0 Use your Android Phone as a wireless(via bluetooth and WiFi) remote(mouse & keyboard) for your computer

Do you have a lot of presentation work or need a wireless input solution to type to surf around your PC ?
Did you try your Android phone as a wireless mouse and keyboard
If you have bluetooth or Wi-Fi in your laptop and your Android smartphone . Just check out the below guide , on how to set up your laptop/computer(P.C or MAC) operate on inputs from Android phone .
While there are couple of application available on the web which allow this functionality , but PRemoteDroid is one of the easiest to set up .
The other options are
RemoteDroid (works with WiFi only )
PaDroid (works without WiFi and Bluetooth , over the internet )

Check out the features of PRemoteDroid :

• Use touchscreen of Android phone as mouse
• Use keyboard of your Android phone to input text to PC
• Screen Capture functionality gives you the direct look of the computer screen on your mobile device to see the pointer position , for high precision , in case you are quite far and cannot see the mouse of monitor(can be toggled on/off)
• File Explorer which lets you surf files on your computer directly from your device and also open them on computer screen directly from your device .( you don't even need to look at the monitor to open files , just browse via phone and tap to open )
• Dedicated mouse buttons , left click , right click and scroll button .
• Ability to scroll page by scrolling the right most column of the phone's screen .
• Also supports the *click* audio and haptic feedback via vibration.

The service need two software's a server on your computer and a client app on your Android mobile phone :

1. Download PC/MAC software HERE  (You also need Java SE Runtime Environment 1.5 or higher version installed on your Computer. Get it here.) and install them .
2. Download Android app from Market via QR code below

Starting the PremoteDroid setup :

•  Unzip the  "PRemoteDroid-Server.zip" file and place it somewhere you can access it anytime you need , there is a PremoteDroid-Server.jar file and a PremoteDroid-Server.exe file and few more system files . Just open any of the PremoteDroid-Server files ,it can be seen in taskbar .
• Turn On your Bluetooth and Wifi ( whatever you plan to use ) on both ends and keep phones WiFi as discoverable to be on a safer end . Pair them and connect them via the Bluetooth wizard .
• Now install the Android app from Market . Open it > Go to Connections Add new > prefer Bluetooth (select bluetooth) > leave the password intact in mobile app as well as PC , and if you do change , do it for both PC and phone with same password, Name the connection as your wish , and add your computers bluetooth address by clicking Edit , this will bring in a list of bluetooth devices in range . Enable your phones Bluetooth before following this step .

If you cannot find the address follow the guide here on how to find bluetooth address on PC and Mac Now Enter this address in the Connections menu in Android phone and remember to save it .
Check if your Bluetooth Server is running on computer , by right clicking on the icon in taskbar and selecting in the menu . If it shows 'ON'its fine, if says "OFF " you need to check your bluetooth connection on computer .
You can share your view and doubts about the app in comments . We would be glad to add more knowledge to database .

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