galaxy s8

Hello. After using Maximum Energy Saving Mode and then turning it off my app icons on home screen get removed, only widgets stay in there. Also the apps get sorted alphabetically, not how I set them to be. I have Samsung S8, using One UI launcher. The problem started to happen recently, as I...

While Samsung has really decided to lag behind when it comes to smart charge tech, smart charge is still a crucial feature of their modern devices. According to some S8 and S8+ users the latest update to these devices has broken fast charging for them. This problem does seem to be software...

I already have a Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 what could Samsung do to get me to buy more devices? Maybe release an awesome new color! Samsung just announced the Burgundy Red colorway for the Galaxy S8. It is available for purchase in Korea right now and will be rolling out to other select...

As you may already know Microsoft has basically hammered down the final nail in the coffin of the Windows Mobile platform. They have moved on to produce a Microsoft experience for both the Android or iPhone user. They are now selling Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices which already have their "Microsoft...

We are getting closer to an official release of Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8! Samsung just released a second beta build of Oreo for the S8. The beta program still includes the USA, United Kingdom, and South Korea. The second beta is labeled G950FXXU1ZQK4. The update has already been rolled...

We have already seen some users receive the Android Oreo Beta update for their Samsung Galaxy S8. They were able to provide us with some information regarding new features with the update. You can manually enroll your Galaxy S8 for the Beta update. The method for doing so is not all that easy...

It looks like Samsung will be rolling out their Oreo Beta update in two phases. The first phase will roll out to devices in North America, the United Kingdom, and South Korea. The second phase will roll out to China, Germany, Spain, France, Poland and India. The update was rumored for October...

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are currently experiencing a major bug. S8 users have been reporting in the US that they are missing text messages. This bug started showing up Thursday. This bug effects users on all major US carriers. Apparently switching messaging apps is not helping either. There is no...

The Bixby Button is Samsung's attempt to get those using their millions of new handsets to use the Samsung created voice assistant. Bixby is their answer to Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. In some ways it can actually do more than either voice assistant. On the Galaxy S8 and Note 8 Bixby can...

Well that was quick only a few days after Samsung began work on Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 the device has been spotted running the software a Geekbench benchmark. There is still no time table on the release of the software. The S8 still doesn't have an update of 7.1.1 Nougat. Hopefully...

Oreo has been out now for several weeks, and Samsung is already developing the new update for the Galaxy S8 and S8+. This is great news as Samsung has been notorious for updating devices super late. So far Samsung has not mentioned when these updates will begin rolling out to devices. Hopefully...

The new iPhone X has shown up on Geekbench and the scores of the new A11 chip are pretty astounding. The chip scores up there with the MacBook Pro! The All is a 6 core processor with 2 high score cores and 4 high efficiency cores. The new iPhone gets nearly 10k on multi score while the Galaxy S8...

Hey guys just disassembled the S8 active and gotta say I found it to be much easier than working with the regular S8 or prior phones. Glad to see it comes apart from the rear not the front!

Put the Galaxy S8 Active through the washing machine and dryer to see how it would hold up.

Earlier today I noticed that my Galaxy S8 had an update ready for install. I was pretty excited for a moment thinking this might finally be the 7.1.1 update. It turns out it was just an incremental update. The Android version after the update was still 7.0, however this update did bring some...

You may be able to get even more performance out of your smartphone's camera now that the Google camera app with HDR+ support has been ported to many popular smartphones. A Ukrainian developer by the name of B-S-G has posted his modified version of the app. This is the same camera app found in...

After a number of leaks, and a possibly accidental confirmation by AT&T last week, the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active is now official. Samsung announced the device in a press release that we received via email earlier today, confirming the previously unknown price and release date details. Continue...

Samsung Pay is still blowing minds everyday! Just about every time I pull out my Galaxy S8 to pay for something the teller starts to tell me that it won't work on their terminal, and just before they can finish their sentence the transaction goes through, and their mind is blown. Apparently they...

TWRP has finally arrived for Snapdragon variants of the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Before you get too excited though TWRP for these device does require your Galaxy S8 to be bootloader unlocked. None of the US models have unlockable bootloaders so for now you still won't be able to install TWRP and then...

One of the biggest complaints facing the Galaxy S8 and S8+ has been the less than average durability. Several of my youtube buddies have announced over twitter that the S8 was the first device whose screen they cracked. I have even seen many commentors on my videos say that the phone screen...