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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
Regarding Facebook going into mobile mode when you go to https://www.facebook.com I've found a way to circumvent it by using https://www.facebook.com/home.php

Hope it works for you too
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Thanks!, useful tip, I have changed my bookmark link! :)

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*DeX Hub Update*

I have received an email notifying me that those of you that haven't enabled (Android) developer mode see the app crashing when you click on the shortcut within DeX Hub, so I have now fixed that crash.

I have also added the shortcuts to Whatsapp & Youtube as a user requested those features.

Whatsapp is 'Meta+W' & Youtube is 'Meta+Y'

I haven't added them to the enhanced input shortcuts list at the moment as I thought that it may begin to make the list look a little messy, but if you would like me to add them to the list then do let me know! :)

*Also added a black title bar.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION],

Ironically running Youtube on the Youtube app is not as intuitive as running it on Samsung Internet browser. Is there a way to launch youtube on the browser by default instead of having to answer a prompt when going to Youtube site.

Can you consider implamenting a shortcut to Kill All Tasks (Meta K?)

I guess the ultimate solution for shortcuts would be when users can define their own shortcuts.

Thanks for everything
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I personally disabled the Youtube app and that stopped the pop-up everytime I navigated to Youtube within the browser.

A custom shortcuts solution may be something that I will consider adding in the future when I have more time to work on it.

Though at the moment, my plans for when I have more free time are to improve the pinch zoom gesture for most apps.

Then once the gesture simulation is more effective, I think that working on a system for custom keyboard shortcuts may be a nice feature.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I tried disabling the Youtube app too but it wasn't perfect. (1) My Youtube Downloader and Youtube Kids apps showed up and asked for attention; (2) I can't use Chromecast from browser; (3) Maximum video quality is limited to 720P on the browser.

Regarding pinch-zoom shortcuts, would you consider swapping Crtl +/- for pinch-zoom and Ctrl-Alt +/- for magnification? I believe we are likely to use pinch-zoom more often. One of the problems for apps that do not support mouse zoom (e.g. double-click + drag) is that they also do not support mouse drag. As a result we can only zoom into a fix point.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I don't use YouTube's additional services and since having DeX my Chromecast has just been gathering dust. But I guess that it may still have its uses, I just think that Google need to either enhance the Desktop/Tablet experience or stop this nagging from the browser, or maybe Samsung should offer the option to disable app suggestions when in DeX mode.

I may look into switching the zoom control's later when I have the time to concentrate on DeX Hub.

*UPDATE* [MENTION=4278401]KenHua[/MENTION]:

Switched!

I have also made minor changes to pinch to zoom.

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*Note*

You may want to checkout APK updater (linked below), it is a good way to be sure that all of your apps are up to date, this may be useful if there are new updates available which improve DeX support!

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/rumbo...elease/apkupdater-1-5-2-android-apk-download/

P.S. It found a new update for Samsung Browser which was released today! I'm not sure if it brings any changes for DeX, but it's nice to be up to date! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
Thanks for the update [MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION]! You are awesome!

I've updated the apks as recommended. Will share if I found anything interesting. Thanks much
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I have noticed that the latest Samsung Internet apk update has fixed this thing that has been bugging me, where if I clicked an internet link outside of the browser when the browser was already open, it would just open another browser window rather than open the link within the browser window already open.

I'm glad that they have done something about that! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] anonymous572:
Can I use MHL adaptor for Dex?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1080P-MHL-T...103553?hash=item5692eba281:g:3KsAAOSwUKxYbhWI
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Unfortunately no...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*UPDATE*

DeX Hub now brings an alternative start menu with additional functions over the standard start menu to try and make DeX feel more Desktop-PC like.

Currently it has the option to replace the 'Meta' button to open it, but I hope to find a way to disable the standard start menu and launch this when clicking on the start button.

If you want to use it without replacing the default 'Meta' key start menu just press 'Meta+Alt' to launch it!

Also, just a quick note, try opening it and immediately typing 'calc' and see what happens! ;)

[IMG="DeX Hub - Start menu"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rTZr3nGFWV5jvGzuhVKDDVbyHMJf5dLq-QY_qb3_3HxlljoP4hg7J1BSsUBZ1JpF2ZM=h600-rw[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wrexed03:
Just a tip for anyone using dex and wants to use remote desktop to get to their wintel machines or other boxes that support vnc server. Try installing VNC server/viewer on those machines and install the client on your dex. Works really well. Using it with my setup and i am quite happy with it. Home user gets 5 free connections. Not affiliated with the product but it works well over lan/wifi and 3g/4g connections. You can use it away from home as well and the response is quite good. Enjoy..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION],

That's an excellent summary! In terms of external storage I have a 256GB SD card just like yours but I also attached 1TB HHD formatted in EXT4. I can access it from basically any apps. It shows up simply as a USB storage! No, you don't need any special app such as Paragon etc. The speed is excellent at about $30MB/S. I use it for backup and other stuff such as movies. I added a .nomedia to prevent duplicates showing up in media players. One more thing, my HHD needs external power supply to drive it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Not bad ☺️

The laptop I have has only 240GB of SSD space (80GB's less than my S8) and also my S8 has faster internal storage speeds over 700MB/s and my laptop's SSD peaks at around 550MB/s.

My phone has double the amount of CPU cores,

a "guestimate" of about 10x more battery life,

less heat output,

more portable,

smoother desktop experience,

better stability than Windows 10 (since the start of 2017),

less likely to experience anything as big as the wannaCry ransomware issue that Windows experienced recently.

And also, my laptop can barely play GTA VC at 15-20fps, my phone plays it smoothly in desktop mode at 60fps near 100% of the time!

So why do I prefer DeX over my Windows laptop?... ?

The S8 looks a little nicer... ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
I don't have a Dex yet but I install Dex Hub wile waiting for my Dex to arrive

and after that I can't push install button when i try to install 3rd party apps

after I disable draw over other apps for Dex Hub my problem disappear

Any idea whats happend?

Thank you

Cant wait to try Dex and your app
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I will have to look into this,

admittedly in all of my tests, the draw over apps permission was only enabled by me when in DeX mode, as I have a function which kills certain parts of the app when it exits DeX including the part which requires the draw over other apps permision, so it typically wouldn't interfere with our phones experience, but I guess that it is being fired up in phone mode when I didn't expect it to be, as I just assumed that everyone would only enable the permissions when I show the menu to do so in DeX mode, and then the overlay would just be killed before you go back into phone mode.

The majority of DeX Hubs functions are programmed to be disabled when outside of DeX mode to reduce any interuptions in your normal phone mode. For now, until I get chance to fix that bug, I would just suggest that you remove the overlay permission and only re-enable it when you are docked in the DeX station and the app requests that permission. It is only needed to enable the brightness reduction feature on the external display (if you need it), as a workaround until Samsung provides us with something built in to DeX. The app will automatically unload this overlay as it goes back into phone mode so that it does not interfere with your mobile experience again.

Sorry that you had to experience this bug.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Zenia:
No problem at all

it'is a really small problem compare to your app which is one of the reason why I want Dex
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] -vpa:
I've been sent Dex after 3 weeks of using back to Amazon.

It lacks of RDP applications. Using as gallery is terrible, pictures are looking very bad. Support of external Czech keyboard is very hard to use.

Simply, this devices is for enthusiasts only. It is very young concept. Maybe with next phone will be usable, not now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
* Firstly, there are plenty of RDP applications available to download on the play store for DeX, litterally just search 'RDP'. I am currently connecting to a remote machine using real VNC and that works fine.

* Secondly, if you don't like the gallery app, download another...

Thats the nice thing about software on Android, often many parts of the OS are modular, so if you don't like the file explorer or gallery apps or email client, etc, you can just switch to alternative ones from the Play store!

It is very usable, if anything, more usable for non-enthusiasts who don't need legacy Windows apps.

Yeah it is still very young technology, but I certainly wouldn't describe it as a concept, it is so much more than that, and with some of the apps available for Samsung DeX they just enhance the experience even more. Samsung is the first to make 'Android Desktop on the go' usable, and it is only going to get even better.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I guess your experience probably contradicted to many on this forums. Vnc RDP works perfectly for me. In fact in works so well that I can't tell the difference when looking at the static screen. Any delays in response are always caused by data exchange rather than Dex. Not sure what your problem was.

Quality of gallery is as good as that on my gaming laptop. Video playing is actually smoother when showing 1080-60P's on Dex. Not sure what your problem was.

Using of keyboard and mouse are similar to that of PC. Yes, certain shortcut keys are different but [MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION] has done a fantastic job in fixing some of that! Again, Not sure what your problem was.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] -vpa:
Sorry RDP and VNC are different protocols. BTW I forget to try TeamViewer.

Czech language has different keyboard layout and characters which are not present on US keyboard.

I have no video from pictures shown with DeX but they looks like from digital photos from 90. Colors saturated and low resolution. Showing pictures for group of people is better on phone than on TV throw DeX.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] last_nooby:
Hi guys, I'm using S8+ & deX (best solution for my job, always traveling) but I need to use GIMP for my job. I downloaded it but window isn't resizable (I need fullscreen). Some suggestion please?

To compile Gimp for Android? Or use a similar tool? (But, honestly, I didn't find for now something good like Gimp!!) I also tried deX Max but resizable button doesn't work. It's a fake.

So, can you help me please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pixellegolas:
I am looking for a solution to use some kind of media center. I use raspeberry pi etc today but would really like if I could use the dex on tv with kodi. Someone had used kodi. Is it good with streaming 1080p movies etc? I mean it is way better specs but at the same time you are running a os on top
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
You are best enabling (DeX) developer mode, DeX MAX modifies the apps which can cause multiple problems.

If you don't know how to enable (DeX) developer mode, DeX Hub contains a guide when you click the 'True Windows' button.

Bare in mind that DeX developer mode is different to the Android developer mode, enabling Android developer mode wont affect the true window/full screen mode, but DeX developer mode will!

*Note*

Even apps that explicitly disable resizable windows can be overriden with a simple drag from each corner of the window to adjust its size when you are in DeX developer mode!

Though apps that don't excplicitly disable resizable window mode will have the maximise button at the top (basically all apps except a few games) when in DeX developer mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Kodi still requires some official Android optimisations to work perfectly on DeX, but you can full screen Kodi by pressing 'Meta(Win key)+Up', but currently it would require a keyboard or dpad navigation device as it has mouse input bugs in full screen mode, although it works fine in windowed mode.

This is because the developers of Kodi have overriden the Window decor (basically everything including the apps title bar) as they obviously didn't expect something like DeX to come along.

So the close, maximise and minimise buttons are not accessible in Kodi.

But if they follow the official Android developer guidelines, then this problem will be fixed.

As a developer myself, I know that it shouldn't take them very long to fix this though (its a change that takes less than half an hour to implement).
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
Ran into an issue with the app over the weekend. When the app is installed I cannot manually install apk files. The install button doesn't work as in it's not selectable. This is with any apk file. As soon as I uninstall the app I can install all apk files.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Can you navigate to it with the keyboard and click enter?

It seems to only affect anyone when brightness reduction has been enabled, I will see if I can fix this now!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
This is not using dex. This is just trying to install an apk on the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I've created a fix which I am about to push out now, sorry for the inconvenience.

*Update*

I've just pushed out the fix in release version 'v1.51', you should get the update within the next hour or two!.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
No worries. I had a temp workaround just wanted to report the issue. I'll chime back in when I get the update if it doesn't fix the issue.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Yeah, sorry, I experienced that bug before, but I didn't realise that it was related to DeX Hub's brightness reduction overlay until you mentioned it, so I previously just navigated with the keyboard to workaround that problem, but now that you have mentioned it, I have noticed that when I previously made changes to some code, I forgot to restore this function which disabled the brightness overlay when exiting DeX mode, but now it also automatically disables the overlay when it detects that the installer is the active app in the foreground so it doesn't disable input in DeX mode either when brightness reduction is on.

v1.51 & v1.52 have just implemented a few improvements to how the code regarding this works.

Sorry for pushing out so many updates to fix this, I just have a habit of pushing out any fixes to any bugs found immediately. I hope that it doesn't bother you again.

And thank you for the feedback, this enables me to improve DeX Hub & DeX for everyone - including me! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
So far the best app/tool that I have found after a quick scan through the play store, is Infinite Design. It seems to feel more like a more professional tool than most alternatives for Android, but at the moment some of the editing tools require you to click an expand button to access them, but overall, it seems like a great app with only minor UI optimizations required for DeX to make all of the essential editing tools available on screen. It supports layers by the way, which I personally find to be essential in an app like that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] last_nooby:
Thank you SmilerOnline, I solved it with your post #527!!! You've a beer paid when we meet!!!

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another question please:I'm able to launch and use it, but I can't access to the phone gallery!!! I've to do something in linux? (like grant permissions?)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I'm not very familiar with GIMP, so I can't say much, but I tried to install it earlier and it didn't even look like it scaled very well or performed very well, so I quickly uninstalled it before going in depth with it...

I get the impression that it is just booting a very old Linux distro and GIMP is running on that virtual machine...

For now, I still go back to Windows when I need a professional image editing tool, but, I hope that this problem will quickly go away as the user base for 'Android desktop on the go' increases and more developers adapt their software to work with 'Android desktop on the go'.

I suggested that alternative above as a temporary solution if editing in DeX is essential, but I'm not sure that it will be capable of replacing typical professional graphics design/editing tools.

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*UPDATE*

Game Launcher has now been updated to work in DeX mode, with a special section designed just for DeX!

After see'ing Game launcher now released for DeX with DeX specific features, I'm beginning to wonder if we can start to expect to see more DeX specific features being released in the next few weeks for other apps, and maybe even a new version update of DeX itself.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] bartek.krk:
There is huge difference between VNC and MS RDP - I'm working full time (as developer) in Remote Desktop Environment (Windows Server) hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud. It works brilliant - I do not ever remember that my office workstation is only thin client. I can even watch YouTube in Full HD. There are no hiccups which are so common in other solutions - like VNC (and my Internet connection on remote end is 1 Gbps up/download with super low latency ;). We have tried almost all remote desktop solutions and only Microsoft Remote Desktop works really good, even on mobile connection (it uses low level Windows GDI driver with something like vector rendering instead of sending all the time bitmaps like VNC does).

There is very good android app - RD Client by Microsoft which allows to connect to RDP from mobile. Unfortunately it does not scale to full screen in Dex. It is totally unusable because of that because remote end screen does not fit to window and I can't see start menu bar.

If there will be any way to force that app to go full screen it will be brilliant (I tried Dex Hub and Dex Max with no success). It will be possible to work in office and home just using Samsung Galaxy S8 with Dex mode :) Total freedom and security (no sensitive data on mobile - only on cloud server).

BTW. There is "work around" for Remote Desktop - but is ugly and expensive. I'm using Azure Workspaces app which supports Dex - it works really well but I have to log on to remote Azure Workspace machine only to launch Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection which connects to my machine in Azure cloud. It is Remote Desktop in Remote Desktop "work around" which has some problems - degraded latency and I have to pay for Azure Workspace machine which is only used to relay connection to Azure.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] lostagain2day:
no need

my 3 grand asus can do the same free. its a new laptop, all 11 lbs. with 16 gigs graphics ram. i can wirelessly cast and full screen, all apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
When in the app if you have enabled (DeX) developer mode, as mentioned within the DeX Hub 'DeX enhancements' window, press 'Meta(Win key)+Up' that will switch MS RDP to full screen. This will work for all apps by the way.

Sorry, my bad regarding VNC/RDP.

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[MENTION=8368347]lostagain2day[/MENTION]:

That is a very useful post, keep up the good work... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] foxmeister:
FYI, even with Developer mode enabled, Microsoft RD Client won't go full screen, either by "Meta"+Up, nor by resizing the window.

Regards,

Dave

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Whenever I start Dex, my taskbar is filled with apps that I've run previously (generally outside of Dex), but not necessarily recently, and in some cases a few days previously.

If I click on "Recent Apps", the vast majority are do not show up and clearing recent apps does not remove them either, which means I have to close each one individually, which is a royal pain in the arse.

Is there any way to prevent these from showing up?

Regards,

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
It does for me. Are you using Android developer mode or DeX developer mode? Follow the guide in DeX Hubs true windows button to enable DeX developer mode.

Regarding the taskbar apps, I'm not sure why you're experiencing that, I just clear recent apps from DeX's taskbar recent apps button, and that clears up the taskbar for me.

If you need to clear up device resource usage just run the device management tool, or if you have DeX Hub installed click 'ctrl+alt+del'.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] foxmeister:
Definitely in DeX Developer mode (and Android developer mode for that matter).

See screenshot - RD Client has no maximise button, and if I try to resize it flashes red. Meta+Up does nothing either, but does for other apps.

Regarding my task bar, if I close recents in DeX, any apps I have run in DeX itself disappear, but not the others.

Regards,

Dave
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] foxmeister:
Oh yes!;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
There is clearly a problem on your end, as you can see in the image below I have MS RDP running in full screen.

The question is, why don't you get fullscreen aswell?

Have you cleared MS RDP from recents since switching to DeX developer mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] krumbs:
How do I ensure the Meta/ Win key works inside of the Microsoft RDP client? Currently, when I hit Win key, the DeX apps list pops up. Similarly, Win key + E launches the email client in DeX, instead of launching Windows Explorer in the remote desktop session.

Also, how do I disable the top bar and the taskbar at the bottom from appearing every time the mouse pointer goes anywhere near the top or bottom? Would like to work fullscreen in the remote session, without these strips coming in the way. Can they be completely disabled and enabled with a special key combination?

Incidentally, I tested a few RDP clients, and found Jump RDP shows the maximise button by default. No need for Win key + Up Arrow.