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Question for those of you with this phone: will a bluetooth mouse pair and work with it?
If it will, I will ask the folks on github if the app could be made to call on whatever function the bluetooth mouse uses to "click" on things instead of the accessibility function that got messed up in Android 11.

2 months later

I went looking for a solution here, but found everyone saying with the app it wouldn't click. But honestly, after what drfreemlizard last said, I don't think you don't need to install any of these extra apps. I have an XP3 Plus (XP3900) and yes, all you need to do is get a Bluetooth mouse. I have a battery app I that I created with the help of another developer in the Ukraine who unfortunately is busy with his own problems right now. Anyway, with the app I was able to side load it onto the phone using a USB cable from my computer (Google Play Store where my app is sold is not an option on the XP3 Plus). Unfortunately, I was unable to select some options like picking a different font or size of the number in the status bar. It defaulted to the default selection and would not let me choose anything else. I bought a cheap $8 Bluetooth mouse from Amazon which arrived today, paired it up with the phone after turning on Bluetooth and it worked just great. Was easily able to pick the option I wanted with the mouse pointer in my app. Problem solved. So yes, drfreemlizard. A Bluetooth mouse WILL pair and work with it without any other mouse app installed because I never installed any.

15 days later

That's what I did for my XP5s, and it works. I mostly used it for apps that needed a mouse cursor for initial setup options but I could then operate with keys. Smart Audiobook Player, Audible(which stopped working after the 8.1 update :_🙂, and an ebook reader, mostly to set which folder things were saved to or where my library was stored. But, having used both, I will say a software mouse is more convenient, as using a bluetooth mouse means you have to remember to keep it charged, bring it along, and hold/juggle two devices if you don't have a convenient place to set your phone down. Assuming you are using apps that need a cursor in actual operation instead of just setup.

9 days later

Whats the mouse that scolls when you go to the bottom of the screen?

18 days later

So there is still no working mouse for the XP3 plus? I bought the phone based on having so functionality to navigate with a couple third party apps. I need to learn how to code..is there a way we can pay someone to develop it?

  • yoc replied to this.
    7 days later

    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.