Thursday, February 8, 2018

How to turn your Android smartphone into a computer mouse

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If you are tired of using your laptop's trackpad but you do not have an extra mouse, or you run out of mouse batteries that you normally use with your computer, do not despair. There's an ingenious solution that can get you out of trouble: what if you're using your smartphone mouse? Of course, this will be a wireless mouse.

Steps to follow:

1.In order for your Android device to be a mouse for your computer, you need to download a specific application, RemoteDroid. To do this, go to the Play Store, search for "RemoteDroid" (without the quotes) and follow the necessary steps to download and install it on a mobile device. Do not open first


2. After installing RemoteDroid on your smartphone, you also need to install a desktop version on your computer, so that your phone and computer can communicate and understand what your new relationship is. Visit www.remotedroid.net and download the program by clicking the button marked "Download Server App". You already have both devices with everything they need.


3.On the computer, extract the zip file you have downloaded by double clicking on it. Next, go to the created folder and locate the RemoteDroidServer.jar file. Double-click to start the server application. This will open a window that will show us a series of data: it designates an IP address


4. Go back to your Android device and search the RemoteDroid app in the app list. Open it by pressing it. You will see an empty space that says "IP address below". Copy the IP address number you copied when launching the app on your computer and click the "Connect" button. Wait a few seconds until the connection is established.


5. When your PC and smartphone are connected, you will see the phone screen as an interface that will tell you how you can use the phone to control the computer. In addition to the space to be used as a Touchpad, you will have the right and left mouse buttons equivalent. The app also allows you to open the keyboard and write directly from the device.