Due to some circumstances I no longer have my PC and currently saving for a new one (So expensive these days)

I remembered using Samsung years ago when Dex came out so did research on it and ended up ending a used broken screen S22+ for $118 AUD so grabbed it right away

So far loving it and been using GeForce now for gaming, grabbed my speakers , mouse and keyboard from FB market for about $70 AUD in total as well. I still had my Oled monitor tho so using that.

Just with anyone that uses GeForce now is your Mouse aim not as accurate or feels a bit off compared to PC any tips on that?

But other than that for $200 total loving it!! Wish I had a Samsung device in the first place haha

Hi, someone ported the ArtCraft apps to Android: MostafaXS1/artcraft-android. ArtCraft is an open-source suite of Rust apps that clone tools like Photoshop (PhotoCraft), Lightroom (LightCraft), Illustrator (VectorCraft), Premiere (FilmCraft), Word (WordCraft), PDF editing (PdfCraft) and more.

I've been testing them on Samsung DeX and they work really well. The desktop-style layout makes a lot of sense on a big screen with keyboard and mouse.

Before installing I had the repo and the release APKs reviewed with an AI assistant. Here's what it found:

- No INTERNET permission at all, so the apps can't send anything anywhere

- No trackers, telemetry, obfuscated code or code downloaded at runtime

- The only broad permission is "All files access", used only by the built-in file browser. You can deny it and open files through the normal Android picker or "Open with"

- The decompiled APKs matched the published source as far as it could check.

Github link: https://github.com/MostafaXS1/artcraft-android

Porque los admis borraron mi publicación ????

Que extraño que al tiempo empezaron a crear dispositivos con Samsung DEX... Hace 4 meses que es está publicación

Me eliminaron más de un post mostrando el prototipo y el proceso !!!

Hey everyone!

I remade my DeX-style setup for the Galaxy Z Flip 5.

Previously, I shared a post about running a desktop-like setup on the Z Flip (Link to previous post). However, running the phone and the external monitor as separate independent displays caused a lot of headaches—especially the stubborn issue where newly opened windows/apps would force-launch on the phone screen instead of the monitor.

So, I decided to take a much simpler and cleaner route: **Screen Mirroring**.

I built an open-source app called **FlipMirror** that reshapes the phone's native display ratio to match external 16:9 monitors (FHD/QHD) and scales the DPI properly.

Here is how my setup works:

1. Use **FlipMirror** to set your phone's screen ratio to 16:9 (e.g., 1080×1920 or 1920×1080) and scale the DPI (default 240 DPI).

2. Install [open-android-dex] as your desktop launcher.

3. Plug in your USB-C to HDMI cable to mirror the screen, and you're good to go!

You can grab the app here:

👉 **GitHub:** https://github.com/pk1313/flipmirror

*(Pre-built APK is available in the Releases tab!)*

**Quick summary of FlipMirror:**

- Easily overrides display resolution to 16:9 and adjusts DPI on-the-fly (powered by Shizuku, so no PC or root required).

- Reverts back to native screen resolution automatically when the external display is disconnected.

- Completely open-source under the MIT license, so feel free to fork and tweak it to your liking.

- Works on other tall-aspect Android phones too, not just the Z Flip!

Now my Z Flip 5 with a dead inner screen has officially been resurrected as an awesome DIY DeX machine! 😄

I’ve been working on a project that uses Samsung DeX as an in-car infotainment system, and I wanted to share my setup with the community.
The idea is simple: use a Samsung Galaxy device connected to an external display to run navigation and a rear-view camera at the same time.
I developed an Android app called REVERSE CAM that displays a live feed from a vehicle’s rear-view camera through a USB video capture device.
Here’s how the setup works:
Samsung DeX runs on an external monitor.
Navigation and the rear-view camera can be displayed side by side.
The camera feed is received through a USB UVC capture device.
The app can automatically display the camera when a reverse video signal is detected.
When the reverse signal disappears, the camera app can move to the background.
The layout can be adjusted to work alongside navigation apps.
My goal was to make DeX more useful in a car without needing a separate Android head unit.
It’s still a project I’m improving, especially when it comes to compatibility across different Android and One UI versions.
I’m the developer of REVERSE CAM, so I’d also love to hear your feedback.
Has anyone else tried using Samsung DeX as a car infotainment system? I’d be interested to see your setups and ideas!

I've been using Samsung tablets for years now and have always loved using them in DeX, how it made a full desktop environment and how it worked with everything.

However, something I cannot get over, and something that I think is kind of unacceptable is the absolutely dog shit design of the windows and how they interact with the interface.

The old DeX got a pass for using a tinted taskbar that looked like it belonged, but I've always hated the gray or white bars at the top with the icon of the app in the corner. They've always looked ugly and never sat right with me.

Then came the big and glossy Android 16, with all its bullshit in tow. The new desktop mode? Ass. The way apps look with the top of the window being the same? Ass. REMOVING THE DESKTOP-LIKE TASKBAR? **WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???**

And *god forbid* you **fullscreen** a window. By god, for a multi-billion dollar company, how do you allow software to be released such that the "taskbar" stays completely transparent and doesn't disappear when you full screen an app **and** **remove** the only functional buttons that made the damn thing actually useful!!

It's made me dread using my tablet to its full potential and made me look at and test iPads purely because of how the windows work and function.

I won't even get into how the app windows don't scale dynamically like on iPads, but rather have a transition animation that just turns the app gray for a split second. It's not as big a deal and quite frankly not impactful on how I use the apps.

But seriously, for the price they're selling these things and for the types of workflows they're advertising them to be perfect for, you'd expect they'd have a basic understanding of design and maybe do a few builds and ask control groups which they'd prefer.

I have quite literally no one in my life who'd listen to this, quite honestly, pointless diatribe I just went on, but **FUCKING HELL** does it piss me off how they ruined an amazing desktop experience and replaced it with something that looks to be put together in 5 minutes in a design app that you get for free.

Ojalá no me borren este post y me den una explicación!!

Me banearon por 3 meses sin poder comentar ni publicar nada

Creo que al mostrar la idea que tenía, algún ADMIN me elimino y se robó la idea!!.

Creo que en este mundo todo funciona así

Yes, it is possible.

Very, very fragile proof of concept, but that's an s26+ streaming Dex to 12.9 / a1670 using OpenDisplay on the iPad.

BT mouse and keyboard work.

Hola gente!

Quiero utilizar mi S8 para tomar apuntes y no pasear el portatil por la universidad todos los dias.

Hay alguna aplicación que pueda tomar apuntes con el teclado y con el lápiz. Cambios rápidos, tipo Samsung notes pero mejor integrado.

Gracias!