Samsung Galaxy Note 8 User Manual

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• Unlock with Home button: Touch and hold 
 Home while the screen is off to skip the 
Lock screen and go directly to the Home screen.
• Button layout : Choose the order of the 
navigation keys. 

24Home Screen
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Home Screen
Devices and software are constantly evolving — the illustrations you see here are for reference only.
Status bar
Home screen indicator
App shortcuts
BackRecent apps
Home 
Edge panel handle  

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Status Bar
The Status bar at the top of the Home screen provides 
device information (such as network status, battery 
charge, and time) on the right side and notification 
alerts on the left.
Status Icons
Battery full
Battery low
Battery charging
Vibrate mode
Mute mode
4G LTE™ active
Signal strength
Network not available
Wi-Fi active
GPS active  

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Notification Icons
Missed call
Call in progress
Call on hold
New email
New Gmail™
New voicemail
New message
File download in progress
File upload in progress
Wi-Fi available
App updates available
App updates complete  

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Customize Your 
Home Screen
Screens
Your device has multiple Home screens to hold app 
shortcuts and widgets.
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
2. Use these options to manage screens:
• To align shortcuts into a line at the top of a 
screen, tap 
 Align top.
• To align shortcuts into a line at the bottom of a 
screen, tap 
 Align bottom .
• To remove a Home screen, tap  Remove.
• To set a screen as the main Home screen, tap 
 Main. This screen is displayed when you 
tap...

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4. Tap an image to choose it.
• Infinity wallpapers will be applied to all screens.
• Other wallpapers will prompt you to select 
which screen you want to use it for. 
• If available, tap Motion effect to add movement 
to your screens.
5. Tap  Set as wallpaper , and confirm if prompted.
Themes
Set the theme to be applied to your Home and Lock 
screens, wallpapers, and app icons.
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
2. Tap Wallpapers and themes  > Themes .
• Tap a theme to...

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Widgets
Widgets are simple application extensions that run on 
a Home screen. 
To add a widget to a Home screen:
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
2. Tap Widgets .
3. Touch and hold a widget, drag it to a Home screen, 
and release it.
To remove a widget from a Home screen:
1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a widget to 
open the options menu.
2. Tap  Remove .
Home Screen Settings
Customize your Home and Apps screens.
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
2. Tap Home...

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App Shortcuts
You can use app shortcuts to launch an app from any 
Home screen. 
To add a shortcut:
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Touch and hold an app shortcut to open the 
options menu.
3. Tap  Add shortcut to Home.
To remove a shortcut:
1. Touch and hold an app shortcut to open the options 
menu.
2. Tap  Remove shortcut .
• Removing a shortcut does not delete the app, 
it just removes the shortcut from the Home 
screen. To move a shortcut from one Home...

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2. Release the app shortcut to create the folder.
• Enter folder name: Enter a name for the folder.
•  Palette: Change the color.
•  Add apps : Place more apps in the folder. 
Tap apps to select them, and then tap  Add.
3. Tap anywhere outside of the folder to close it.
Remove a Folder from a Home Screen
You can remove a folder that you added to a 
Home screen.
1. Touch and hold the folder to open the options 
menu.
2. Tap  Delete folder , and confirm when prompted. 

32Notification Panel
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Notification Panel
Devices and software are constantly evolving — the illustrations you see here are for reference only.
Settings
Quick settings
View all
Notification cards