Samsung Galaxy S8 User Manual

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Home Screen and 
Applications (Apps) List 
Most of your phone’s operations originate from the 
home screen or the Apps list.
1. From home, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Tap an app icon to launch the corresponding 
application.
For information about using the home screen, see 
“Home Screen Basics” on page  26.
Select Options and Navigate Screens
 ► Tap icons, keys, and other items to open or activate 
the assigned function.
• Tap  Back  to return to the previous screen.
Recent...

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Home Screen
Status bar
Widget
Primary app shortcuts
BackRecent apps
Home 
Edge screen 

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The following topics describe how to use and customize 
your phone’s home screen, understand the status bar, 
and use the notification panel.
Home Screen Basics
The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s 
applications, functions, and menus. You can customize 
your home screen by adding application icons, 
shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.
• Status bar
: The status bar displays icons to notify 
you of your phone’s status (on the right side) and 
notifications (on...

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Extended Home Screens
In addition to the main home screen, your phone 
features extended home screens to provide more space 
for adding icons, widgets, and more. Tap 
 Home 
to display the main home screen and then swipe the 
screen right or left to move from the main screen to an 
extended screen.
• If you are not already using the maximum number 
of screens for your phone, you can add more screens 
by touching and holding an empty space on a home 
screen, sliding the...

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Customize Your Home Screen
Learn how to set the wallpaper and add, move, or 
remove shortcuts, widgets, and folders from the home 
screen.
Operations for Rearranging the 
Home Screen
• Moving widgets and icons: From home, touch 
and hold an item, and then drag it to the desired 
location.
• Deleting widgets and icons : From home, touch and 
hold an item, and then drag it to 
 Remove .
• Displaying the home screen menu : From home, 
touch and hold an empty space to display the...

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Home Screen Settings
Customize your Home and Apps screens.
1. From home, pinch the screen.
2. Tap Home screen settings to customize:
• Home screen layout : Set your device to have a 
Home and Apps screen, or only a Home screen 
where all apps are located.
• Home screen grid : Choose a dimension option 
to determine how icons are arranged on the 
Home screen. The numbers indicate how many 
icons can be placed horizontally by how many 
icons can be placed vertically.
• Apps screen grid : Choose a...

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Add Shortcuts to the Home Screen
You can add shortcuts for quick access to favorite apps 
from the home screen.
To add a shortcut:
1. From home, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Touch and hold an app shortcut to open the options 
menu.
3. Tap  Add shortcut to home.
Add Widgets to the Home Screen
You can add widgets to your phone’s home screen. 
Widgets are simple application extensions that run 
on your phone’s home screen. Unlike a shortcut, the 
Widget works like as an onscreen...

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Add Folders to the Home Screen
You can group home screen shortcuts into folders for 
convenient access.
1. From home, touch and hold an app shortcut and 
drag it on top of another app shortcut until a 
highlighted box appears.
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...

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Capture Screenshots
Capture an image of your screen. It will automatically 
create a Screenshots folder in the Gallery app.
 ►Press and hold the Power  key and Volume down 
key at the same time to capture a screenshot of the 
current screen. 

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Status Bar
The status bar at the top of the home screen provides 
phone and service status information on the right 
side and notification alerts on the left. To view the 
notification panel or access the quick settings menu, 
pull down the status bar from the top of the screen.
Main Status Icons
Bluetooth® is active.
GPS is active.
Wi-Fi is active.
Download of a file or app is in progress.
Mute mode is enabled.
Main Status Icons
Vibrate mode is enabled.
Cellular network signal...