How to Customize Galaxy S8 Active Home Screen
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Home Screen- Status bar
- Home screen indicator
- App shortcuts
- Recent apps Back
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Status Bar
The Status bar at the top of the Home screen provides Samsung Galaxy S8 Active 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 Learn how to charge Galaxy S8 Active.
- Vibrate mode
- Mute mode
- 4G LTE™ active
- Signal strength
- Network not available
- Wi-Fi active
- Wi-Fi available
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
- GPS active
- App updates available
- App updates complete
Customize Galaxy S8 Active Home Screen
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
2. Use these options to manage screens:
• Align shortcuts: Tap Align to move all apps shortcuts into a line at the top of a screen.
• Remove a screen: Tap Remove.
• Set a screen as the main Home screen: Tap Main Home screen at the top of a screen.
This screen is displayed when you tap Home.
• Change the order of screens: Touch and hold a screen, and then drag it to a new position.
• Add a screen: Swipe to the end of the screens, and then tap Add.
• Hello Bixby: Swipe right, and tap On/Off to enable.
Wallpapers and Themes
Set up Galaxy S8 Active visual themes for all system screens and icons on your device. Change the look of the Home and Lock screens with wallpaper. You can display a favorite picture or choose from preloaded wallpapers.
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
2. Tap Wallpapers and themes to customize.
Widgets
Widgets are simple application extensions that run on a Home screen. There are many kinds of widgets, including links to a specific contact, Internet bookmarks, Gmail and email accounts, special features and many others.
Manually 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:
1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a widget to open the options menu.
2. Tap Remove.
• Removing a widget does not delete the widget, it just removes the widget from the Home screen.
Galaxy S8 Active Home Screen Settings
Customize your Home and Apps screens.
1. From a Home screen, 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 dimension option to determine how icons are arranged on the Apps screen. The numbers indicate how many icons can be placed horizontally by how many icons can be placed vertically.
- Apps button: Add an apps button to the Home screen for easy to access to the Apps screen.
- Hide apps: Select apps to hide, tap Apply.
- About Home screen: View information about the TouchWiz Home screen software.
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 screen to another:
1. Touch and hold an app shortcut to release it.
2. Drag the app shortcut to a new Home screen, and then release it.
Samsung S8 Active Folders
Place folders on a Home screen to organize items.
Create a Folder
You can create an app folder on a Home screen.
1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an app shortcut and drag it on top of another app shortcut until it is highlighted.
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.
• To add more apps, touch and hold an app shortcut and drag it to the folder.
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. Advertisement