Hey Carl, not sure if I fully understand what you are writing, but it sounds like the Alexa is connecting to your network, but it is not connecting to the Internet. I think you are saying that when it tries to connect you lose Wifi connection to your phone and the app locks up. Ok, I think maybe, you are having an IP conflict. If the Alexa is trying to get the IP addr that your phone is using, in wifi mode, then that may happen. So, I would probably look at the DHCP on router, first to see if you have enough addr in the pool and then to see in the Client if the Alexa is trying to grab a duplicate IP. You might trying taking your phone off the local wifi completely and see if the echo will work. This is just some ideas. Good luck.