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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
A few years back I tried to develop a project which did that very thing.

With input contols shown on the phone screen and a browser on the TV, but the original Chromecast experienced too much of a delay...

In order for that project to have succeeded, I would have needed a wired connection, but then that defeated the purpose of my project, so I decided to focus on other ways to bring this kind of experience to Android.

*THANKS!*

Can I just say thanks to the guys over at Android Community for mentioning Desktop Hub! :)

https://androidcommunity.com/desktop-hub-app-improves-your-experience-with-samsung-dex-20171031/
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Motawa88:
how to update?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lestander01:
Well i got it to work now, dam LG, just named the "Label" for my hdmi input to "pc" and now it works like a charm....

But i see some apps dont work in Dex with "Ethernet" connection, like Tapatalk and Samsung cloud synk and some other stufff...

But still cant use Google Chrome for some reason, it just lag if i go to youtube and sound clips but i use samsung internet it works.....

When iam here typing, seems hard to change keyboard everytime i start Dex, its always in English, and its a bit buggy to change to Swedish, is there any way to save the changes?

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
Mine was updated 2 days ago to version 2.2.14 but can't tell any difference on the surface. May be just bugs fix and stability improvement. Mate+/ still causes system UI to crash!

Edit: Your phone would prompt you to update when your carrier push out the update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Motawa88:
... Where can I check my version/ check for updates.?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lestander01:
If you meen Dex, just go to settings, Samsung Dex, and About Samsung Dex.. Mine is Version 2.2.15

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
You should consider using CF001 from TaoBao for your purpose. The dock works without external power supply, and works with any power supply. It charges the phone when connected, otherwise it would draw just a little power from the phone. It is tiny in size compared to Dex, may be about 20% or less.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] bmszabo:
In the same thinking direction:

Is anybody succeeded in simulating right mouse click and/or moving windows, icons with iclever keyboard/TouchPad on Dex?

Me not, TouchPad is OK, but right mouse click, moving/resizing windows only works with my BT mouse - pretty frustrating..

Any help on this, please?

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Some people have been talking about connecting two monitors to DeX.

Now there should be no excuse not to support this in next gen devices as ARM has introduced a display processor capable of outputting 4K@120Hz (or say 2x 4K @ 60Hz):

https://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/111719-arm-intros-mali-d71-4k-120hz-display-processor/

So pixel count and refresh rate will surely no longer be a limitation for phones!

USB-C may be considered limiting on the current DeX devices, but the new 20Gbps USB-C should come with next gen devices, providing double the bandwidth of what DeX has access to now on the current gen devices, so you could potentially connect multiple monitors and input devices and even a high speed external usb storage device! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*NEWS UPDATE!*

Changes included for DeX in Oreo beta changelog!:

[IMG="changelog"]https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/galaxy-s8-oreo-beta-changelog.png[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm pleased to see that my clearview case will no longer disable DeX from starting!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zit0n:
Issue with my DEX connection

Hi,

I have a big issue since a few days with my DEX.

When I try to connect my phone, it reboots automatically. If I leave my phone plugged in, it automatically reboots until I see the screen then reboots again...

I tried removing DeX Hub, deactivate screen mirroring using Adhell... Only thing that worked was deactivating DEX, then my phone was just mirrored on the Display. I tried also installing an updated APK... phone told me I was not allowed.

Any idea?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Do you have any USB devices connected to the DeX station?

My GS8+ reboots if I physically connect an XBox One controller via USB.

Try disconnecting everything other than power and hdmi and see if the same still happens.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zit0n:
Just HDMI and power. I tried disconnecting my bluetooth keyboard. Didn't work. Tried airplane mode. Didn't work...

I might just go to Samsung store if it's still the same.

I have a G950FD, had recently an update - might be it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Oreo beta now supports resolutions changes in DeX!

and audio over hdmi on startup!

I will leave the option in Desktop Hub for people without Oreo!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] maxnik1:
That's a big addition. Does it support 4k or different aspect ratios?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'll try to let you know later, but as it has broken parts of Desktop Hub, I need to focus on fixing that ASAP!

*Update*

For the time being, DeX users on Oreo may have to go without access to the Desktop Hub 'bluetooth/wifi/volume/brighness/device monitor' features, though the Desktop enhanced features still work fine. I am trying to find out why Oreo has blocked access to all permissions on my device, but as soon as I find out the cause, I will immediately update it for you guys!

Sorry for any inconvenience. :'(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] urvi1:
Any idea why i cant run teamviewer on dex. It says it only for touch screen phones even after i turned on developer mode like desktop hub said?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] methoddon1:
anyone had little issues with Dex interface being misaligned on FHD Samsung TV?!

when I have it connected to 1360x768 monitor, I can understand that... but why in fhd TV?! much better than on the monitor but still...

left and right sides are fine but bottom and up not so much... still cuts of about 1/3 of the bottom panel and icons in it.

Sent from Galaxy Beast S8 (aka Infinity)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*Oreo update*

CAUTION! Don't download if stability is important to you, as this is very unstable at the moment.

Wait until the later widescale beta testing when the bugs are mostly ironed out.

DeX Version: 2.5.25

Resolution options I see:

HD, FHD, WQHD. Though my monitor is 1080p so WQHD is greyed out.

Touchpad enabled:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] kbarni:
That means phone screen as touchpad? :laugh:

With the Led cover support and better windowing features (fullscreen and resizeable windows) and a few usability enhancements, the Oreo update will be a great Christmas present for me. Throw in the Linux desktop, and my Easter present is ready, too! :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I have to take my case off and remove the mouse, otherwise it disables the touch input.

Also the case disables front facing camera features (i.e. biometrics) and leaves a permanent notification to tell you...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] maxnik1:
It looks like phone screen would act like a touchpad.

[IMG="Dex touchpad"]https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/whats-new-oreo-dex-1.jpg[/IMG]

Source
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
If I hook up a Display Link USB to HDMI, etc. adapter, will Oreo support multiple monitors? Currently I can get multiple monitors to work, but only in mirror mode.

And thank you for leaving the option there, those of us who have the Note 8 can't get Oreo yet.

---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:05 PM ----------

You can cast to a Roku device, but there are latency issues with anything wireless that would need to be overcome.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wm8s:
Can you cast the DeX desktop wirelessly without having the actual DeX hardware hooked up?

That's what I'm describing: Nothing at all hooked up to the phone. Come home, plop the phone down on a charge pad charging it wirelessly, broadcasting the Android/DeX desktop to a monitor wirelessly, and using a wireless BT keyboard + trackpad (so not even a 2.4 GHz dongle). Other desktop protocols work without crippling lag; I can't think of any reason why Samsung couldn't do all of this right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
Ok, no, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see someone come up with a way to switch to Dex without anything plugged in, then I would think it could be done. But the lag time could be the problem as to why it isn't being done now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] nearglen:
Dex using a Lap Dorck any other USB-C Monitor

I have seen people get HDMI to DVI to work with the Dex, but has anyone tried a lapdock, like the HP Elite x3 lapdock? I know there are other monitors that use USBC as well. I have been through a ton of pages of this and many other boards and saw nothing.

Also, to add, I got the oreo update and used DEX today. It pushes a lot of apps to full screen now, which was a huge nuisance before. I was able to get Netflix and Showbox to work with DEXMAX but nothing got HULU to work. I made that change in the system settings of DEX and now HULU works in full screen mode on DEX.

Also I am not sure what people are using for DEX, but the Microsoft All In One keyboard is perfect for this, trackpad and a great keyboard, plus it had the piece go into the DEX so if you are like me and use multiple Galaxy phones with it you do not have to worry about connecting mouse and keyboard to multiple devices.

Please give feedback on anyone that has tried a Lap Dock or any other USB-C monitor.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lestander01:
Hey again can anyone understand what's the problem with my chrome browser,

The sound is lagging and its a fresh new install from Google play store.. it's the same problem whatever online site i try to stream from, so any suggestions what to try to fix it.... The last part is Samsung internet browser, and it play with no problems, but only support 720p max res...

Had this problem from day 1, can't find anything online with the same problem...

By the way, I can't even right click with my mouse in the chrome browser, but maybe it's normal?

Here is a link I uploaded to YouTube.

https://youtu.be/okcqZH_FPOk

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*Desktop Hub Update*

Fixed Oreo compatibility issues, but Google disabled access to hardware monitoring in Android Oreo, so Oreo users will have to go without the device monitor feature.

All other features should work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lestander01:
But no one has a clue about my problem? Reset or do chrome work with Dex?

And when I disabled the shift+ space, for toggle language, how do I change after that? Do I need to go thru the normal settings?

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm not too familiar with Chrome on DeX, because, for the short time I was using it, I found it to be terrible in comparison to the SBrowser.

To enable/disable the shift + space filter quickly, press 'ctrl + shift + space'.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lestander01:
Okej thx, was a bit distracted when typing and hit the "shift space" and all the åäö was showing like [. ]||| So thx for the reply.. needed to restart Desktop Hub and disabled the "disabled" function

You wrote earlier before, you would take away (hdmi) edit ... "Audio out support on login" or something, .. but when I bought my Dex I sat for like 2 hours and could not find the settings for change audio out and Google it at bought "Dex max" ... But one night I was drunk and change my password and made a new email because all spam I got, and the day after I couldn't remember a **** haha and had reset my phone and couldn't remember my new mail an fall, well I put my phone in Dex dock and couldn't even find the settings for changing sound out? And still can't.

Search all Internet but no answer, so before you make the changes can you please tell where to change it ?

Lol forth edit now.

I use Desktop Hub pro atm, but what I mean is where to change the sound output when you're changed the "hub"

A little tipsy and from Sweden so apologize for the grama and spelling [emoji23]

Best regards

Robert

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
No worries, I won't be removing it, as I know that it is useful to many people on Android 7.0-7.1.2.

I will only remove it if all desktop enabled handsets support HDMI audio out on startup by default. Which isn't going to be very soon. At the very earliest I assume January 2018 (When the S8 & N8 are due for the official update to Oreo) but even then, I will ensure that I give everyone a "cooling off period" to give them chance to upgrade to the newer DeX/Android desktop versions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] cmwade77:
I still would like to know if Oreo will allow for using multiple monitors (with something like a Displaylink hub) or not, I am hoping so as it would make this is a lot closer to a desktop replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] corb06:
I really hope the new update will support 1440p monitors. The phone is 1440p, so it should not be a big problem...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I know that Oreo is capable of acheiving multi-display output (you could even run, lets say 3 external monitors with your phones display on at the same time), the tools are there for it in Oreo.

But, the question now is, are the DeX stations USB connections fast enough for a USB-HDMI/DP display output to go alongside the standard HDMI output?

I honestly think that all of the software is there to acheive this, but the DeX station is the limitation, this would need a new dock to overcome this bottleneck, or maybe just connect to one of the C-Force adapters with USB 3.0 ports, but I can't imagine that Samsung will support USB display output over a third party adapter...

As for the GPU horsepower... Well, that could be a limitation in the 8 series devices, but I expect that with recent GPU improvements coming from ARM enabling 4k@120Hz video output from a mobile GPU, 2x4k@60Hz or 3x1080p@60Hz should be a possibility on the 9 series devices!

Though do note that if the phones display is on at the same time, that is likely going to be using a resolution of ~2k@60Hz.

My predictions though, are that we won't see this until the 9 series becomes available and DeX station v2 becomes available.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
It does support WQHD! (and 720p & 1080p too)

I would take a screenshot, but the beta version is being a bit... well beta, and it has issues capturing screenshots atm.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] corb06:
Thats awesome!!

Do you know how it will behave on a 21:9 monitor? (1440 x 3440)

Will it stretch out to be like the phone screen 18:6? Or still be in 16:9 format?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
As I can't take a screenshot I will just say that in the DeX settings menu, there is a button titled 'Screen resolution for Samsung DeX' and inside it just lists:

AUTO_SELECT

WQHD

FHD

HD

So I assume that it will only support 16:9 for now.

(Note that my monitor is a 16:9 1080p though, it could show different outputs for others?)

It appears that the icons always stay in the same place and use up the same overall percent of screenspace per icon no matter the resolution, I wonder if this has something to do with Samsung only supporting 16:9, as they may want to keep the icon layouts the same no matter where you are connected.

But personally, I would quite like to see the option to force any icons that are cut off when connecting to a monitor with a different aspect ratio to automatically re-align, and then we can just position them as we need to on these other aspect ratio displays.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*UPDATE*

Right clicking on the volume icon now shows the audio output device options!

Right clicking on the screenshot button shows the options 'fullscreen' and 'partial' (partial just works like the snipping tool on Windows).

Right clicking the keyboard icon gives you the option to launch the config screens for both the physical and virtual keyboards!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dorsefrith:
Counting days to Ore update for S8+ ....

What I would like to have is the option to zoom in and out the screen.

I have very old LG (HDMI Ready) TV on which screen is zoomed out and it does not fit in screen. I do not see the corners of the dex screen :( There is no option to change it in TV so if there would be option in Dex to "crop", zoom, fit the screen like on some Intel HD graphic cards it would be nice.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] batmar333:
Hi guys, a question....how much powerful is Dex compared to a pc? I mean, it can really replace a desktop? And does anyone know if kinemaster works Wells on It? Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Update:

I have now got a 4k monitor to test the 2k resolution, and immediately I can see why more resolutions are not supported on the normal DeX release.

The scaling is done very badly... Though I am not too surprised as I know that Samsung have proven to be terrible at optimising their UI's for scalability in other apps, like the Samsung keyboard, when using a custom DPI setting on the phone (developer options > smallest screen width), the keyboard does not adapt well at all.

Honestly Samsung really need to get some better UI developers who can optimise the UI scaling better.

I mean, it isn't even that hard... I bet that I could fix all of the UI scaling issues in DeX within 24 hours.

And since DeX is so poorly optimised in 2k, its clear that supporting 4k would just be totally unusable.

So the only reason I can see that additional resolutions are not supported is because the Samsung UI developers are bad at responsive UI development.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Solid explorer works fine, I use it myself.

*UPDATE*

Plex runs in fixed window mode currently...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dusanzk:
Thanks for testing it out and that's good news about Solid Explorer. Can you just clarify about Plex, fixed window mode is basically non-optimized ? You can't resize or enter full screen ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
No problems, I've found that Solid is very effective as you can easily customise it to feel the way you want it to pretty much!

And yes, you can't full screen plex or resize it, it is just fixed at one size, though you can rotate it to landscape, although it will still be locked to a phone size (non-fullscreen) UI.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dusanzk:
Well that's a shame, i'm gonna give Kodi a try then. If it's not too invasive where did you get your Dex and did it come with an AC adapter as well as a cable for it ?

If you go to the bottom of this page - http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/samsung-dex/ - you'll see the *HDMI & Charging cable is sold separately. However all the reviews I've seen show an AC adapter as well as the USB cable included, the HDMI is not.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I got it from MobileFun.co.uk

The USB cable/AC adapter/HDMI didn't come with mine, but I get the impression that it only comes with that stuff if you're buying it from the US or Korea.

But I'm fine with that as I use the charger that came with the phone, and all of my displays have at least one unused HDMI cable connected to them...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dusanzk:
I have no idea but that's quite odd, a friend of mine from Serbia told me that the AC adapter and USB cable are included in the box when you buy Dex over there.

I can't find any info on what's included in the packaging from the places i usually buy, in Austria, the online retailers here just state the product description without any info on what exactly is included in the retail packaging.

I don't understand why they skimp on such things, it obviously means a lot to get the AC adapter and USB cable rather than having to buy another one or carry it with you all the time, from home-work (for example). What's worse is that somebody who didn't get them in the box is probably going to pay the same price as someone who did.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SquirtlePoke:
I wonder if dex is worth getting.

Can the dex charges the phone? Or its just for connection onto screen?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dragunbayne:
It charges the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Iminzil:
Plex will work on samsung web browser... It will not be fullscreen. but useable...

https://i.imgur.com/wptKooW.jpg

Thats the biggest you will get plex on Dex
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dusanzk:
That looks good enough until they (hopefully) update their app.

How good is it overall, do you know if a 1080P video plays without any stuttering ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Iminzil:
Looks like chrome using phone version of plex site.. will play plex... in fullscreen.

Stuttering.... Well. Looks like its microstuttering all the time. Its usable for me, as an backup.

Tried different 1080p movies and tv-shows.

And even if I select 480p stream it will microstutter.

There is no difference on 480p and 1080p stutter.

Depends how picky you are :)

Tested with plex app now.

Web browser... even they show full screen... Its not usable.

Think you need to wait for the plex app to be updates.. At least the app is not stuttering on 1080p
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dusanzk:
Good for you if the stuttering doesn't bother you, it would bother me. So the stuttering is visible using both the Samsung browser and Chrome browser ?

I tried sending an email to Plex support, the email listed on the Play Store, but i got an auto reply that said they don't monitor that email address :eek: I also found a post about Samsung Dex that someone started on the Plex Pass forums, I wrote there that i would also like to see support for Dex but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Have you tried any other media apps such as Kodi, MX Player, BS Player ?

I think i'll probably end up mirroring the phone's screen through Dex and using Plex that way, it doesn't sound like the best solution but it should at least be stutter free, i hope.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
For those of you hoping to get Dex to work without the dock, here is a screenshot of some of the system broadcasts after docking the device.

I'm guessing that there may be a way to force these broadcasts and start Dex mode manually.

Though I could be wrong.

Anyway, here is the info in a screenshot for you to do what you want with it.

Good luck getting Dex mode to work without the dock! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] oF2pks:
If you look into s8+/Exynos attached defconfig, apparently "regular" vdi config are not set in this (very) NEW 4.4 kernel:

# CONFIG_USERFAULTFD is not set

# CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI is not set

# CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO is not set

# CONFIG_XEN is not set

# CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION is not set

Maybe they are not arm compatible ?

BTW can some tell about :

-hdmi/out audio HiFi quality ,

-is DeX still working after twrp/su ,

-what happen if DeX plugged with s8 powered off

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I was a little concerned that I couldn't set my DPI on my phone, as Dex would adjust between 2 DPI settings, but it keeps the setting that I applied to the phone display for those of you that are interested.

p.s. If you don't know what I am talking about, you can shrink everything on your phone screen to give your apps more space, by going into Dev settings and setting 'smallest width' to a larger number. Don't go too high immediately though, this is only useful if you have good eyesight. Mine is set at 520.