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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] AlekseiGP:
I have problem with mouse attaching ! Mouse causes the phone to hang! I use keyboard Logitech K290 and mouse Bloody V5 (with additional buttons). When attached, i have three physical keyboards in settings. Looks., that Android recognize mouse as keyboard. When I move mouse it causes hang. I have image on TV (all processes works, i talk via phone with techsupport even), but no reaction on keyboard and mouse. When i disconnect phone from DEX station, nothing happens - only black screen. After some minutes phone goes to reboot. When i connect only keyboard, everything works fine. But without mouse. Please, help me to solve problem with mouse. I can't use another mouse (as Samsung techsupport recommends), i attach same keyboard and mouse via KVM-switch to PC and DEX station. No chances to change mouse. Any ideas, please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
***FINALLY!!!!!!***

*NEWS UPDATE*

Google is now taking the steps to encourage developers to optimise for DeX & Chromebooks!

https://android-developers.googlebl...=Feed:+blogspot/hsDu+(Android+Developers+Blog)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
Dex issue

bought 2 dex from amazon uk they are £86 instead of £130 if purchased from samsung

But do not come with chargers or cables just the dex and a userguide

Problem is both of them dont work

I have tried using 2 adaptive fast charger from my s8 plus and colleagues s8 as the user guide say they work

Tried s8 plus device and s8 phones that belong to colleagues and both dexs do nothing no power no lights no beeps can they really both be faulty???

Tried pixel type c cable different plugs seems nothing works

They s8 doesnt even charges when connected

My device has no dex apps installed or in the settings no options for hdmi

Am i doing anything wrong??

Pls help
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dequantavious:
When you plug the s8 into the Dex does screen mirroring work?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] krumbs:
In theory, any charger will work with DeX Station, as long as it supports USB-PD (Power Delivery).

The charger that came with the S8/ S8+ obviously has USB-PD. But the earlier Samsung chargers don't. So not sure why it is not working for you.

You could try any of these: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=usb-pd
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
[MENTION=4689610]usmanmh_10[/MENTION]:

Also noteworthy, I previously purchased some chargers on Amazon which were said to be official S8/S8+ chargers, but after getting in touch with Samsung, they said they were fake and replaced them for me with official Samsung (DeX compatible) S8 chargers.

But to be honest, I would just recommend that you buy a 65w USB-PD mains charger as I later did, it will power DeX, and it will also be future proof to work with USB-C devices which you buy in the future!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
i have been sent a 3rd dex today as a replacement from amazon uk again no joy

just been to maplins

tried 2.4a and 3a power supplys using maplins type c cable

still do not power up this is really strange?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Again, just go with a quality USB-PD charger.

Also, if you use a custom ROM, they can cause problems.

This is the charger I use

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B071QYGHJ5/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
i am not using any custom roms and i have tried different s8s my colleagues have here at our office.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I don't think that the S8 or DeX station is at fault. I just think that it needs more power to charge the phone, the USB peripherals etc...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
What do you recommend

Can someone confirm when the dex has only the powet connected and you dock the s8 it charges?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
The S8 should charge within the dock fine, but DeX will only start when there is both power and it detects an HDMI compatible monitor. (Some VGA displays with convertors didn't work for me).

I assume that the USB-PD capable charger which I Iinked you to should have a version that will connect to the socket types where you are.

Just search the brand and USB-PD.

With the C-Force (DeX version) adapter, I don't need to connect a charger, but the official DeX station needs a reliable power connection.

I think that the C-Force model uses a newer version of the chip inside the DeX station.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
Finding it really strange that i cannot get it working gbr usb pd is only on amazon and i cant get it on prime till monday prime now doesnt have it

Im in uk

I have checked argos currys maplins who dont sell this powerful device

Even looked at nintendo usb to c but even this isnt powerful enough

All sites youtube reviews say use the s8 phone charger

If ur in thr midlands can i borrow yours? Haha
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Lol I'm from the Midlands, but don't live there anymore.

You don't need a 65w one, a 45w one should be fine too, but I just think that it may be safer to go with the future proof option to make sure that it can charge your future type-C devices too!

*NEWS UPDATE*

So reports have suggested that Samsung is working on Oreo for the S8

The report suggests that there will be a beta test like there was for the S7 & Nougat last year.

Nougat was released on August 22nd, and Oreo was released on August 21st.

So Based on that data, Samsung may be planning to release a beta version for the S8 around November like they did for the S7.

This could potentially bring many new features to DeX, my favourite will be 'Mouse pointer capture' as this will bring a greater experience to remote desktop clients/VM's, but it will also make first person shooter games on Android provide a good, PC-like experience!

I have tested this feature (on a Nexus 6P) in the app that I will be open sourcing later this year, and it works quite nicely! I can't see why game developers wouldn't want to add support for it!

Also, I think that adaptive icons will be welcomed, as that will make most icons look more inline with each other, instead of the messy look that many Android icons have today (or being cupped inside the 'cutout' like design that Samsung has to use today to make icons look more inline with their own...).

Also, I have read that Android Oreo has custom theme support throughout more of the system apps, so this could make it easier for the DeX developers to integrate themes into the DeX experience!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*DeX Hub Update*

Today I discovered another system shortcut.

'Fill screen vertically' using 'Meta + Shift + Up'.

So I have updated the DeX Enhanced system shorcut list to reflect that! :)

p.s.

Is it just me affected by this S8/DeX bug, or do you find that when you try to launch the normal system shortcut list ('Shift+/') it crashes the System UI?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
Ended up driving to leicester samsung store they had a dex on display plugged mine into their cables and it worked!

Ended up purchasing a 15w samsung travel charger and it works but its exactly the same as my s8 plus charger same volts same amps really really strange any explanation?

Guess
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I had the same problem with those 'so called' fake chargers.

They had exactly the same details written on them as the one that came with the S8, but they didn't enable DeX mode for some reason.

The replacements are fine though. But I bought 4 that didn't work before getting the working replacements from Samsung support.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] usmanmh_10:
How can it be fake it came in my s8 plus zealed box?

How did u get samsung to replace
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I suppose you meant pressing Meta+/ would cause System UI to crash! Yes, I have the same problem since the last S8/Dex update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Ah sorry my bad...

Yeah, sorry I was too busy worrying that I got the DeX Hub update details ready to publish...

[MENTION=4689610]usmanmh_10[/MENTION]:

Well I bought mine from Amazon, and Samsung just said they were fake. I guess that it may just have been a bad batch tbh...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
Bah. Really wish there was a way to get Dex to work with my HP X3 lapdock.

I was out at vmworld in Vegas a couple weeks ago and Samsung had dex stations set up at its booth. I asked about a lapdock like device in the future but it became clear pretty quick that the people Samsung had there were not the more technical folks that could answer questions beyond what they had studied on a sheet of paper. As they demoed Dex it was like they were reading right off of a cue card. Ask questions outside of that basic info and they pointed me to the website.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dequantavious:
So I'm too lazy to go out and buy a wireless keyboard and I installed Remote Keyboard on my phone. This makes it so I can telnet my laptop to my phone and type on my phone using the computer keyboard. To do that I have to change the keyboard input to "Remote Keyboard."

At the moment is there anyway to change the keyboard input on Dex to anything other than Samsung Keyboard ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Not yet, though Samsung may look to adapt the DeX framework/work with other KB devs to support floating keyboards.

At the moment, other keyboards would litterally go and fill half of the vertical screen space and the entire width (which doesn't quite make sense on a desktop...).
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
Hi,

I just wanted to share my experience with the Dex desktop without the official dock.

As some of you are aware of, [MENTION=8306329]karatekid430[/MENTION] modified the kernel so it won't check anymore if the official dock is connected, so Dex works with pretty much any USBC to HDMI adaptor (check the Samsung Dex witout DEX station thread).

I'm currently using my S8 with a cheap multiport adaptor from ebay (~7euros), which provides a HDMI output, a USB port and a USBC charging port. I have Renovate ICE 5 ROM with the patched Jesse kernel.

It works perfectly. It has a lots of advantages over the official dock:

- the price (almost 20x cheaper!!!)

- the size (it's much better for traveling)

- it leaves the phone speaker and the jack port free

- it works with any charger (I use the USB port from my hifi)

I'm really pleased with the DEX experience.It still has some rough edges and I won't recommend it for serious work environments, but for traveling and home usage it's perfect. I use it for emailing, browsing, some word processing, videos and music. So I put away my laptop and all I have on my desk at home is the screen and the small adaptor where I can connect my phone.

[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION] I see that you did some important development for modding Dex. Do you know if the case checking can be disabled? I use the LED cover, and I have to remove it every time. If the Dex app can be decompiled, we could find and disable the function which checks for official cases. Do you have some experience with this?

Anyway, if you have some questions about using the DEX with a modified kernel, don't hesitate to ask!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
That is more of a system level change, which I don't have any control over unfortunately...

Though tbh I have the ClearView Cover case, and when I flip the case door/cover around and seat the case over the display (just to protect it whilst docked), the bluetooth signal seems to be extremely impacted, to the point that my bluetooth games controller becomes unusable in games at times...

I assume that may be the reason that Samsung disabled the support for the covers with magnetic elements inside to trigger certain system funtions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
I use my LED cover while listening to music over bluetooth and I never had an issue. I can understand Samsung for disabling Dex while the cases are on (you have to close the LED cover with the DEX station, nd that locks the phone), but it isn't the case with unofficial adapters.

BTW, what's your experience with the official cover: does it resist well the daily take out-put back thing? Most of my old (cheap unofficial) cases broke quickly if I forced them a lot.

Thanks a lot for the tip, I'll check if the case detection is done on kernel level :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
After last update my Dex Hub app is FC close every time I put my phone on DeX

Uninstall and reinstall app but it's not help

Any idea why
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Sorry my bad... Fixing it now.

*Fixed, updating the app now to v1.75!

Update should arrive on your device soon!

Sorry again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
Thank you it's working again

Thank you for your great apps and time you spend to create them and share with us
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] nikexv2:
Just got the adapter, dex works fine with it. Only downside is that there is only one usb port, but well for that price its quite ok.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Cyclops1055:
Close All Apps

I've noticed that when in Dex mode, when you click on the "Recents" button (bottoem left corner) to bring up your recent apps, then click on "CLOSE ALL" it doesn't close all the recent apps.

Anybody else seeing this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I'm happy that it works. :good: Let's hope that Samsung won't copy the ugly selfish culture from Apple when updating the software! I use a USB Hub for all my USB devices (Mouse, Keyboard, HDD, Thumbdrive...) as shown in the picture. Below the Hub is a USB Switch so that I can switch all my devices to the computer when I use it occassionally these days. Cheers,,,
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
It does for me. All my apps are closed at once!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*TIP*

To enable multiple instances of apps that don't provide multi-instance support by default, check out 'Parrallel windows for Nougat':

XDA discussion: https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-android-7-0-nougats-split-window-t3454416

Play store download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=you.in.spark.parallel

One use case example would be to run multiple instances of the calculator app!

*UPDATE*

Actually... Scrap that... it is extremely buggy, not very well optimised for the hybrid phone/desktop.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
Ok, so there are 90 pages, so I am sorry if these questions have already been answered, but I am wondering:

Has anyone figured out a way to use multiple monitors? Even if the second monitor has to be connected to a computer that is ok.

Has any one figured out a good way to share the keyboard and mouse with a computer. I am thinking something without additional hardware like Synergy for computers. I know Synergy has an Android app in beta, but it requires root access as near as I can tell.

I use LastPass password manager and anytime that there is an input for username and password, it asks me to use my finger print, which is fast when not docked in the DEX, but when in DEX is a downright pain, any suggestions? I don't really want to disable fingerprint login from Lastpass.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
I have a displaylink hub for a computer and there is an Android app for that, but it only seems to mirror the screen and not extend it, I am wondering if anyone has found a way around this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
[MENTION=539797]cmwade77[/MENTION] Yep, check the last Notorious kernel (NK202). :laugh:

You'll need a rooted phone to be able to install a custom kernel and a ROM supporting Dex (Stock or Renovate Ice are confirmed for now)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
Well, any other ways? I have the Note 8 and I can't find any root for it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
Dex can work with any HDMI or DP adapter, only Samsung disabled it to work only with the Dex hub (charge you $120 for it). But it's only a kernel limitation, so we could disable this check with a small modification.

The kernel sources and the stock rom aren't available yet for the Note 8, but probably they will be published in a few days. Then, we'll be able to patch it. As it shares most of the hardware with the S8/S8+, the kernel should be mostly the same.

Probably the phone will also be rooted as the developers get their devices (at least the Snapdragon variant).

So be patient, good things are coming. The phone isn't officially on sale yet!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
Well, I have the DEX hub that isn't what I am asking, what I want is a second monitor that is not mirroring the first. Really I have a Displaylink device and I plug into the DEX hub, that works fine, but all it will do is mirror what is on the first screen.

As for not on sale yet, I have had mine for over a week now, I am guessing because I was part of the whole Note 7 disaster.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
Sorry, I misunderstood you first.

I don't think Android (so Dex too) can handle a multi-monitor system...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
I have seen a Youtube video of multi monitor working on a Pixel C, so I am guessing it isn't an Android limitation.

Like I said before, I can get mirroring to work with DEX and a second monitor, which I can see coming in handy, but I would love to extend to a second monitor.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I think that what you're asking for requires Android Oreo.

I have developed apps to try and utilise multi-screen, and I know that only Android Oreo has the capabilities to acheive this in an effective way.

Android Oreo should be available for both the Note 8 & GS8 by the end of 2017, with the possibility of a beta build becoming available in November!

The remaining OS limitations for DeX should be fixed when Oreo arrives later this year.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] thunderbirdtr:
Tip : For multiple insurance, "chrome canary" has that feature too.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
What is the pro version vs free different
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kirilk:
I just got the Note * with Dex. It works well. I cannot activate cyrilic keyboard. I use Space+Shift and see pop up showing active languyge change to Bulgarian or Russian but keys continue to produce Latin.

I added Japanese and that seems to work i.e. when typing I see popup that lets me build the character......

Has anybody succeeded in activating Cyrillic keyboard? It seems I can only use the Samsung keyboard with DeX i.e. not able to select GBoard or SwiftKey....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
Go to keyboard settings -> physical keyboard, there click on the language you want to use and you can select the keyboard layout. I just did that to get russian layout: йцукенгшщз
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Cyclops1055:
I noticed that the latest Dex Hub (1.79) when enable in "Apps that can appear on top" I'm unable to press install to install any apps, if I don't allow Dex Hub to appear on top, them I can install apps just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Have you tried turning of the brightness reduction when attempting to install apps manually?

Unfortunately, Android doesn't like to enable anything that could cause any form of security breach to appear on top as it could result in malware installing bad apps automatically on yor device...

If you don't use brightness reduction then just leave the 'appear on top' permission disabled.

Though to be honest, I did program it to detect which app is currently in view or visually active, and it will detect if it is related to the installer and it should automatically disable the brightness overlay temporarilly and restore it when another view becomes active (visually updated or mouse hovers over it) if you have a video playing in the background or the taskbar icons/clock updates, that can make DeX Hub recognise that as the active program.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
I have got my DeX with Note8 and I'm unpleasantly surprised.

I'm not able to connect exFAT 2TB WD 2,5" HDD. It works only with USB-C -> USB adapter, not with DeX. This is the main fail. I read some articles, that it is not working with DeX :( The same problem as this guy has: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDJAKEzb2k

And I cannot change QWERTY -> QWERTZ on physical keyborad. Really, is there only laguage, but not layout, to select?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
This has been aswered on the previous page... you guys really cannot use the search function?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
Well, I was looking for "keyboard" / "layout" / "QWERTZ" in this thread without success. Yes, somebody on previous page wrote you can set it in "keyboard settings -> physical keyboard", but I have only language here, not layout. Please see screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
That's the layout of the external keyboard. I see that czech gives QWERTY keyboard, but you can use German or Swiss layouts for QWERTZ (unfortunately they probably aren't the 100% same than czech).
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
No, Czech keyboard has +ěščřžýáíé instead of 1234567890 row and is always QWERTZ. Here, "czech" is some kind of mix layout without option to change, don't know why...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] -vpa:
No it's very different, QWERTZ and QWERTY is different only with one key, but German QWERTZ has more than 15 keys different.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
You can try the External Keyboard helper app (demo/Pro) from the Play store. It has lots of layouts and options. Unfortunately the number of physical keyboard layouts is limited on our devices.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
I know, I can live with that. I woks 8 hours per day on QWERTZ, so it is not easy to switch and write fast with QWERTY...

Anyway, the impossibility of connecting external 2,5" HDD with exFAT is breaking point for me. I'm happy that I did not buy DeX earlier for money, because it does not make sense for me, without this option.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
[MENTION=4484700]konvalink[/MENTION]:

Just add both languages and use the quick layout switch 'shift+space'
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]

Thank you for idea, but how can I add two languages, if there is only one Czech (QWERTY) and other doesn't have special characters? :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
[MENTION=4484700]konvalink[/MENTION]

Settings > General Management > Language and input > Language.

And then click 'Add language'
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]

I still don't know what can I achieve by your idea. The problem is, that all Czech hardware keyboards has layout QWERTZ, but Czech layout in the phone is only QWERTY. We have also special characters, so selecting of different language can't help. But it can be solved hard way by app - key remapper. So in default system, there is no way to select layout.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
One of the previous comments mentioned that you can use another language to switch to qwertz, just add that to quickly switch to that layout and then switch back when you are done.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] konvalink:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]

I have never wrote that. Really, selecting of DIFFERENT language will never fit layout of hardware keyboard in DIFFERENT language.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Then you should report the problem to Samsung and they may look to develop a fix in a future update.