I was looking into Dex and I really don't quite like the implementation of it. While I could get the dock and plug it into it's own dedicated HDMI port, either onto my monitor or in the back of my stereo receiver, I would rather have the environment on top of Windows 10, so I don't have to keep switching inputs.
My computer supports USB 2.0 and USB 3.0.
Is there a way to achieve this? In otherwords, have an Android environment which comes from my phone, similar to a HP Lap Dock, on top of my Windows 10 OS?
Soon https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/2/17929908/microsoft-app-mirroring-android-windows-10-desktop
Why not just install an Emulator like Nox or Bluestacks... run Android in a window which can be minimized or stretch?
Or RemisOX, a dual boot?
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JOSHSKORN said:
I was looking into Dex and I really don't quite like the implementation of it. While I could get the dock and plug it into it's own dedicated HDMI port, either onto my monitor or in the back of my stereo receiver, I would rather have the environment on top of Windows 10, so I don't have to keep switching inputs.
My computer supports USB 2.0 and USB 3.0.
Is there a way to achieve this? In otherwords, have an Android environment which comes from my phone, similar to a HP Lap Dock, on top of my Windows 10 OS?
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really?
just vnc or rdp in that laptop of yours.
with rdp you will have audio and some input redirection.
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I've seen the way the Atrix docks so that you can use the phone on a larger screen; does anybody know of a way to do this with our Captivates? It would be great to just plug my phone in to my netbook or laptop, bring the phone up on the screen, and use the phone right on screen.
I'm not talking about hooking the phone up to the monitor, I'm talking about emulating it through the USB port onto Windows or Ubuntu.
jeromekobriger said:
I've seen the way the Atrix docks so that you can use the phone on a larger screen; does anybody know of a way to do this with our Captivates? It would be great to just plug my phone in to my netbook or laptop, bring the phone up on the screen, and use the phone right on screen.
I'm not talking about hooking the phone up to the monitor, I'm talking about emulating it through the USB port onto Windows or Ubuntu.
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you can use video out and bluetooth mouse and keyboard, a mouse pointer will pop up on the home screen. but you wont have a way to get a webtop like view unless you do one better and install linux on the phone and then use ssh and vnc software. unfortunately you will get a low res view because we don have hdmi like the atrix.
another alternative (like you are asking for) is to us the phone with a computer like a laptop and use droidvnc fro mthe market and a vnc client on the pc to get your home view on the pc. this can work on linux or window or mac. just a matter of a market app and a vnc clien for the pc
and yeah the atrix is kinda lame. they could have done better with it.
I came up with a simple solution for turning your HTC One into a semi-desktop environment. My goal was to create a connection path to a PC monitor, keyboard and mouse with a simple docking solution, a dock-and-go approach. Here is what I came up with and it works great:
1. HTC One (Sprint Red version, JB 4.1.2) w/ NFC Task Launcher
2. RoHS Dock (Model: I4SC-HTON) with micro-USB
3. Samsung TecTile
4. MenoTek MHL to HDMI Adapter with RCP
5. HDMI Cable
6. StarTech HDMI to DisplayPort converter
7. Lenovo ThinkVision PC Monitor
8. IOGEAR Multi-Link Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad GKM611B
The end result is that I come to work, dock my HTC One (NFC enabled) with the TecTile attached to the Dock to enable and search for my bluetooth keyboard/mouse. Once the peripherals are synched I toggle my monitor to the DisplayPort digital input and my Android desktop is ready to go. The entire process takes less than 1 minute. It allows me to operate independently from my business LAN using wifi or 4G, and from the comfort of my desk. The output is currently limited to 720p resolution, which I believe to be the MHL adapter, but I'm working on that. The above varies slightly with your specific hardware but the concept remains the same.
I've very happy with this solution and I wanted to share it with everyone here. :victory:
dhalmo said:
I came up with a simple solution for turning your HTC One into a semi-desktop environment. My goal was to create a connection path to a PC monitor, keyboard and mouse with a simple docking solution, a dock-and-go approach. Here is what I came up with and it works great:
1. HTC One (Sprint Red version, JB 4.1.2) w/ NFC Task Launcher
2. RoHS Dock (Model: I4SC-HTON) with micro-USB
3. Samsung TecTile
4. MenoTek MHL to HDMI Adapter with RCP
5. HDMI Cable
6. StarTech HDMI to DisplayPort converter
7. Lenovo ThinkVision PC Monitor
8. Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 with Built-In Multi-Touch Touchpad
The end result is that I come to work, dock my HTC One (NFC enabled) with the TecTile attached to the Dock to enable and search for my bluetooth keyboard/mouse. Once the peripherals are synched I toggle my monitor to the DisplayPort digital input and my Android desktop is ready to go. The entire process takes less than 1 minute. It allows me to operate independently from my business LAN using wifi or 4G, and from the comfort of my desk. The output is currently limited to 720p resolution, which I believe to be the MHL adapter, but I'm working on that. The above varies slightly with your specific hardware but the concept remains the same.
I've very happy with this solution and I wanted to share it with everyone here. :victory:
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Sounds like a bit much. Depending on what you're needing it for, I guess some people could benefit. I just use AirDroid. As soon as I get to work I'm already connected to the office WiFi. Just go in and log in and I'm good to go. Can answer text messages, listen to music on my phone, view pictures, etc. Not a full experience, but it's enough for me.
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Sounds like a bit much. Depending on what you're needing it for, I guess some people could benefit. I just use AirDroid. As soon as I get to work I'm already connected to the office WiFi. Just go in and log in and I'm good to go. Can answer text messages, listen to music on my phone, view pictures, etc. Not a full experience, but it's enough for me.
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I used to use AirDroid too, but I found that I didn't like my texts and emails going through my office LAN and business PC. I prefered having an parallel computing environment independent of the office, but one that transitions seamlessly. I have to agree, overkill, but fun! Go with what works for you!!!:good:
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I used to use AirDroid too, but I found that I didn't like my texts and emails going through my office LAN and business PC. I prefered having an parallel computing environment independent of the office, but one that transitions seamlessly. I have to agree, overkill, but fun! Go with what works for you!!!:good:
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It's a great write-up, without a doubt. I may even try it myself just because I like doing stuff like that.
Via Debian Linux?
Edit: okay, I just realized there is a very similar thread on this. Sorry! Mods please delete.
I'm interested in operating my phone from my office or home desktop pc, using the DEX interface, rather than needing a separate keyboard/video/mouse setup. In other words, I would like to connect a single USB cable between my Note9 and my PC and have my Note9 DEX UI in a window on the PC monitor, with my PC's keyboard and mouse input to the DEX interface. Since the hardware setup needed for this is trivial (one USB cable), it is then just a matter of software.
Is there such PC software to do this?
It looks like there is finally an option for Note10 to Windows or MacOS.
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-dex-windows-mac-1021495/
Is there software that works for Note9? And most importantly to me, is there software for Note9 on Debian Linux?
Anyone done this successfully with a PC environment rather than just a dex dongle to keyboard, video, and mouse?
I've never actually tried this, but is there a way to:
Remote Desktop into the Galaxy Note 9?
Force the session to DeX mode?
JOSHSKORN said:
I've never actually tried this, but is there a way to:
Remote Desktop into the Galaxy Note 9?
Force the session to DeX mode?
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I'm trying to visualize this. You begin on a windows laptop... display the Remote Desktop of your phone on the laptop... and then... what? Not seeing the last step.
If you ran DeX on the phone, it would show you nothing except the phone's "desktop" which would be what the phone shows, not what DeX is showing on any laptop. In addition, DeX would want to project onto your laptop, which would mean you'd have DeX running (I guess?) alongside the phone's display on your laptop.
I project my Mac laptop screen to a Roku Ultra and from there to our old TV set. I can then run DeX on my laptop via the phone and it projects onto our TV via the Roku since it is displaying on the laptop. But all this is only showing you that I, too, find esoteric (and fun) ideas to try out. I've not once used my Roku/TV to do any work via DeX. A bit cumbersome...
Forgive me if I've missed your purpose.
shonkin said:
I'm trying to visualize this. You begin on a windows laptop... display the Remote Desktop of your phone on the laptop... and then... what? Not seeing the last step.
If you ran DeX on the phone, it would show you nothing except the phone's "desktop" which would be what the phone shows, not what DeX is showing on any laptop. In addition, DeX would want to project onto your laptop, which would mean you'd have DeX running (I guess?) alongside the phone's display on your laptop.
I project my Mac laptop screen to a Roku Ultra and from there to our old TV set. I can then run DeX on my laptop via the phone and it projects onto our TV via the Roku since it is displaying on the laptop. But all this is only showing you that I, too, find esoteric (and fun) ideas to try out. I've not once used my Roku/TV to do any work via DeX. A bit cumbersome...
Forgive me if I've missed your purpose.
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On Windows 10 (for instance):
Open Remote Desktop
Type in your phone's login credientials
You're logged into your phone. Instead of actually seeing your phone within your Remote Desktop session, you see your phone in DeX mode. THAT'S what I'm looking for. Essentially, DeX for PC without having to use Dex for PC since it doesn't support wireless.
Is that possible at this time?
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On Windows 10 (for instance):
Open Remote Desktop
Type in your phone's login credientials
You're logged into your phone. Instead of actually seeing your phone within your Remote Desktop session, you see your phone in DeX mode. THAT'S what I'm looking for. Essentially, DeX for PC without having to use Dex for PC since it doesn't support wireless.
Is that possible at this time?
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But your phone in DeX mode shows.... nothing. Because DeX only "shows itself" on the laptop where the DeX app for Windows/OSX is running. The phone serves DeX to the laptop. So... you'd see nothing except the phone. Which shows you nothing. The snag being that handshake - which requires at present a usb connection - between DeX served up by the phone and DeX being connected to via the DeX app on the laptop.
And I hope I'm wrong, because it would be really cool if you somehow were able to get a DeX session wirelessly before UI 2.5 even comes out.
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i do belive hes refering to getting the note 9 into wireless dex
Yup. He's pretty much asking for Wireless DeX.
It'll be out with OneUI 2.5 (hopefully, if they dont choose to trim the firmware from features), in about 2 weeks tops. And it'll require the Dex app installed on Windows, it definitely wont work with RDP.
Edit: and i assume it'll work only locally on the network.
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Yup. He's pretty much asking for Wireless DeX.
It'll be out with OneUI 2.5 (hopefully, if they dont choose to trim the firmware from features), in about 2 weeks tops. And it'll require the Dex app installed on Windows, it definitely wont work with RDP.
Edit: and i assume it'll work only locally on the network.
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Yep I'm pretty much asking for Wireless DeX, you're right...but with a different approach, since the PC app requires a physical connection. I didn't know if there potentially was a way to force a DeX session if you attempted to connect to your phone through RDP. It would be neat if that were possible. I do know about One UI 2.5 so I guess I'll just have to wait. It does look like it's coming to the Note 9 sometime in October.
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Yep I'm pretty much asking for Wireless DeX, you're right...but with a different approach, since the PC app requires a physical connection.
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Well, that's the point of Wireless DeX, it wont require a physical connection with a USB cable, just both devices being on the same network.
I would buy this in a heartbeat if someone could confirm and show me how to use it as a second screen on my Windows laptop
Thanks In Advance,
matt
You would go into the drop-down settings and toggle second screen to on. Then on the Windows laptop press the windows key + K. It will show wireless displays, select your galaxy tab. Checkmark the button to allow external inputs. You have a choice to extend the display, duplicate or have second screen only.
Windows Key + K works on my custom-built Win 11 desktop and my MSI laptop. It's not specific to Samsung-branded laptops.
Works great on Dell Inspiron 2-in-1
It doesn't work with my Ryzen 5 3550 APU.
Works great on Eluktronics 17.3 Win10 laptop.
AmazingZ said:
It doesn't work with my Ryzen 5 3550 APU.
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Can't understand why it doesn't work with your laptop. This is a default W10 function and it shall not depend on the laptop's CPU. Have you managed to deal with it?
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Can't understand why it doesn't work with your laptop. This is a default W10 function and it shall not depend on the laptop's CPU. Have you managed to deal with it?
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That's the only reason I can guess. My wireless card is Intel AX200, driver updated to latest. I had tried Tab S7+, S7 FE, and S8U, no one works. In the laptop window, it's showing connected but my tablet's showing black screen. Couldn't find answer any where. Thinking about using a third-party app: SuperDisplay.
I fullheartedly recommend the app SuperDisplay. I tried second screen, but did not like the lag. I prefer a wired solution, so I installed SuperScreen on the tab and the corresponding Windows App on my laptop. Now when I plug in a USB C to USB C cable (that is capable of carrying the display signal), the tablet instantly switches the mode to be an additional screen for the laptop and windows also instantly picks it up and also remembers the last configuration. Touch and pen input also work beautifully.
AmazingZ said:
It doesn't work with my Ryzen 5 3550 APU.
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Same here, doesn't work on my Lenovo Flex 5 Ryzen 3 4300
I am using the app called SuperDisplay. Personally, it is better almost all aspects like support for 120Hz refresh rate, auto initialization when connected with USB. Try for yourself.
Is there cable usc c to hdmi for galaxy s8 ultra? I have a mini pc (6 core 12 threat, 16giga ram), which i have win10, win11, Linux mint with a grub bootloader.
I want to use tab s8 ultra as monitor.
I can use it as second monitor with the apps of this thread but i cant select os to boot. Also can't use Linux. Is there any app in Linux for 2nd monitor through usb?
If anyone have any kind for a cable usb c to hdmi which will work, post it.
Thanks,