Mighty Mouse Lost its Touch Sensitivity

After cleaning the roller ball on my wireless Mighty Mouse its lost ability to have multiple functions. I reset my preferences and still no luck. I now have to set my mouse to only have one primary click for it to work at all. I think the thing is just broken, but maybe someone can help me out.

Sorry mate, don't know. But, if you have AppleCare on your Mac, realise that that warranty extends to most other Apple products that you use with your Mac. This includes your Mighty Mouse and Apple wifi devices if you had any. If you have AppleCare on the Mac, call up AppleCare and initiate a repair which would likely just turn out to be an exchange since they don't repair Mighty Mouse.
The number is 1-800-APL-CARE

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