$5 part saves data from phone that was literally thrown under a bus

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$5 part saves data from phone that was literally thrown under a bus

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Huh. I never knew you could use a USB dongle to connect a mouse to an Android device.

http://www.cnet.com/news/5-dollar-part- ... -by-a-bus/
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Good to know!
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Nice. I didn't know that either.
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Okay, I tried it today on my Moto-X Android phone (I had a micro USB to female full size USB adapter I'd bought for connecting flash drives to my tablet).

It DOES work! Worked with both a hard wired and a wireless mouse. As soon as you plug the mouse in, you get a mouse pointer on the screen that works exactly like the touch interface.
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