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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I don't have multiple languages, so I was just guessing to be honest.

But I know that, if I set the Samsung keyboard layout first and then the Google keyboard layout second on the same keyboard, the next time I exit DeX mode the Google keyboard is the one that shows on my mobile, but if I set the Samsung keyboard layout last, the Samsung keyboard is the one that shows on my mobile when I next exit DeX...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I just realized that the audio option (inside ? on the task bar) to select output between Phone and External (HDMI) has gone missing. Fortunately the Desktop Hub works perfectly. Thanks to [MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]!

Edit: BTW, I'm using CF001. I still keep my Dex Station just in case Samsung turn nasty towards 3rd party products -- like the "Orange" empire

Also: Right click on the Volume icon doesn't work either! The option is missing as well!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] anmeldung:
I tried method that was suggested by SmilerOnline,

Unfortunately no luck to use Gkeyboard or any other layout that in my case has to be Bulgarian Phonetic.

To bad...

Just to ask, becouse a lot of office and text editors are available for android.

Does any of them has integrated support for different layouts?/like online Google translate/

This is just an idea taken from maxnik1:

"I haven't found a way to add Bulgarian phonetic layout, there is only BDS.

Sometimes I use Google translate, because their text box has integrated support for phonetic layout and then use copy and paste. It's a stupid way of writing, but personally I haven't found anything better."

Thanks in advanced
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Then I guess for now, all that we can do is encourage Samsung to add support for other virtual keyboards to the DeX framework, so developers can add one line of code to their virtual keyboard apps manifest and it will just show up as a floating keyboard like Samsungs.

I find it strange that Google built Android in such a way that, if you have a physical keyboard connected, you need to have a virtual keyboard with your language set, before the keyboard layout will be correctly supported...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] corb06:
On my S8 I have to set my bluetooth keyboard layout to Swedish after every reboot. Really annoying, since I do a reboot almost every day. But this is more phone releated than DeX...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] nirsadeh2:
Samsung Dex WiFi major issue

Hi, I have samsung dex for couple of weeks and have some WiFi issues.

I have 40 MB internet, when I preform a speed test when my Note 8 is unplugged into the DEX, the results are something between 33-38 MB download and 18 MB upload.

When my device is plugged to the dex, the Download and Upload rates are decreased TO 3-6 MB (!)

Someone have an idea why does it happen ?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Marinaxs:
on fullscreen mode like teamviewer -

if i come with the mouse at bottom that slide up dex Navigation bar

how could i change that like clicking on a small icon??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] serusaert:
i returned my dex - not waiting for samsung to fix the constantly dropping ethernet issue. that's a deal killer for me as i use it for remote desktop and losing the ethernet connection every 3-5 minutes is maddening. it also sucks when streaming video from my local network. wifi works fine tho - but that's not what i bought it for.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
I have no problem with ethernet connection. Maybe your DeX was faulty or local network setup was somehow against DeX?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Android Oreo provides support for mouse capture, so that problem should go away when you have Android 8.0
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] anmeldung:
Just for advice, are there any good screen protector available for Note 8?

I asked official Samsung, they told me that still does not have official screen protector for Note 8..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Marinaxs:
that's silly because the note 8 get only early 2018 the oreo update
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Android 8.0 was the first Android version that Google added support to the framework to allow apps to capture the mouse pointer.

If Samsung tried to acheive this, it would require the developers of the apps to make modifications to their respective apps to support a Samsung proprietory feature that in a few months time would be useless, as all DeX & DeX-like devices would be running Android 8.0 anyway...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] PE_XDA:
Hello, thinking about buying a new screen and a dex. Have some questions to you experts:

- What resolutions are supported or will Dex support?

- Will the device be laggy if you use it at maximum resolution?

- What screen ratio does Dex support or will be in coming updates?

- Is there anything else to consider before purchase the new screen?

Thanks, Pelle from Sweden
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
The current supported resolution on the stable release is 1080p.

But the Oreo Beta supported resolutions are:

1600x900 (HD+),

1920x1080 (FHD/1080p),

2560x1440 (WQHD/2k).

I would recommend 1080p, 2k or 4k.

I just recently purchased a 4k display, and in the Oreo beta DeX runs fine with the added support for 2k.

The fact that the DeX station says that it supports 4k, implies that 4k support will be added when the DeX team manage to optimise the UI scaling.

As the phone already supports a resolution greater than 2k in mobile mode, it has no difficulty running at 1080p or 2k.

An aspect ratio of 16:9, seems to be the only supported aspect ratio at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] PE_XDA:
Thanks for the informative answer. So there is no relation between the aspect ratio of the screen, 16:9 and the aspect ratio of S8 and Note 8 (18.5:9) ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
No...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] BlueEffect:
Has anyone figured out how to map bluetooth keyboard input into fps games or racing games?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
That requires system level app signature.

So only Google or Samsung could provide that functionality, unless Samsung provide Desktop Hub with a system level signature to enable that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Oreo resolution geekbench benchmarks:

1600x900

2560x1440

Surprisingly, 2k gets a higher multi-core score, though single core is higher on 1600x900.

Of course, these are not running on an optimised device, so I wouldn't judge the overall performance of the device by this, but to compare the difference between the minimum resolution and the maximum resolution in DeX (on Oreo) mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dorsefrith:
Nice, can't wait for Oreo update... hope it will come soon. Thanks for the share.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Black Friday deals on the DeX station are half the original price:

https://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/sa...vMB7eEIXXdEjdUw3rAqfC9oNMOp-IiMYaAlm0EALw_wcB
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] forcedv:
So am I correct in saying that Android Oreo will allow Dex mode to run on a monitor while allowing the phone (S8) to run different apps at the same time (like the Huawei mate 10 pro)?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I think that will require heavy modifications, as I was thinking about this recently.

When I was testing this functionality in the Oreo developer preview, I noticed that I could only launch a limited number of system apps.

At the time, I just thought that maybe I was missing something...

But now that Huawei have shown that they're limited to the same apps, I realise that the Oreo multi-display feature is still limited and probably won't improve until Android P, and Google don't appear to have provided 3rd party devs with the info on how to add support for that feature either, which suggests that it is not a completed feature yet. :(

So I think that is why Huawei's 2nd screen experience is limited compared to DeX, as DeX just runs the apps using similar methods to how they are run on the phones display, so they don't need any/many development tweaks in 3rd party apps to enable them to run.

Seriously, after realising these limitations in Huawei's setup, I am rather dissapointeed in them... I expected better after all of the critism they were giving Samsung's DeX.

Huawei's experience looks like nothing in comparison to DeX, I'd rather just stick with one screen and know that everything can run on my desktop monitor, than having one screen that shows a virtual touchpad and the other running a limited set of functions.

Huawei's solution kind of defeats the purpose of the 'Any app anywhere' experience imho.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
I saw few reviews on huawei... Samsung is the King with its Dex... all I needed were exactly the apps I got to improve the experience... Dex Hub and Dex Max.. no one comes close to Dex in my humble opinion. its perfect to 99%... different resolution screens is the only thing they got work on, that's it.

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] forcedv:
Has anyone created an app to allow the phone to be used as a trackpad / mouse / keyboard ( for those of us using non samsung , Dex capable, HDMI adaptors like the Melopow m002, which allows the phone to be mobile or laid flat)?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] maxnik1:
Currenly, it is not possible, but it is coming with the Oreo update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dorsefrith:
My wish list:

1. Using 2 monitors with dex

2. Linux on Dex

3. Support for different resolution

4. Chrome auto-detect dex/phone to switch automatically between Desktop/Mobile mode

that is all and I am happy :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
1: Not likely until after the release of the GS9 and the release of a new DeX station.

2: Expected around January.

3: Already possible in the Oreo beta version.

4: Some of Google's Chrome for Android staff got in touch with me for feedback recently on their "bug tracker" page, asking about the desktop improvements in 'Chome Canary', which suggests that they are at least thinking about improving it more so, and I did mention that very point in the feedback. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
the only wish i have is to be able to stream sound through 2 different lines ...

ex: bluetooth headphones for music streaming and someone is capable of watching a movie using speakers at the same time...

would be fckn insane.

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
That is now possible in 'Settings>Sounds>separate app sounds' on Oreo(Beta 3).

I though it was in Nougat too?

You can play your movie audio over HDMI whilst streaming your music over bluetooth to your headphones!

*Also noteworthy:

In Oreo Beta 3 there is a new option to redirect all vibration events to the game controller when connected!

Though this doesn't appear to work with my Xbox One S (Bluetooth connected) controller.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
beautiful man... thanx a lot, i was thinking of actually browsing through dex settings... (I'm on Nougat, will try)

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] stinkypoo:
Anybody got Kodi to run perfectly using a note 8 and the dex it’s fine on the phone but won’t play nice through the dex to a 65 inch oled
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]

thanx man, even though im enjoying dex for a month and still didnt get enough time to dig in deeper... and the funniest thing is actually the fact that i saw that option when i just bought it, but just bought bluetooth headphones and the thought came to me...

so feeling a bit disapointed in myself being a deep level user of android/samsung for years and considering myself as an "advanced" user )))

of course separate apps sound is in there or it wouldnt be Samsung...

you know if there is a way to use dex station with galaxy s6 i got laying around ??? no root and not planning to. maybe a sideloading apk and using through C to USB adopter...

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm not sure about the S6 or S7, I would imagine that it would require a custom rom to enable the Galaxy S8/N8 features on the older devices.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
well, I'm sure if I could port my s7e to my A5 2017 when it came out in January (full port) I can either just use someone else's port or do my own from my S8 to my S6 but S6 will stay stock just as s8 will... so i was thinking if there is any way to simply install dex software apk pulled from a rooted s8 but I guess not.. need more than just dex software apk, most likely few system files need modification as well...

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
This would require not only rom mod, but also 11-pin MicroUSB(MHL) to usb-c adapter to use USB ports. Regular one (miniDP) would only display image and charge a device. AND it is not sure if such type of conversion would even work with this station.

I have padfone S docking station, and I am also looking for some type of cable conversion from 11-pin MHL to USB-C port (female MHL -> male USB-C or HDMI), but no luck.

It's easier to find it for A66 padfone, coz it's sharing same connectors as motorola ATRIX...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lexiperplexi91:
FYI I was able to get the Dex to work with a normal HP Lapdock x3. See link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/7fcusr/tricks_samsung_dex_on_an_hp_elitebook_x3_lapdock/
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] mr_blobby:
This works perfectly for me with my S8.

After the instructions in the video, you can add a shortcut on the homescreen from within Dex Max that will start Kodi fullscreen.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] stinkypoo:
Tried that wouldn’t work for me others say the same thing on YouTube
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I modded the Kodi apk a while back to run in fullscreen:

https://mega.nz/#!UPxBSSyb!pEdKENzmP-Tntgww31oB6hUJPe-IqfCAPBgbY8yVWDI

(To hide the taskbar just press Meta+Up)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] gadgetfreakxda:
On S8+ when in DeX mode, when my mouse hovers on something it clicks thru after about 1 second. How do I make it stop? I've tried 2 different keyboard/mouse combinations 1 usb dongle (keyboard + mouse combo, currently microsoft surface ergonomic) and it's driving me crazy. I don't want to click on something when my mouse is hovering unless Iclick on the physical mouse button. Any ideas? Been searching for 2hours for a solution. not sure what i'm doing wrong. I've rebooted and plugged back in and nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Go to 'Settings>Accessibility>Dexterity and interaction' and make sure that the 'click after pointer stops' is disabled.

I assume that you may have accidentally enabled this option in the past?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]

playa, you know anything about equalizer little glitch while being in Dex ???

if you watching a movie connected through hdmi with speakers through dex and listening to music through bluetooth it wont let you set up an equalizer on a bluetooth headset because the system sees it as hdmi...

movie is On outloud

spotify is On with bluetooth

on attempt to setup equalizer message pops up- Not possible on hdmi sound.

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] stinkypoo:
Cheers it opens up full screen but won’t let me open up settings it just clicks on and off I can get to enter files section that’s all
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
There appears to be a bug with the mouse input as soon as it detects mouse movement.

When you open it , try to avoid touching the mouse and do all of the navigation with the arrow keys on your keyboard.

[MENTION=5184669]methoddon1[/MENTION]:

That appears to be a Samsung bug, they still need to seperate more of the device settings in the system framework for the phone and DeX modes.

Ideally they would detect the number of audio output devices then show an equaliser for each output device.

If it works over bluetooth in phone mode, then I can't see why it is not available in DeX...

I haven't tried it in Oreo (beta) as I don't use any bluetooth speakers/headphones.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] stinkypoo:
Cheers I was using a mouse plugged into the dex and on sceeen keyboard I will connect a keyboard and have a play
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
well, I can understand that hdmi output comes as a primary source but would be nice though to have two separate equalizer lines even on one sound chip.

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)

---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 PM ----------

by the way, you running on Oreo, - do all apps light up now in Edge notifications?! or still limited to few stock and few third party apps?

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm sure that can be acheived with software, it just needs some tweaks to the framework to adapt to more outputs, as Android has traditionally been limited to one of everything, Google didn't implement the tools for this kind of thing, but I'm sure that this can easilly be fixed to be honest.

The question is, will Samsung or Google make the improvements to Android first?

*EDIT*

I haven't tried the edge notifications, you're probably best asking someone in the Oreo beta threads as I don't use those kinds of features personally.

Primarilly because I have experienced screen burn on all of my past Samsung AMOLED phones,

so I avoid anything that lights up the display on the phone, even the new touch pad feature on the new Oreo version of DeX bugs me, because it shows a permanent outline explaining where you can touch, but I already know that, I'd prefer if all of the pixels just stayed black.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] gadgetfreakxda:
Thank you! I did not enable this, It was the first time using. this fixed it though... wow. you saved me some crazy time..

---------- Post added at 09:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 PM ----------

So I just received this yesterday. on Amazon (I'm new so I couldn't link it_

OnForward HDMI Type C Hub Adapter for Nintendo Switch, Samsung Galaxy S8/S8P, MacBook Series. High Speed USB 3.0 HDMI Converter Cable for Nintendo Switch

So far it works perfectly. I plugged in usb-c, HDMI and a USB adapter for the keyboard and mouse.

It's turned on and activated DeX about 10 times so far over the last 2 days. I'll keep using it and let you know if there's an issue.

I'm returning the $90 Samsung one Ijust got as it's just too bulky,
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I also have one of those, but for some reason it has issues with all of my USB 3.0 hubs, so I can't connect anything other than my mouse/keyboard USB.

My favourites so far are the C-Force models such as the DeX optimised CF003.

The CF001 now also works with DeX on Oreo, and I think that is the absolute best adapter.

HDMI (4k support),

2 USB-C i/o ports,

2 USB-A 3.0 i/o ports,

a USB-C power in connector which passes through enough power to fast charge the S8+ at the same time as fast charging my friends Macbook laptop (with a USB-PD charger connected to the CF001 adapter).

And the casing of the CF001 is good quality too, making it a good adapter to carry in your pocket!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] anmeldung:
Hi,

is it possible to add in DesktopHub options for Keyboard shortcuts -> Volume UP and Volume Down for Media volume?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Does your keyboard not already provide hotkeys for that?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] anmeldung:
unfortunately , there is no such keys.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] urvi1:
I downloaded the apk twise, both times got an error about the package being corupt during install attempt.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
anyone tried connecting teribyte hdd through dex?!

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Baddest mfckr of them All)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
I did connect 1Tb hdd with power case and it's working great
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
FAT32 or NTFS?!

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
Minę s8 cant mount ntfs on its own
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
I belive only FAT32 and eXFat HDD can be used with Samsung S8.

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
Fat32 and it's working great. Use for pics backup and movie storage
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Egon31:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION] have You been able to check the possibility to implement proxy settings in Dex Hub?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Unfortunately the news of Google pulling apps which use accessibility services has lead to me having to try and focus on how to get past this problem first.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Egon31:
Ok, no problem.

I just found Drony in Play Store, will ask the developer here on XDA if ethernet implemantation is possible. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*FEATURE UPDATE*

Picture in Picture works on DeX Oreo!

Tested with VLC player.

Though there is a bug where the title bar is permanently visible over the top of the PiP window.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*NEWS UPDATE*

*Rumor: Galaxy S9 will be accompanied by the DeX Pad:

https://www.sammobile.com/2017/12/04/rumor-galaxy-s9-dex-pad

They say that the S9 will come 'accompanied by the DeX Pad', this is the first I have heard of this and I am the owner/developer of the DeX Pad app... :rolleyes: :p lol

But seriously, it will be good to see a replacement for the DeX station with a few more goodies and user feedback inprired changes
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wm8s:
Hurry up and register your trademark!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Lol, they own the name DeX, anyway...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wm8s:
As far as I can see, they own "SAMSUNG DEX"

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:9huq9g.5.30

and "DEX STATION"

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:9huq9g.5.29

but not "DEXHUB"

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:9huq9g.5.45

or anything else with DEX in it. YMMV. IAALBIANYL.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] avivv:
dual screens

Hi

I'm really considering buying the Dex.

I want to connect it to 2 monitors in extend mode (not mirror).

Is it possible?

I know that in order to do it I would have to buy some sort of splitter.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
Currently one at a time. Maybe in Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] avivv:
1. Do you know if anyone tried?

2. There is already a beta of oreo and it exist in the note 8 so it's possible to know.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I've tried and its not available yet, but as I said previously, based on what you can see Huawei has been limited to with their adaptation of Oreo's multiscreen and my past experience of working with this just suggests that Oreo is too limited to provide a multi-screen experience that will be as good as using DeX on multiple screens.

Maybe Android P might bring this, if Google finally accept that Chrome OS is doomed and DeX-like experiences are the future!

Otherwise, I assume that Samsung and other manufacturers will just find their own ways to acheive this and put more pressure on Google to support this natively on AOSP Android.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] avivv:
Hi

Thank you for the info.

I have seen online alternative Dex stations with VGA and HDMI that claim to work together but only in clone mode.

Do you know anything about this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] forcedv:
Could you provide a link please?