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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
Linux on DeX a solution to all our problems including the 2K/4K display issue? No news from Samsung since January on whether it is an emulation layer on top of Android or provides hardware driver support for installation of a Linux distro running in parallel with Android. Any update would do to be honest...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
When I was at the developer conference they confirmed that the product they were running was a container and not an emulator.

But this may be difficult to develop if they want to enable you to install any Linux distro of your choice.

I'd be interested to know if the community would be happy to just go with Ubuntu initially and if the guys at Samsung are reading this, maybe it would be useful feedback.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I hate the app version of GMail, so I just disabled the app and now when I navigate to the web page it no longer requests that I open the GMail app, the same goes for YouTube, the last time I had it enabled I remember the browser asking if I wanted to watch YouTube in the app or not, so I just removed the app as I only like the web version of YouTube and now I dont get that annoying pop-up on connecting to YouTube.

*EDIT*

If you're using Chrome and not Samsung Internet, that may explain the issue.

As Samsung internet uses a Linux Desktop user agent when displaying desktop mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] akslow:
Im using DEX as charger but everytime when I connect phone i need to use screen block key to turn off the display. Is there way to turn it off automatically after period of time?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
In order to reproduce the issue, can you confirm that the DeX docking station is only connected to the power supply with no HDMI, Ethernet or USB connections present? What Galaxy phone and Android version have you got?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] akslow:
I should write that before. I have HDMI cable connected cause sometimes I'd like to use DEX. I want by default to use it as a charger.

Im using:

USB adapter for mouse connected

HDMI cable

USB-C charging cable

Android 8

Phone: Note8
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
Is the HDMI cable plugged into your display at all times (DeX dock is permanently connected to the monitor) or do you disconnect the HDMI cable (one end or the other) at any time when you use DeX as a charger?

I've noticed with my own Note8/Oreo that the phone screen will switch on the second I interrupt the HDMI connection (either end) between the monitor and DeX dock. Keeping the HDMI cable attached to the monitor keeps the phone display off because the Note8 has gone into DeX mode even though you haven't switched on the monitor. DeX mode eventually goes to sleep due to inactivity or if you manually lock the screen (Meta + 'L').
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] akslow:
Yes its permanenty connected.

As default I had screen mirroring mode enabled. Switching to DEX mode seems to solved the problem.

I have tip for people that would like to use phone with case in DEX.

It is possible to remove that plastic part around usb-c connector. Its holding on two screws. Whole operation took me about 20 minutes.

After that there you need to merge connector to plastic rotary element. I have used double side tape (3 layers to move connector higher)

Below photo:

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] MatisasB:
Hi, i've been using Dex for some time. I have a few issues that maybe you can help me to solve.

1) Trying to conwct a WD Elements (1 TB) is imposible. I changed to ExFat amnd it doesn't seem to work. With Microsoft exFat/NTFC os recognized but not usable (I've installed total comander). Neither with the native file explorer nor ES File Explorer. Can it be a power problem? Maybe with a ppwered usb hub. I don't have one, so instead of buying I thought that asking would be useful (I've already bought the HDD and it doesn't work, there is no need to keep on buying for no reason).

2) Issues with SoundCamp (Samsung app). I contact them and their response wasn't satisfactory at all. There's no solution by the moment, please contact in a few months. The latest update of the app supports Dex for Note 8(if it doesn't explode in your face).

3) Finally, theres no way to run Clash Royale. Using Dex Max wasn't a solution. Does anyone figured it out?

Thanks you all! I'll be waiting for your answer from Argentina!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
HHD formatted in exfat works flawlessly with external power supply. The dex station doesn't prove enough current to keep it running. It may detect the HHD but as soon as you try to do something the voltage would drop too much causing the drive to disconnect. With proper external power supply via a USB hub, you should be able to achieve 20 to 40 MB/s for large files. Good luck to you. Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] MatisasB:
Hi again. I bought a powered usb hub 3.0, but when I plug the HDD Dex seems to go crazy. It throws alerts of error, then it connects and disconnects and conects from the usb dongle that connects the mouse and keyboard, so for a few seconds its usable, and then a few more it doesn't respond to any keyboard or mouse command.

It's driving me crazy this little piece of ****, I thought that it was a good idea to have an external drive but this doesn't work. The hub provides 2 A, so power isn't really the problem.

After connecting the hub with the HDD I can be sure that all the hardware works just fine.

Can someone help me with this, please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I suggest you try to connect the whole setup to a PC to see if it works well. I use an ordinary USB 2 hub and a 2A (non quick charge) power supply. I'm able to attched a 2TB and a 1TB HDD, and keyboard and mouse thru it without problem. The initial power up and connection of HDD takes about 20 seconds, much longer than connecting them to PC. BTW try NOT to use Samsung's fast charger for the USB hub. I find it unstable too. I suspect it might be because of the fast charge function trying to increase the voltage to 7.5v. Also make sure that you have a good USB cable and that it is not too long for your power supply. Let me know how it goes. To be fair the connection to Dex is more sensitive and can drop occasionally but it is stable for the most part. e.g. I never had any drops for the last few days.

Edit: Oops, I just read your post again and realized that you had a powered-hub. Anyway try connect it to a PC first see how it goes. With the correct setup, Dex does support HDD without much issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I have an external drive dock capable of holding two HDD's/SSD's powered by its own dedicated power supply (no power is required from the USB) it works fine, I think that power over USB is never really a good idea if you are powering something as demanding as an HDD to be honest.

It may seem appealing to go for the clean single cable setup, but it is never really effective, it may be fine with a low power SSD but an HDD is just too demanding...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
Hmm.. I'm not sure where it goes wrong... Personally I've used external HDD for several times with Dex mode and having no problem after having a powered USB hub...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] MatisasB:
C9nnecting directly via the otg adaptor de hdd works perfectly, thats what I find really strange. The hub works in other machines, so it seems that they are incomoatible in some wired way that I couldn't figure out (yet...)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] paulopais:
you have root? to use parrot?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] trc13:
Netflix is working full screen now on Dex since the latest update with the new player
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Great to see! :)

Now hopefully they are working on making the UI more optimised for larger screens to bring it more inline with the websites UI.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Sparkey5131:
I have had trouble with long cables. I used a short HDMIcable and it works great, 6' and not so much. I am also using a HDMI/VGA adapter and it works fine also. You also need a pretty good power supply to make everything work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] fairplay7:
Had the same problem with fake dock. Works fine with genuine one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
Hi Motawa88 - did you eventually get a Logitech G602 mouse and successfully program the customisable buttons with Desktop Hub key shortcuts to work with DeX?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] chrisrodsa210:
For Sound camp use DeX max https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.masmas.dexmax

And in expert mode modify the apk. Uninstall and reinstall, just make sure it doesn't wipe your projects. As a precaution I renamed the Sound camp folder by adding a 1 at the end just to make sure. Then once it all reinstalled and downloaded everything back, I changed the folder back. All is well and works as a full screen app.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] MatisasB:
Does it work for you? I tried this a few months ago but it didnvt work. I'll try again.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] chrisrodsa210:
Yes, I use it on DeX quite often
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] MatisasB:
Which phone are you using? Because it works fine with Note 8 but it's not supported on S8. Of course, I'm trying to run with a S8.

Tried again a few minures back with Dex Max but nothing good came out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] chrisrodsa210:
S9 plus AT&T
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
hey everyone... haven't been here in a while, hope everyone is still enjoying their Dex as I am...

been meaning to ask the question for a while, -

is there a way to keep the bottom panel visible at all times on the home screen as it was in Nougat..

S8+ Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "bottom panel".

Navigation/Taskbar?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
the task panel on the bottom of the screen... it slides down in few seconds and to see it slide up you need to bring the cursor down to the edge.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
I see this behaviour when certain apps are full-screen e.g. Gallery, VLC and there might be something overlaying your desktop (invisible and in full-screen). Can you confirm this still happens even when no apps are open on screen? Press Meta + 'D' to minimise all open apps.

Press Meta + 'N'. Are there any apps that are displaying over other apps (overlaying the screen)?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] xuxuzao:
Guys, screen doesnt fit my screen here. Tried on a benq2420t monitor and samsung ks8000.

I cant see the botton of the screen.

When i change the aspect ratio/reolution, it still doesnt fit

Any tips??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Can you adjust your displays overscan settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] paulopais:
Do you hide bottom bar without dex?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] xuxuzao:
Yeap.

No changes.

Yes!!

I am using navigation gestures.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] paulopais:
If you use gestures and hide , than in dex mode is the same
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
that's the thing... no apps opened in full screen... of course it should disappear when you're watching a movie but no apps opened at all and it hides.

could it be the fact that I have navigation bar set to hide in non-dex condition especially the fact that I removed it with Substratum?!

basically I have a huge screen of wallpaper I'm looking at..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
Interesting that xuxuzao also reports a missing Navigation/Task bar and has also set it to hide in phone mode.

xuxuzao - did you use Substratum to achieve this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
it is set to hide, - yes , but in settings .. Substratum kinda overlays it to make it disappear. but basically it's a trick because when keyboard is opened there is still an empty spot under it.. I tried it with navbar returned ,uninstalled Substr overlays and still task bar is hiding after few seconds so that means that Samsung settings for navbar set to hide is causing it..

before using Substratum to remove navbar you to set the navbar to hide because in gallery the editting bar would be much higher... maybe its the Samsung settings to hide causing it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cozboogie:
Hey gang....any way to group apps into folders in the dex app drawer? I know I can do it on the desktop, but seeing every app listed in the drawer is a bit maddening.

Thanks,

Coz
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
AFAIK, there is no way for now... :(

Agreed, seeing so many apps un-foldered is quite maddening D:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
before using Substratum to remove navbar you to set the navbar to hide because in gallery the editting bar would be much higher... maybe its the Samsung settings to hide causing it. [MENTION=2096591]SC07 TP2[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SC07 TP2:
I've enabled phone navbar hiding as well with the Samsuing settings (double tapping the single dot to the left of the nav symbols) but use Nova Launcher to hide the navbar my phone home screen. I can't seem to reproduce this on my DeX desktop and I've never been a Substratum user.

Any other Substratum users (current or ex) out there? Are you experiencing this hiding navigation/task bar side effect on your DeX desktop?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dokibull:
i just got my hands on a Dex dock. i use it with my s9 plus. my only question is, should the fan run all the time?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
Can you feel that your phone is warm? It should run to cool it down.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wEaKlY27:
I gt my Dex today and it is quite fantastic. Im just having issue with the phone's DPI. I have set to 420 and the screen doesnt seem to scale well when it is docked. Anyway I can have se automatically so I can avoid of changing it manually everytime connect and disconnect my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
Hmm... In my experience, I don't have any problems with phone DPI, so I can't help that much...

Anyway, a very exciting update on news about dex:

https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-dex-dual-monitor-support-samsung-galaxy-tab-s4/

Man, I really hope that dual monitor system gonna updated on our S8 as well!

That is the only reason (beside needing to root for universal dex mod), I sometimes prefer huawei EMUI desktop rather than samsung dex.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wEaKlY27:
pardon me about my previous post. Its me TV that wasnt correctly scaling the aspect ratio of the dex. Everything is working fine now.

Just have another question,. Can you guys connect your external hard drive (NTFS) to the dex?mine is lighting up but doesnt show in my file explorer
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
AFAIK, NTFS is not natively supported by android?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dokibull:
not warm at all
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
I think it wasn't mentioned before, but I think DeX can also cool itself down. Maybe dock is warm?

It it isn't then this behavior is odd, and may be a failure one, or some software bug.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] foreverandroid:
Yes it connected fine. I watch movie from my wd 1tb ntfs-drive. I can even use it directly with my s8 active with otg adapter. But you need to buy this app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.tcplugins_ntfs_ro

Edit: I'm not using the official dex station. I'm using a $30 hub (Dex enabled) from Amazon.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] jal3223:
I'm just curious, does anyone know the apk's required for Dex to work? I have location d the desktoplauncher apk from apkmirror, but I still can't get it to work on my custom debloated ROM. Does anyone know if Knox is required to get it to work or something? I have the official Dex Station by the way.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dokibull:
its the same for me. s9+ exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Jytor:
I figured out that I had a fake Dex Station!

Really well made, with original box, Samsung sticker with everything like I saw on internet pics and worked fine except for the fan running at max speed every time.

Now that I have a real one to compare the main physical difference is in the area of the Usb C connector where you plug the phone and the Ethernet port is a bit misaligned (I even told myself " common Samsung what's this!") Here a tip to know: my fake one is 170g vs 230g for the real.

The fan on the real one is off most of the time, when it turns on it's very quiet and has different speed depending of the phone temp.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dokibull:
funny?, i just connected with my local samsung support, and they said that the fan runs all the time
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wEaKlY27:
I will be returning mine. Its working fine when Im connected to WIFI and on airplane but as soon as I turn on the mobile data, my TV will turn to no signal. I think its something to do with the power it draws. I already used 3 original chargers and cables to no avail
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
I can say that Knox isn't needed to make Dex work. In fact, to enable the universal dex method, we need to root and installs a custom kernel.

I think it have something with the SystemUI? I remembered installing custom ROM with a changed theme (not substratum, I guess? not familiar with custom theme-ing), and resulted in the dex system crashes.

I think it is best to just use the regular ROM (not unbloated ROM) if you happen to use the dex system.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] qetrghn:
Does it supports 720p screens ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
As long as they can handle 1080p signal. Oreo has ability to change resolution, but I have not tried it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] qetrghn:
I mean if the screen is 720p only
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
It depends of a screen decoder. I tried on:

Samsung SM931bw 1440x900 over DVI and it can't display, but over VGA adapter it works quite fine (still 19:10 proportion)

NEC 20WGX PRO 1680x1050 over DVI and it has black frame no matter what, over VGA it is streched outside screen border and nothing i can do

A cheap LG TV 720p can decode 1080p signal with no problem. It's just downscaled = little blured

It all depends on a screen itself
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] qetrghn:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] botp:
question about word / text editors

Is it possible to open more documents at the same time (like in the windows desktop) for the same app (word office / polaris ... ), or only one by one?

thank
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
If an app supports multi-instancing, you can use Desktop Hub to open multiple instances.

Either by pressing 'Meta+Alt+D' when the app is in focus or by launching it multiple times from the alternative start menu.

Microsoft doesn't support multi-instancing in Office, but Hancom Office does (available on the Galaxy apps store).

Most apps that I use are fine with multi-instancing and Microsoft even supports it in Edge, so I don't know why they explicitly disabled it in Office... :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
Oh!! So hancom office supports that? Well, it can make a whole lot difference for me..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] botp:
Very very very thank SmilerOnline

With the money of the microsoft licence i buy the Dex Station!

(i see now that in the last Hancom Office release of 20 june, the only improovment is "the bug has been Dex status fixed and stabilized")
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
Dear Smiler, Is there a way to restrict an App to single instant? For example when I open a link from an email app, I would like to open a new Tab instead of new Window. Thanks for your attention.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm assuming that you are talking about Samsung Internet opening new windows every time you click a link.

I do find that a little annoying, at the moment I find myself closing the browser before clicking a link.

Unfortunately I don't have any control over this so I can't create a workaround, sorry about that... :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] maxnik1:
What's the latest Dex version?

I am currently stuck to v.2.5.76.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dokibull:
i'm on 2.5.84
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] chrisrodsa210:
2.5.86
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] maxnik1:
Thank you, it looks like the exynos S8+ for my region is lagging a bit in updates.

I am really looking forward to the fix for the mouse pointer capture, this will make playing games with the mouse through Moonlight or Steam Link app possible.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dorsefrith:
Hello guys,

I have not been here for a while are there any news about Linux on Dex or is it dead?

Second thing can you plug 2 monitors to Dex if yes how to do it? Is there any usb to hdmi cable that will work?

BR!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] StardustGeass:
Linux on Dex still no news... hopefully they don't ditch the project..

Never tried plugging 2 monitors to Dex, so can't say much...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
Hello everybody

I try to find a multilanguage physical keyboard (russian english)but so far no luck

Bought Logitech K480 with a app from google store which aloud to switch language but it's not working in Dex , only when phone is disconnected from Dex

Any ideas? Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
I need to change language of keyboard everytime i connect s8 to DeX. And not a keyboard language itself but a physical keyboard language in dex settings in order to get polish characters.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
Mine not let me do that

I ask Samsung but they said multi language not yet supported by Dex.

I use English physical keyboard and Russian onscreen
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] TheOneOleksiy:
I have a note 8 with dex pad. I want to start a YouTube channel, the only thing I need now is a video editing software. I don't have access to a pc. Can anyone tell me a good video editing software that runs well with dex?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Motawa88:
how do I enable this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] batmar333:
Video editing software

Kinemaster is wonderful, i often use It with my Dex and it's really comparable to a desktop experience. Powerdirector is very good as well but imho not as kinemaster..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] maxnik1:
If you ask about the mouse capture, it is an API that developers have to enable.

Since it is broken in Dex, the Steam developers noticed that and in the last update, disabled this functionality.

Moonlight has it enabled by default, but it doesn't work, the mouse cursor is stuck in one place and cannot be moved. If you like to test how it works, you can switch to screen mirroring, where the problem does not occur.

Samsung did acknowledge that it is a problem on their side and as far as I know they even fixed the problem, but we are still waiting for the patch to be released.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kaykasus:
Hi!

I am looking into buying a Note 8 with Dex. I can't read the whole topic so maybe this was already topic: are the 3rd party adapters still working? Is Ultrawide (21:9) supported yet with the new dex oder other 3rd party adapters?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pimikiel:
It needs to be specific adapter that is able to launch dex. Not a simple USBc to hdmi adapter. As far as I know only 16:9 up to 2K is currently avaible from S/Note 8/9/+

btw Wofolo3 adapter works fine but my phone is draining battery regardles of is it being charged by adapter or not. Maybe they've released a new revision model coz i've seen a video when "procedure" to enable dex in wofalo3 is quite diffrent than mine..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Motawa88:
I cant start a video anymore on youtube in dex mode. The video wont open If i Click it. Anyone else?