Samsung cricket Galaxy S8 User manual

Clear and Simple
Quick Start Guide

Getting to know your
Galaxy S8
Unlocking your phone
1. Press the Power/Lock key on the side of the
phone and swipe up on the screen.
Power/Lock key
Earpiece
Front camera
Volume keys
Headset port
Charging/data port
Fingerprint Scanner
Speaker
Microphone
SIM/microSD card tray
Rear camera
Flash
Bixby

microSD card slot
SIM card slot
Phone setup
Inserting SIM card
1. Hold the phone securely.
2. Use the tool that came with your
phone to open the SIM/microSD™
card tray.
3. Carefully place the SIM card into the
tray with the carrier logo facing up.
4. Insert the optional microSD™card
(not included) with the gold-colored
contacts facing down.
5. Gently push the tray back into place.
6. Charge your phone.

Touch screen
Navigating your phone
• Use your ngertip to lightly touch the
screen.
• Use quick icks of your nger on the
touchscreen to swipe up, down, left,
and right.
• From the Home screen swipe up or down
to access apps.
• Tap Recent to view recently viewed
apps.
• Tap Back to return to the previous
screen.
• Tap Home at any time to return to the
main home screen.
‐Press and hold the Home key to launch
Google Now.
Notication panel
The Notication panel
provides quick access
to alerts including new
messages, emails and
software updates.
• Touch the Notication
bar and drag your
nger down to see the
Notication panel.
• Swipe down to display
Quick settings.
• Swipe right to clear
individual notications or
tap CLEAR ALL to clear
all notications.

Personalize
Tap and hold a blank space a home screen
and tap:
• Wallpapers and
themes: Change the
look of the Home and
Lock screens with a
variety of wallpapers
and themes.You can
also customize icons
and the Always on
Display screen.
• Widgets: allows you
to quickly access the
Widget tab where you
can drag and drop a
widget on a selected
screen.
• Home screen settings: customize
the look of the Home screen.
Organizing home screens
• To move a widget, shortcut or folder, touch,
hold and drag it to a new location.
• To delete a widget, touch and hold and
tap .
• To add a home screen, place two ngers
on the screen and pinch them together to
enable edit mode.
Scroll to the right (a screen displays with a
plus sign), and tap .
• To delete a home screen, tap and hold
the screen and tap in the upper right
corner.

Hello Bixby
To launch Hello Bixby, press the Bixby key.
Hello Bixby allows you to quickly set
reminders, create voice dictation, search and
access content on your phone and on the
internet.

Messages
Send a message
1. From the home screen,
tap Messages >
New message .
2. Tap to
compose
a message.
3. Enter a phone number
or contact name in
the Recipient eld,
or tap to select
contacts from
your address book.
4. Tap the Enter message
eld and enter
your text.
• Tap Attach and select an
attachment.
• Tap Emoticons to choose an
emoticon.
5. Tap to send the message.
Please don't text and drive.

Email
Email setup
1. From the home
screen, swipe up for
Apps, and then tap
Email .
2. Enter an email
address and
password and then
tap SIGN IN.
Create and send
an email message
1. From the home
screen,swipe up for
Apps, and then tap
Email .
2. Tap to compose
a message.
• Enter an email
address or name.
• Enter a subject.
• Enter a message.
• Tap ATTACH, to
attach les.
3. Tap SEND to send message.
Note:To set up your corporate email,
contact your IT administrator.

Cricket services
These services make using Cricket even
better and easier!
My Cricket: Access billing, make
a quick payment, view usage and
access support from the palm of
your hand.
Cricket Visual Voicemail: Quickly
view, access and play back your
voicemail messages, easily save
important numbers to your Favorites
lists and respond to messages by
calling back or texting.
Deezer: Listen on-the-go with
ad-free streaming music, download
your favorites to your phone and
get customized playlists based on
your preferences.

Apps on Google Play™
Access Google Play
1. From the home screen,
swipe up for Apps and
then tap Play Store .
2. Use your existing
Google™ account or
create one following the
steps on the screen.
Navigate Google Play
From Play Store, you have
multiple ways to search for
apps, games and more.
1. Tap a category to
browse popular
APPS & GAMES or MOVIES,
MUSIC, BOOKS.
2. Tap the Google Play search
bar to search for content.
3. To install, tap the app and follow
instructions.
Note: A Google Checkout payment method
is required to purchase apps.