-re.
And the call is coming from inside the house.
OR
You could leave it near your computer, and keep ringing it (but turn vibrate off and silent on) when other people are using your computer.
It’s not a wireless mouse. It’s a regular old-fashioned mouse, with a rubber ball and everything. That’s what’s so weird. The phone was at least 4 feet from the cpu, and the cursor doesn’t jump around unless I’m waving the phone.
I had the same thing happen in my old apartment but it stopped when I moved to a new place. Same computer. Same phone. I keep my phone in the same place on my desk and everything. No idea why it doesn’t happen anymore.