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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] CJ0206:
Thank you for the updates :)

Is this the one you tried https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/HL-2018-HDMI-Dex-Station-Desktop-Extension-Charging-Dock-For-Samsung-S8-S8-Plus-Note-8/1905943_32833221456.html
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr_blobby:
Yes, that is the one and I left feedback to warn other potential buyers.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] alan9820:
It only change DPI but not resolution, since my monitor is 1920x1080 and s8 is not 16:9, the size is weird showing in monitor.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lexiperplexi91:
If they've enabled it to work with most USB-C -> DP/USB devices, does anyone have an HP Elite x3 Lap dock to test with, that would be AMAZING!

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I just bought an HP Elite Lapdock, I'll report back with if it works or not when it arrives next week!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleunge:
Will be interested in this also... let us know bruh!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lexiperplexi91:
I can confirm an Elite x3 Dock launches Dex mode. Don't know if this is temporary or not though due to beta software.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleunge:
Thanks for checking!! Got one coming in too now. Hope you also got the lapdock from that eBay seller selling a bunch of them for cheap ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bogdi1988:
Speakers work? What works? Following
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lexiperplexi91:
Yes, everything works that I can tell. It's absolutely freaking sweet!

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I did. $159.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleunge:
And now it's $139 for anyone that's interested. Just do a search for that dock and there's one seller with a lot of them, factory refurbished.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] isaakmg:
Can somebody explain how add this patch in oreo beta 3 please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] prmaverick:
Hey I have a hp laptop dock how do I get to work?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivisan:
that this mean I can use dex mode without rooting or anything just with actory firmwire and connecting it to the tv.

Sorry for my english.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr_blobby:
Yes, you don't need root or any special rom or the Oreo update for Dex to work with this adapter:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Melopow-...or-NES-Switch-MACBOOK-SAMSUNG-S8/202055814779
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivisan:
Great :)

Can you tell me if the samsun S8+ has any detrimental issues like screen problem, connectivity issues or other?

Thaks for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr_blobby:
With my Samsung S8 I don't have any issues with this adapter.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivisan:
I was talking generally, do you have this issues with this phone ? because I hear that a lot ...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] prmaverick:
I just want to know how do I get it to work with the hp laptop dock? Do I need to root or be in oreo beta?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lexiperplexi91:
You have to be in Orea Beta. I can confirm it works on Beta OS. Not sure how long that will last however.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Looking at the result, I go to ebay and bought a HP elite x3 lap dock as well.... It's very cheap right now!

Hope samsung really gives us the possibility of using any HDMI port as dex output on further official updates..

If not, well, that means I will just root my phone out of it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivisan:
hi, can you please tell me a good adptator to screen miroir with HDMI and charge the phone at the same time.

If possible I can buy in europe.

I don't want to modify the kernel or other stuff like root...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivisan:
Hi,

does any of this adaptor work while charging ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
If you're looking for merely screen mirroring, not Samsung Dex, I think you better buy a kinda branded ones, since I tried several of those (not from those links though), and having no problem with screen mirroring while charging... These ones are for those looking for cheap dex dock..

Also, can anyone share about how the performance is from hp elite x3 lap dock? Do you encounter problems like disconnecting or such? In oreo beta 2, I mean..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nivisan:
can you give me an example of brands ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
For myself, I bought one branded by dodocool (definitely chinese manufacturer), and it also able to charge while mirroring..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] erclalle:
Quick heads up for anyone still hesitating on the ebay HP Lap Dock, just received it and it's downright awesome!! I'm definitely expecting the price of these things to go up as more support gets added in Android, and as soon as we get Windows on ARM ports or Ubuntu installed within DeX I think it will be even more amazing!! Foir now I'm just going to say that as far as the hardware is concerned, this lap dock is definitely worth double what we paid it (134 usd), the build feels very premium, the slim bezels are awesome, and everything worked for me (I have DeX enabled on any HDMI cable, but others have reported it to work without hacks) and the only thing that does not work yet is the sound, would love it if we could find a fix! Anyway, will report on the battery when I have more time with it, for now I'd say jump in, this kind of bargain is very impressive :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bogdi1988:
FYI, just picked one up for $100!

https://www . ebay . com/itm/HP-Elite-x3-Lap-Dock-LAPDOCK-Laptop-V8H07UT-Premium-Packaging-Free-Shippin/112677391853?epid=604828800&hash=item1a3c188ded:g:-ikAAOSwqbxaKOt7
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] erclalle:
Just a quick update/warning for those who bought it, be careful with the charger you use: I did not have a US/Europe adapter for the charger in the box, so I used one I had lying around for a USB-c based computer, which ALSO was rated at 45 Watts, and I realized that it does not charge, because the Lap Dock requires specifically 20V/2.25A and the one I had only delivered 15V/3A, so nothing happened, and it took me the night to realize I had not charged the dock! So if you want to use your own charger, be careful about the provided current :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
This looks pretty awesome!

Now I really hoped they unlock the Deck restriction on oreo update... Yes, I know they enabled it during the beta, but still I am somewhat anxious about the real update.. And whether there will be another kernel enabling dex on oreo as well to fix.

And also, I noticed that my dex also doesn't output the sound anymore to the monitor. Latest update seems like disabling the sound routing, since I don't find the setting.. I don't have any problem though, because I often encountered sound problem (like lag or something) when using hdmi output.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] erclalle:
I don't know about that, I'm still on N950 nougat rom with kernel enabling dex with any monitor, so I just hope this hack will be continued to Oreo :) Aside from this, is there any new feature on Oreo DeX?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
Just wondering, is there any way to output dex without root, custom kernel, or third party dock? I would love to use the elite x3 lapdock but I don't have the option for Oreo because Verizon
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
I heard so far the new feature is 4k output...

Other than that I forgot... Havent got my oreo update as well since I dont have any UK sim cards..

Sadly no so far..

The only non-root opstion to get samsung dex available everywhere is through oreo beta channel.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaiC1:
Am I being stupid:

Is the HP Lap Dock an add on or is it part of the HP Laptop.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fonix232:
The HP LapDock is a separate product from laptops, it's an accessory to the HP Elite X3 (a Windows 10 Mobile phone, that can also output a desktop-like experience with the appropriate dock).
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaiC1:
That's what I thought, but cant seem to find any on sale, every search comes you as a laptop .
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fonix232:
Then you're searching wrong.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/hp-elite-x3-lap-dock/8xhmmt3x2vkl

https://www.amazon.com/HP-V8H07UT-ABA-Premium-Package/dp/B01M14FYYU

https://www.clove.co.uk/hp-elite-x3-lap-dock

https://www.ebay.com/p/HP-V8h07ut-Elite-X3-Lap-Dock-With-Prem-Pkg/2074470780
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaiC1:
Thanks again I was after the "Desk Dock", found one for £39 on ebay.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] erclalle:
Are you sure about that? 40 bucks seems impossible, even if it's broken and is sold for parts!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fonix232:
There's the cheapo replica desk dock that actually goes around that price, and has all the features of the official DeX dock.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] prmaverick:
When you say sound dont work can you still play sound from the phones speaker when is connected to the laptop dock? Also what do you use to connect it to the laptop dock usb c to usb c? since the laptop doesn't have hdmi.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Don't know the sound "bug" since I still haven't get mine.

To connect lap dock to S8, use USB C to USB C provided. The laptop does have micro hdmi, but I think it is for output purposes (gonna try when mine arrives).
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaiC1:
I'll let you know when it arrives : its used {second hand refurbished} off ebay. There area a couple on the UK ebay site. Its listed at £49 but I had a £10 discount through a friend.

"HP Elite x3 Desk Dock - V5H01AA

Specification:

This item is used and is sold in excellent working order. It has been refurbished in house and has been tested by an accredited engineer to help reliability and sold with a 30 day guarantee from Proactive Technology Services for further peace of mind."

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Elite-...824834&hash=item1c9b1300fb:g:r5wAAOSwIJlaKW0D apparently they have 10 more !!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bezisek:
not working

Hello, I have bought 2 usb-c to hdmi adapters, but they don't seem to be working. (

http s://w ww.ali express.com/item/USB-Type-C-1080P-HDMI-Type-C-Adapter-Dock-for-Nintend-Switch-TV-HDMI-converter-Cable/3 2827589373.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.Ma35Nu

and one more, but I can't find the link anymore. )

I have tried them with the notorious kernel, but that doesn't seem to be working. I'm not even sure if the phone recognizes that the hdmi is connected. Does anybody know, what might be the problem ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] orrorin:
This person on reddit is saying that Oreo Beta 4 kills compatibility with the HP Lapdock (which I just got today).

I'm on ZQKR Oreo beta and it still works with the Lapdock. I'm about to get a G950FD model, so I hope there's a way to keep this working without going back to Nougat.

Perhaps it's possible to flash an older Oreo beta kernel with beta 4 firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Ouch... That is kinda bad... :(

Can you explain what happens when you plug the phone to the USB-C to HDMI connector and plug it to TV?

In my case (unroot, non-beta), when a HDMI connector is plugged to the phone and to the TV, the phone and TV goes into mirroring mode.

Dang... That is a very bad news... :(

I really hoped that they won't kill the compability...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaiC1:
Nooooo! gutted. Is it possible to revert to beta 3?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] erclalle:
Oh, the *desk* dock, not the lapdock! Sorry if I misunderstood you, the desk dock might be a bargain as you bought it but I don't feel it as a substantial upgrade over any usb-c hub, since many 10$ ones do more or less the same and are less bulky.

The lapdock originally sold for 600usd, since it has a thin and lightish build with a fullhd screen, mouse, keyboard extra battery and ports, works wirelessly with miracast or usb-c with dex or any usb-c computer, so 140 was already surprisingly low a price, that's why it seemed unlikely to have aml this for 40$!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bezisek:
Actually nothing happens, the tv/ monitor just says no signal and phone works as normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
Can this be done with just root or is a different kernel required? Is there any hope for the snapdragons?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Rooting and different kernel required...

The problem is, the kernel for our solution we had until now is for nougat. Hopefully someone will be able to turn on dex mode on Oreo as well..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaiC1:
Oh I hope so , my dock just got delivered.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kbarni:
I just heard Samsung disabled again Dex with any adapter in the latest Oreo beta.

We'll try to disable again this stupid limitation as the Oreo kernel sources will be out.

I use Dex quite often, but I do't want to invest $120 just to have this feature.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
What is the beta 3 firmware for the g955u then, all the letters keep confusing me. I'll just stay on the beta if I have to. I want to use the lap dock and hope it works for Linux for galaxy once it's released
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PE_XDA:
I want to take the Dex with me when I travel around. Do you have some suggestion on a small (~15") and light (not so pricey) Display to take with you?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ranova:
Is it possible to flash the Oreo Beta 3 kernel over Beta 4? I had originally posted that thread on reddit regarding the lapdock and beta 4.

Very disappointed Samsung is going out of its way to disable DeX on 3rd party accessories. The more people they have using DeX, the better chance of adoption they will have. If they limit it to one $150 accessory, it will fail like the moto docks before it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jal3223:
Did we have a solution on Nought? The Snapdragon varient that is?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lexiperplexi91:
I'm pretty frustrated about this, I have a lapdock that is just sitting here now and is no use. I've sent numerous bug reports about it and with beta 5 there is no change. If there is any info I can provide on how to do this (hopefully without root) I'd be more than happy to assist. Thanks guys!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Well, me as well... I think on beta 2 and 3, Samsung just accidentally turned off the switch...

Seems like I'll root this phone for productivity then...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
If you report it as a bug they will go out of their way to block it. The lapdock is not supposed to work because its a product from a rival company for a rival phone. Plus it could tick off HP and pull customers away from them causing a lawsuit, and they would disable the functionality anyway.

Best way is to keep quiet and wait and hope they keep the option or enable it in the future by mistake.

Or stay on beta 3
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pvila:
I got a new S8 today (found a great deal) and also happen to have an HP Lap Dock sitting around. I would love to use those two together. I read the whole thread and I am a bit confused. I see there are two unofficial Nougat kernels which include the path for using DeX without the station, and also the official Oreo kernel was supporting that feature under betas 2 and 3. My questions are:

- With a brand new S8 with Nougat, is there a way to go to beta 2/3 of Oreo? As far as I understand, if I enroll to the beta program and have not been enrolled during the previous betas, I will directly get the latest beta (beta 5) without possibility to have beta 2 or beta 3, is that correct? I tried to find the standalone beta 2 or 3 files online to see if they are flashable, but I haven't been successful.

- If I stick to Nougat, I understand I am still able to flash any of the two modified Nougat kernels which included the patch, right? I have taken a look at the changelog for both modified kernels and they don't mention the DeX patch, so I would like to confirm what's the situation with Nougat kernels including the patch as of today.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sp1312:
I have one accessory which I bought from Hong kong and even in Oreo beta 5 it works without any issue.. the only issue is the connection is little loss that's not Samsung issue :D

It cost me only 10 USD.. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chillac99:
care to share a link?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] intriskman:
There are a bunch of 3rd party usb c hubs on Amazon that work with dex. No root needed. The Chinese have figured out how to bypass Samsung's checks in hardware.https://goo.gl/dX49tq
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thajo310:
From what I've read, Samsung is going to disable all 3rd party Dex solutions, so you will be only able to get Dex from the official Samsung dock
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] intriskman:
That's not going to happen! As it stands right now there is no software in the Dex station. If you read through the thread you will see that the way Samsung checks for dex is vendor id of the usb connected device. That is easily changable by any of vendors in China.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thajo310:
here's a link

https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-dex-third-party-dock/
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Nope, it says blocking 3rd party because on 2nd and 3rd oreo beta, suddenly Samsung let every usb-hdmi hub works with Samsung dex.. That is why hp elite x3, a lap dock made for windows continuum device, is mentioned.

Meanwhile, several Chinese made dock still able to access Samsung dex after that. That is because, as previously mentioned, those docks are made specifically for activating dex. So, the phone recognized it as an official dex dock, instead of a 3rd party one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
Shouldn't there be a way with root alone to spoof the vendor ID it's looking for? Or create a dummy ID for it to check when an hdmi cable is attached?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] intriskman:
You need root to write to /sys or /proc filesystems.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
There is a patch already for Exynos devices on the kernel side.

Since I'm not familiar with computer coding, I can't say much though why it is not implemented on Snapdragon devices as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sp1312:
Bought it from store..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lava2:
Take a look on ebay.com for Melopow M002. I bought one some time ago for 14 euros, around 17 USD and it works fine as DeX station on Android 7.0. No idea for oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeejayBaca:
Snapdragons bootlader is locked so that's why, and goto https://samsung.firmware.science/ and qko is beta 3 for tmo but there should betas older than 4 and 5 in there too?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dave7802:
Daft question, Is it possible to use Dex or a 3rd party application on a Laptop.

For example, my Work laptop, i have all work stuff, Occasionally it would be nice to connect my Phone and be given the option to access Dex so i could quickly type up a personal document and it be solely on the device?

I know we have Sidesync, But its just a mirror of the Phone itsself. I would very much like to be able to access Dex thought a application on my current Windows10 laptop
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
If I'm correct to interpret, you mean like plugging your S8 to a windows 10 laptop / macbook pro device, and then the dex "take over" the OS while S8 is plugging?

In that case, I don't think so...

But instead of doing such things, why not opening the files on the phone (using windows explorer), opening it on our windows 10 MS office, editing it there, and save it on the phone? It's not different than by plugging a USB device and editing a file inside it, isn't it?

Or perhaps I misterpret your question?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sp1312:
I dont think so.. i guess you can use any of the cloud services like google or something.. but your windows 10 application cant run on your Dex
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mamadeuxmille:
Any chance that an unofficial Dex adapter could fool the S8 and enable Dex mode on the HP lapdock through USB-C ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Um... I think there is still no way to bridge the connection between dex adapter and hp elite lap dock for now... Since dex dock (official and unofficial) only have Hdmi output, while hp lap dock needs an USB C one..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
I bought 2 different non official dex adapters and both did not work on the elite lapdock, possibly due to the signal being sent from the adapters and the signal needed by the dock to actually receive video. All of the adapters split data and video into USB/HDMI/USB-C for power, the dock needs all to be sent via USB-C.

Currently you will need to be on Oreo beta 3, or a non US version S8 with a custom kernel/root enabled to use the dock
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyler27:
Final oreo build is leaked, anybody try it with the elite lapdock?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
Currently haven't tried it yet... Most likely, it won't work though..

I really hoped that we can bring back universal dex capability on Oreo kernels...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kbarni:
Well, anyway, I'm back on the problem...

I hope I'll be able to hack the Oreo kernel for general HDMI support :victory:

Stay tuned, folks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kbarni:
Dex without Dex station on Oreo

YYYYEEEEEESSSSS!!!!! YESYESYES!!!!!

ROCK'N ROLLL, BABY!!!

After spending my weekend on the hacking the kernel, I finally managed to launch Dex on my HDMI adapter!!!

(seriously, I said this is my last try for today...and it worked!)

:victory: Everything works perfectly, even the touchpad! See attached image. :victory:

I have to clean up the code and I'll post the kernel patch here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] StardustGeass:
That's a very nice story!!

Thank you so much!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kbarni:
Testing kernel

Hi all,

Here is a testing kernel for the Universal Dex hack. It is based on Nox V5.6 CRAP kernel.

Some advices:

- Use the kernel ONLY on Oreo based ROMs

- This is a testing release! So be more cautious as usual. Make a backup before flashing!

- There is a problem with Magisk, don't try to flash it, or it will cause a bootloop. I didn't iron out this bug.

Usage:

- Flash the kernel, boot the phone, connect any USB-C to HDMI adapter and a screen and voila! Dex appears! It's magic!

If you want to play it safe, a stable kernel will be released in a few days (check the Nox thread).

Please report back if it's working!

Here is the kernel: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MtTJDHw2ISmxg8wTSHH6MpmFaCidQHyf