That's a very excited improvement . Dose it support 3840x2160 resolution?
Samsung DeX
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There is no native support for 4k resolution. Only the ones in my screenshot are supported as of the latest update.
Hey guys,
Have there been any developments about the TV/monitor screen ratio issues? There are some TVs that do not have the required options to change the aspect ratio (despite being FULL HD, for example), so the Dex bottom bar and side icons fall outside of the borders without a way to fix it from the TV. The Samsung help pages have only this text "If the screen ratio is incorrect, adjust the screen ratio from the menu of the connected TV or monitor." The fault is not with the phone or Dex, it is strictly with the TV's lacking the options, but it is extremely frustrating. I was hoping for a way to fix it via software from the phone, but nothing came out.
Has there been anything new on this front?
Have there been any developments about the TV/monitor screen ratio issues? There are some TVs that do not have the required options to change the aspect ratio (despite being FULL HD, for example), so the Dex bottom bar and side icons fall outside of the borders without a way to fix it from the TV. The Samsung help pages have only this text "If the screen ratio is incorrect, adjust the screen ratio from the menu of the connected TV or monitor." The fault is not with the phone or Dex, it is strictly with the TV's lacking the options, but it is extremely frustrating. I was hoping for a way to fix it via software from the phone, but nothing came out.
Has there been anything new on this front?
No, I don't think that they want to use a software fix on the phone as DeX is designed to be connected to different displays continuously and setting the over scan values in DeX would cause other displays to show black outlines.
So generally it works best just to fix the issue on the display itself.
POE for the DEX
Hello,
I'm trying to use my POE switch to power up the DEX.
I've been using a POE splitter with a 5.5 DC cable to USB-C but this is not working.
The plitter is a Trendnet 104GS with a 9V 2A splitter.
Any idea? Wrong cable? Why is DEX not POE compatible?
Thx
Hello,
I'm trying to use my POE switch to power up the DEX.
I've been using a POE splitter with a 5.5 DC cable to USB-C but this is not working.
The plitter is a Trendnet 104GS with a 9V 2A splitter.
Any idea? Wrong cable? Why is DEX not POE compatible?
Thx
The DeX docking station (I don't know about the DeX Pad or USB-C to HDMI docks) is notoriously sensitive to the power supply that is plugged into it. There are a lot of (fake?) Samsung Fast Adaptive Charging units out there that DeX just won't work with for example. According to the Trendnet 104GS specification, it can put out the minumum 9V 1.57A but I guess something inside the DeX Dock isn't happy with the supplied electricity.
Always be sure to look for USB-PD (Power Delivery) to ensure that it will have the power capacity to charge anything.
Seems Dex on my Note 9 is not working because of security policy about USB host storage any ideas? Used to work before...using Dex Pad my Tab S4 works without issues. Anyone else getting 'Security Policy Prevents use of USB Host storage' and/or Dex issues with the Note 9 while on samsung device insights? I am on latest Nov 1 patch here in the US.
Hello, the original Samsung power supply adaptor is providing 9 V (1,67 A) and 5 V (2 A)
The output of the trendnet is providing 5 V (2 A), 7.5 V (2 A), 9 V (1.7 A), 12 V (1.2 A).
Now the POE Trendnet and the carble are working with the S8 directly. This is charging. I suppose that this is using 5 V in this case.
When the DEX is connected the Trendnet LED is switching off. How is the DC 9V wired on the USB-C ? Maybe this is the question or I would need more power.
https://www.poetexas.com/blogs/news/usb-type-c-with-power-delivery-on-poe
Thx
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Desktop Browser coming on leaps and bounds in usability over past three weeks which is really encouraging. :good: It is very quick as well. Not bold enough to adopt as my daily driver yet.
How wary must you be about development suggestions that appear to copy/are implemented features in other browsers e.g. clear, paste and go for URLs copied into the clipboard from other apps?
How wary must you be about development suggestions that appear to copy/are implemented features in other browsers e.g. clear, paste and go for URLs copied into the clipboard from other apps?
Thanks for the feedback!
I think that if most desktop browsers support a feature then I can look to add it.
In the address bar I decided to let the system handle that context menu, as a common text input box in apps (though not in the web page area) will show a common text management context menu.
Once I have introduced some of the other high priority bug fixes, I may see if I can recreate most of those functions in the context menu and then add features such as 'paste & go' as I too find that to be a useful feature when navigating exclusively using mouse input.
I've had several people complaining about the upgrade option expecting me to spend loads of time on this for free and also while not selling their data to Google... (which I don't do by the way unlike many other browsers)
I mean seriously do people honestly go to work every day and expect to die of starvation too for doing all of their work for free...
I try to provide a full desktop experience for free and only charge for the bookmarks bar and find in page features to support the development of this whole project at the lowest price point that Google will allow me to charge for an in app purchase).
Also some seem to think that I have hundreds of developers working on this much like Google's Chrome team. This is just me and the project was only started a week before new years day...
Currently the new mobile experience is still flakey but it is designed to try and make it easier to continue between phone and DeX mode.
At the moment as I'm just one developer, I try to take the approach of using the browser continously myself and as I spot bugs that are annoying I try to fix them.
Some of those bugs required extensive development time, and often I find it good practice to sometimes put the time consuming things to one side for a day or two to focus on other issues to keep the enthusiasm for development of this project up. With those offensive comments I have received, if the apps progress was moving along slowly I may have just lost all interest in this project,
but I try to continue hoping that some users will understand that apps don't just magically appear fully finished and completely free on the app store.
I made a promise to myself a few years ago that I will never use ads in my apps, so that is why I use a one off fee for my app instead of filling your screen with ads.
Anyway sorry I just wanted to get that off my chest...
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There are others that appreciate all your work.
But...as always the happy ones are the quiet ones.
Well... Let me escape the silence and say a Big Thank You!
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But...as always the happy ones are the quiet ones.
Well... Let me escape the silence and say a Big Thank You!
Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
And thank you for your support
I hope to improve DeX for respectable users like you guys Hi, can you recommend HDMI-VGA adapter which you use and is working fine?I'm guessing that the lack of rensponses means that it is a no then...
I have only tried HDMI, HDMI-VGA & HDMI-DVI.
I tried one but unfortunately doesn't work.
I checked my USB-C to HDMI adapter and with HDMI-HDMI cable is all good.
Thanks
I'm not sure as I haven't tried VGA with DeX since the S8 and I don't remember that one.
I am using a no name cheap one with DeX station and Wofalo3 and it's working fine.
I think that I remember that the biggest problem was that the display had to support it, some did but many didn't...
Android Pie kinda broke Dex for me.
I like to play games and emulators on dex but there is a very big problem with one ui update.
As soon as my phones display is off, the analog stick and D pad of bluetooth or usb controllers stop working.
I use the original dex dock and never had these problems on Oreo.
I like to play games and emulators on dex but there is a very big problem with one ui update.
As soon as my phones display is off, the analog stick and D pad of bluetooth or usb controllers stop working.
I use the original dex dock and never had these problems on Oreo.
for me Pie fixed a lot of the issues I had with bluetooth keyboards on Note 9 running oreo. Using HDMI to USB-C rather than the dex dock.
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This bug is the reason for the dual screen game mode fix in desktop hub.
It tries to work around the problem by showing a black image on the phone screen and stopping the phone screen from turning off until you tap the image to disable it.
It tries to work around the problem by showing a black image on the phone screen and stopping the phone screen from turning off until you tap the image to disable it.
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