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The Sonim XP3 Plus uses Android 11 Go, which unfortunately suffers form a bug that prevents virtual mice from being able to click (some Google dev accidentally set non-touch devices to get filtered out when finding where a virtual mouse click event was received). It was fixed in Android 12 Go and was supposed to be backported to Android 11 Go quite a while ago. The dev behind matvt said he cannot find a workaround.

Unfortunately, I think it's pretty unlikely this phone will ever be updated far enough along to see that patch if it hasn't already. Sad reality is dumbphones (or any cheap Android phones, really) rarely get any updates beyond what comes with them.

If the virtual mouse function is critical for you, I'd recommend returning the phone and getting either a regular Sonim XP3, Schok Classic (NOT the Schok Flip, which also runs Android 11 Go) or something with a touch screen, like the CAT S22.

    7 days later

    • YyocLevel 1 - Junior Member

      • Post #99

      darren051 the switchboard app works fine as a mouse on the xp3+

      • okok replied to this.
          a month later

          appsphoarflip Hi - Do you have any technical details on where this fix was done in Android 12? I just bought a Sonim XP3Plus and this is a real bummer 🙁
          I intend taking a look at that code and seeing what the issue is myself and perhaps even reaching out to Sonim. No promises but any technical details you have (github issues, commits etc) would be great. Surely this virtual mouse thing is fixable.

            seamus

            appsphoarflip Here's literally the patch that broke virtual mice in all Android 11 variants for anyone interested: [Login to see the link]

            I wonder if this Ryan W Lin knows how much premature e-waste his tiny code change will be responsible for -.-

                  Just for anyone else trying to get this working, I downloaded, built and installed the version of the virtual mouse at [Login to see the link] and it seems to work so far. Still testing it. This repo is a fork that was kindly done by someone and I am not sure if it has been merged back into the main repo, or it just worked for me because of some random cosmic event. Might be worth another look though. Scrolling does work but I can select chats in WhatsApp 🙂

                    Biden2020prez Thanks! I may take a further look at this, but as you see below, I found a build that works for me initially anyway... and yes, I would hate to be that guy. Been there, got the t-shirt 🙂

                        sdmde click the link he posted, goto 7 tags on top, click on releases, download the akpk.

                            yoc Switchboard app barely clicks any buttons on the Schok Flip.

                              a month later

                              seamus Hey, guys. Anyone with the XP3+ confirm this is still fully working? This may be my next device if so. 🙂

                                20 days later
                                15 days later

                                Thanks guys so much for all of the effort here! Unfortunately [Login to see the link] I tried the custom apk and did not have any success getting clicks to work on my xp3plus.

                                Where can I find the switchboard app that I see referenced in this and other threads?

                                Hi, just checking in.

                                Did anyone in the end figure out a way to have a functional clicking mouse on xp3900?

                                  Mongol I currently have the 1.03 version installed and I could move it but I can't click it

                                    2 months later

                                    Same issue here with Sonim xp3900 or xp3+, can't click anything - the mouse is moving around