You can link your W-Lan connection to the LTE data link on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and thus benefit from a very fast download. This is the so-called "Download Booster" function. A prerequisite for this is that an LTE connection is available and the download server offers a corresponding speed.

We'll tell you where to enable the download booster in the Android settings of the S8. Please proceed as follows:

Start from the home screen and then open the app menu. From here go to:

Settings --> Connections --> Other Connection Settings --> Download Booster

The download booster can now be activated by using a controller.

From now on large files with more than 30 MB are loaded with the download booster, thus a combination of W-Lan and LTE connection. Please note that larger amounts of data may be carried over your LTE connection and a corresponding mobile data contract is necessary.

You now know how to activate the download booster on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and thus enable faster downloads.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a great smartphone, which of course should convince in all areas. So it would be a pity if your device is W-Lan reception is insufficient and you have to struggle with connection problems.

Here is the problem mostly not the Samsung Galaxy S8 itself, but at the router configuration or the router network. We would like to give you here a few first help tips, which may eliminate the W-Lan problems with the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Please download the following app from the Google Play Store:

• Download App Wifi Analyzer

Tip 1: Exclude that the same SSID is duplicated

To do this, please open the app WiFi Analyzer and check if another W-Lan network, for example a neighbor uses the same SSID. Often it is so that many users use the SSID, which is pre- specified by the router.

Your SSID maybe is "Cable Box-569C". Now a neighbor buys the same router and also owns the SSID "Cable Box-569C". This leads to overlaps which lead to disconnections. Ensure that you are using a unique SSID in your environment. The SSID can be changed in the router settings.

Tip 2: Avoid multiple assignments of channels

The App WiFi Analyzer also shows you which channel your W-Lan router is sending. As a rule, the setting is set to automatically to always have the best W-Lan reception. Here, however, it can also make sense to select an open channel manually. Check which WiFi channel is permanently unoccupied. If there is such a channel, then let your router only send on this channel.

Tip 3: Restart the Wi-Fi Router

Often it also helps to restart the W-Lan router. If this runs very long without a restart, then this can lead to connection breaks with the Samsung Galaxy S8. Turn the router off or take it off the net. Then try again.

Tip 4: W-Lan in the standby mode

This setting should be checked your on the Samsung Galaxy S8. Navigate to:

Menu ---> Settings ---> Connections ---> W-Lan

Tap here on the upper right to extended and then on the entry "W-Lan in the standby mode". Set the marker to "Always". Finished!

Tip 5: Intelligent network switching -> Disabled

To disable the smart network switching on the Samsung Galaxy S8, proceed as follows:

First, enable the mobile data connection. This is necessary because otherwise the setting is grayed out and cannot be deactivated. If you have activated your mobile data connection on the smartphone please open:

Menu --> Settings --> Connections --> W-Lan --> Advanced

Here you can see "Intelligent network switching ". Deselect the option. Even if your W-Lan connection is not the best, the S8 will now maintain it and not switch to the mobile data network.

These 5 tips are designed to help you solve problems when connecting to a W-Lan router. If you have other errors or disconnections, which could not be solved with these tips, then simply tell us in the comments. We will try to help you.

You can add shortcuts to the keyboard of the Samsung Galaxy S8. In this case, the extended text "I come later" is made from an abbreviation such as "IKS". You can create as many shortcuts as you wish.

These will help you to write text. Below we explain how to create such a short command for the keyboard on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

You have to navigate deeply into the Android settings, because the Shortcuts are well hidden.

1. Open the app menu and then the settings

2. Scroll down and select "General administration" and then "Language and input"

3. Tap "On-Screen Keyboard" and then "Samsung Keyboard"

4. Tap "Text Recognition" and continue with "Text-Shortcuts".

5. You can now create a new app shortcut using the "Add" button

6. Tap "Add" to save it

If you now enter the abbreviation with the keyboard, the extended text is then entered. You have therefore saved time for writing. You now know how to write on the Samsung Galaxy S8 text faster through so-called text shortcuts.

If you want to convert units like area, length, mass, etc., then in the past you had to download an additional app from the Google Play Store. On the Samsung Galaxy S8 one needs that no more because here the unit converter is integrated within the pocket calculator.

This can be used as follows:

1. Open the pocket calculator app on the Samsung Galaxy S8

2. Touch the "Ruler" icon in the toolbar.

3. A window with the possible conversions appears

4. You can now select a physical size and then start the unit conversion.

We find that this is a very useful feature, which should have long been part of the standard repertoire of a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. With the Samsung Galaxy S8, this has finally become a reality.

If you use the Internet browser, which is pre-installed on the Samsung Galaxy S8, then you may wish to delete the history. In the Chronik, all websites are listed, which you have already visited.

For example, it is possible that suggestions for web pages are already displayed in the address bar when entering the first letters. If you have visited a website which should not appear as a suggestion, for example, it makes sense to delete the browsing history. We show in our tip how exactly this works:

To do this, first open the Internet browser on your Samsung Galaxy S8. Then, tap the three-point icon in the upper-right corner and scroll down the pop-up menu until you see "Settings". Tap the entry to display the corresponding menu. From here you can go to "Delete personal data". You can now select all options to remove the data from the chronicle.

 We highly recommend the following:

• Browser history
• Cache
• Cookies and content

Then tap "Delete" to delete the history of the Internet browser on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Afterwards it is not possible to check which internet pages you have visited with the Android browser before.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 has an unusual screen ratio of 18.5:9 with its Infinity Display. This ratio is a problem for many apps because they cannot be displayed correctly.

For example, if you play Clash Royale, it will be shown in full screen on the display. However, the edges are trimmed so you cannot see anything that is displayed in the app.

If, therefore, the app ratio of the Samsung Galaxy S8 screen is a problem with the app, then you can deactivate the full screen mode for this app. We explain how this works:

To do so, please open the app menu and then the Android system settings. Scroll down in the list and select "Display".

Next, select "full-screen apps". Here you can now select which apps should be displayed in full screen mode or not. Now disable the full screen mode for the app, which is not displayed correctly on your Samsung Galaxy S8.

If you open the app now, it will be displayed as it would appear on a smartphone with a "normal" screen ratio. In the case of Clash Royale, this means that you can now see all areas on the display.

The ability to suppress your own call number during a call is currently offered by each mobile service provider, but this must first be activated. In the case of a call with a suppressed call number, the called contact only can see "Unknown" or "Private number" on the display.

So with a suppressed number the contact cannot know where the call is coming from. In our guide, we would now like to explain how you can suppress your own number. This works as follows:

1. On your S8, open the phone app and then tap the three-tap icon in the upper-right corner

2. Now scroll down and select "More Settings".

3. The first entry is the same: "View your own number". Optional:

4. Select "Hide number". Finished!

If you are now calling a contact with your Samsung Galaxy S8, your name or phone number will no longer appear, but "Private" or "Unknown" instead. Your own phone number can therefore no longer be viewed.

You now know the procedure, in order to suppress on the Samsung Galaxy S8 your own number.

You can open the app menu on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and see all installed apps. Now it can be that between the individual apps gaps arise and therefore altogether more App pages are present, although this would not actually be necessary.

If this is also the case with you on the S8, you can now use the new function "Clean up pages". All apps and folders are lined up, so there are no gaps.

This feature can be used as follows on the new Samsung Galaxy S8:

1. Open the app menu

2. In the upper-right corner, touch the three-point icon

3. Select "Clean up the system" and confirm with "Ok"

4. You'll now see how your apps are arranged. You can either accept this proposal or "Cancel".

After that, all apps are arranged so that the number of app pages is as small as possible.

If the number of apps or widgets per page of the home screen is too little or too much, then this is no problem on the Samsung Galaxy S8. You can customize it individually. We will show you how you can enlarge the area of ​​the home screen on the Samsung Galaxy via the screen grid.

To do this, press your finger long on a free area of ​​the home screen until it is reduced and you can see a toolbar at the bottom of the display.

In this menu, select "Start Page Settings". Finished!

Next, tap the "Start screen grid" entry.

By default, "4x5" is activated, so there is room for 20 apps.

You can now select the following screen grid sizes:

• 4x5 = 20
• 4x6 = 24
• 5x5 = 25

Depending on the amount of space you want to have on a single home screen, you must select the corresponding grid. You can then add more apps and widgets to the home screen. You now know how to enlarge the screen grid of the start screen on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

A cool new function of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is the charging of other devices such as a smartphone or a GoPro. This works very simply via USB Type C and the supplied OTG adapter and is especially useful if you have no other charger available.

Our guide shows how to charge with the Samsung Galaxy S8 other devices.

Take the OTG adapter and plug it into the USB Type C port of the Samsung Galaxy S8. For example, connect a Micro USB cable and another smartphone. In our test, we used the S7, which is charged by the S8.

After you have connected the two devices via USB cable, you can make a choice in the following menu: In this menu, select "Charge connected device".

The charging process should now be started. The setting can also be changed via the status bar. The loading process is then started.

You now know how to use the Samsung Galaxy S8 as a charger, if another device does not have as much battery power. A nice option, which can be valuable on the road or on the road. For example when the GoPro is again empty and the charger is at home.