Samsung DeX

Jytor · Mar 31, 2018

Hi, new here with a S9+ and Dex station (V1)

Anonymus91 said:
Found a keymapping solution that works with Dex and requires no root. If anyone is interested it's called Octopus in play store and works fairly well except for some reason I can't use left click to fire in fps games even though the button it's recognised, as a workaround I can map keyboard key to shoot (note 8 running Android 7.1). Hope it helps and have fun with it owning everyone.

I found it on the store and the amount of authorizations asked is really too much, even if you can disable some.

methoddon1 said:
can anyone shed some light for me on the Netflix issue.?! haven't been using Dex for a while and turns out that on Oreo after factory reset its not working in full screen mode even after turning Labs On and when trying Dex Max it won't recompile... actually when you choose Netflix, message appears something about unexpected exception occurred and Java not been found.. do I need to use some older version of Netflix? is this the Oreo thing?

I had the same issue and I found a youtube video that I can't link because of new account, title is "The Secret Trick To Running Netflix In Full Screen On" TL;DW: instal Netflix V 5.11.2 and do the expert thing with DexMax, just be careful for updates!

reaper86111 said:
HI,
I've a samsung s9+ with original Dex station (not dex pad).
In resolution chooser i've only automatic, FHD and HD+ selectable. WQHD (2560x1440) is in gray and non selectable. I've tried both my monitor 2k and tv 4k. Max is 1080p.
It's normal?

I have the exact same issue with the same setup and a 4K TV

sirobelec · Mar 31, 2018

Hi all.
There's this pain in my... human USB port... that's annoying as all hell.
I believe you're aware of it and thought I'd bring it up.
Through trial and error I found that Dex mode uses the Samsung keyboard application as default when a physical keyboard is plugged in and there is no way to change that.
Which means, we're limited to the languages and layouts which the Samsung keyboard app offer in DeX mode.
I emphasize, in DeX mode.
And a lot of layouts don't seem to be present, including of course, the one I need (Bulgarian phonetic, if anyone is interested).

My confirmation that Samsung were actually stupid enough to implement this limitation is when I deleted the Samsung keyboard with Titanium backup, now Dex doesn't start at all. That's fixable, of course.

My question is: is there any way to force DeX to use another Keyboard app as default? Or force the Samsung keyboard app to show all its layouts?

Or a workaround that I'm not aware of?

Marrusia · Apr 1, 2018

hi

Does the following product work ?

Mukavele USB 3.5mm Ses Kartı Mikrofon Hoparlör Için 3D Harici sesler Kartları Adaptörü Için WinXP/7/8/10 Vista Krom os için Kulaklık Aux
http://s.aliexpress.com/BRJrYz2q?fromSns=Copy to Clipboard

paulopais · Apr 2, 2018

Marrusia said:
hi

Does the following product work ?

Mukavele USB 3.5mm Ses Kartı Mikrofon Hoparlör Için 3D Harici sesler Kartları Adaptörü Için WinXP/7/8/10 Vista Krom os için Kulaklık Aux
http://s.aliexpress.com/BRJrYz2q?fromSns=Copy to Clipboard

I use something like that and works

Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Jytor · Apr 2, 2018

Hi, I have a S9+ with the Dex station and the fan is always running, as soon as I plug it it run and never stop until I remove the phone... I did some research and nobody is talking about the fan with the S9 and no complain either with the fan while on Oreo on S8.
So does anyone had this issue before or does a S9 user can tell me how the fan is acting?

oneraddood · Apr 2, 2018

corb06 said:
Tried a 4K, hdmi 2.0a cable but still same grayed out option. I have the Asus PG348Q ultra wide gaming monitor 3440*1440. Sadly I dont have another monitor to test with that has the exact 2560x1440 res. But Why does 1920x1080p work on my ultra wide?

I just got the update to oreo and immediately booted into dex on my 4k monitor and 1440p is greyed out as well..that was one of the features I was really looking forward to. Wonder if we can only do it with the new dock?

SmilerOnline · Apr 2, 2018

oneraddood said:
I just got the update to oreo and immediately booted into dex on my 4k monitor and 1440p is greyed out as well..that was one of the features I was really looking forward to. Wonder if we can only do it with the new dock?

Its fine for me on the 2017 DeX station, I've had it running at 2k resolution since the Oreo beta on the S8+ back in november, and now the S9+ also works at 2k for me too.

Do you know which HDMI version your display (and cable) support?

oneraddood · Apr 2, 2018

SmilerOnline said:
Its fine for me on the 2017 DeX station, I've had it running at 2k resolution since the Oreo beta on the S8+ back in november, and now the S9+ also works at 2k for me too.

Do you know which HDMI version your display (and cable) support?

It's a 4k hdmi cable and I tried the cable that came with my xbox one x and still greyed out. I have the 2017 dex station as well. Tried messing around with monitor setting but still nothing. Maybe I need to do a factory reset.

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

HiGreen · Apr 3, 2018

Sorry if this have been discussed before, but I didn't find anything searching.

Is it possible to use the DeX on an ultrawide screen in a satisfying way? Will it be stretched out? Black bars on sides? Any way to have two homescreens side by side if that makes any sense?

This is the screen I'm getting:
http://www.samsung.com/za/monitors/curved-se790c/

Phone is Note 8 Exynos with Nougat.

Original DeX

StardustGeass · Apr 4, 2018

HiGreen said:
Sorry if this have been discussed before, but I didn't find anything searching.

Is it possible to use the DeX on an ultrawide screen in a satisfying way? Will it be stretched out? Black bars on sides? Any way to have two homescreens side by side if that makes any sense?

This is the screen I'm getting:
http://www.samsung.com/za/monitors/curved-se790c/

Phone is Note 8 Exynos with Nougat.

Original DeX

Haven't tried it, but AFAIK, dex supports only several ratio... And I am not sure whether they hold on with the ultra wide screen, fingers crossed though...

anmeldung · Apr 5, 2018

Good morning,

I've received finaly Android Oreo.

Again no support in DeX mode for Physical keyboard - Bulgarian phonetic layout.

To bad I think.

Holydiscord · Apr 6, 2018

I am having the same problem with the 2k on my Note 8, and my LG ultra wide screen. Anyone find a fix for it?

StardustGeass · Apr 6, 2018

Holydiscord said:
I am having the same problem with the 2k on my Note 8, and my LG ultra wide screen. Anyone find a fix for it?

Hmm... seems that the root cause is still unknown..
Hope that someone gonna found the cause and fix it...

Motawa88 · Apr 6, 2018

anyone else having problems with plex app? It just closes the video after a few seconds

SmilerOnline · Apr 6, 2018

I managed to set a custom resolution using ADB over wifi (part of the Android developer tools) with the following command:

adb shell wm size 2880x1620

I did try to set it to 4k, but 2880 seems to be the maximum width I can set, so I just set the height as 1620 to optimise it for my 16:9 aspect ratio monitor.
Technically, you could try to calculate the highest resolution with a value equal to or less than 2880 which would match your displays aspect ratio, whch may be useful if you have a 4:3, 16:10 or 21:9 aspect ratio display.

Once changed, you can check the new resolution by entering the following command and reading the 'Override' value, the 'Physical' size is just the phones screen resolution so ignore that.

adb shell wm size

There may be some visual bugs when changing the resolutions as they obviously haven't been officially tested.

You can change the DPI by modifying the density value, by default it is 160.
Lower values will shrink the UI to display more stuff on screen, the higher density makes items look bigger on screen.
Changing the density multiple times may cause display issues such as icons not displaying correctly etc...
I fixed this just by selecting a different resolution in the DeX settings to quickly restore the devices default setttings.

adb shell wm density

*IMPORTANT NOTE*
This will almost certainly create problems when going back into phone mode unless you apply the phones resolution and DPI settings before exiting DeX and the ADB tool.

Please note that I can't integrate this into Desktop Hub as this adjusts a secure system setting which requires you to use the ADB commands, which are not available to third party apps i.e. Desktop Hub.

oneraddood · Apr 6, 2018

SmilerOnline said:
I managed to set a custom resolution using ADB over wifi (part of the Android developer tools) with the following command:

I did try to set it to 4k, but 2880 seems to be the maximum width I can set, so I just set the height as 1620 to optimise it for my 16:9 aspect ratio monitor.
Technically, you could try to calculate the highest resolution with a value equal to or less than 2880 which would match your displays aspect ratio, whch may be useful if you have a 4:3, 16:10 or 21:9 aspect ratio display.

Once changed, you can check the new resolution by entering the following command and reading the 'Override' value, the 'Physical' size is just the phones screen resolution so ignore that.

There may be some visual bugs when changing the resolutions as they obviously haven't been officially tested.

You can change the DPI by modifying the density value, by default it is 160.
Lower values will shrink the UI to display more stuff on screen, the higher density makes items look bigger on screen.
Changing the density multiple times may cause display issues such as icons not displaying correctly etc...
I fixed this just by selecting a different resolution in the DeX settings to quickly restore the devices default setttings.

*IMPORTANT NOTE*
This will almost certainly create problems when going back into phone mode unless you apply the phones resolution and DPI settings before exiting DeX and the ADB tool.

Please note that I can't integrate this into Desktop Hub as this adjusts a secure system setting which requires you to use the ADB commands, which are not available to third party apps i.e. Desktop Hub.

is adb over wifi an app?

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

BladeMaverick · Apr 7, 2018

I recall something previously that the HP Elite X3 Lap Dock worked in the previous betas of Oreo. Does it still work with SM-G955U with G955USQU2CRB9?

SmilerOnline · Apr 7, 2018

oneraddood said:
is adb over wifi an app?

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

It's a tool that runs in Windows command prompt or Linux terminal.
Not quite like a normal app with a fancy UI.

SmilerOnline · Apr 7, 2018

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batmar333 · Apr 9, 2018

Hi guys, does anyone know why after Oreo upgrade I'm unable to set HDMI audio out by default? I did an hard reset but I have to switch manually to send audio from phone to HDMI....TIA..

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