If you use the Google Chrome browser on the Samsung Galaxy S8, it saves the history of your visited Internet pages in a chronicle. Convenient, as you can find websites that have already been visited more quickly. Bad: Anyone can see on which pages you have surfed with the smartphone.

If you would like to delete the history or chronicle of Google Chrome on your Samsung Galaxy S8, please proceed as follows.

1. Open the app menu and then the Google Chrome browser

2. Next, tap the three-point icon in the upper-right corner and scroll down to Settings in the up-going window.

3. Next, tap "Privacy". A further sub-menu opens in which you can now find at the end of the page "Delete browser data".

4. Tap the entry and a window opens where you can select additional options.

5. Select "Clear browsing history" to delete the history of the Chrome browser. Touch the "Delete" button at the bottom right to confirm.

You have now deleted the history log of the Chrome browser on your Samsung Galaxy S8. The browser's history is now empty and it is not possible to see which websites you have visited.

If your Samsung Galaxy S8 is not working as desired, but you do not see anything, then you should try one of the following tips to fix the problem:

Black display on the Samsung Galaxy S8 although device is switched on

Tip 1: Force a restart

The easiest way is to restart the Samsung Galaxy S8 by using a soft reset. This is easy by pressing and holding the Power On / Off button on the side of the unit for about 10 seconds.

The smartphone should then restart and the display work as usual

Tip 2: Download Boot Mode

Another option is to boot the Samsung Galaxy S8 in the download mode. To do this, press and hold the following keys for about 12-15 seconds:

• Power On / Off
• Volume down
• Bixby Button

If the display now displays something, then switch the Samsung Galaxy S8 off and restart it.

 Tip 3: Connect the charger

As a last option, you should connect the Samsung Galaxy S8 to a charger to check if the battery is deep discharged. Does nothing appear on the display or it does not light up, then your Samsung Galaxy S8 is probably defective.

You should then definitely use the guarantee of the smartphone.

You should reset your Samsung Galaxy S8 to factory settings if you notice serious errors and problems with the Android operating system, such as high battery consumption, strong heat development, crashing, or restarting the device.

But even if you sell the Samsung Galaxy S8, you should definitely reset the device to factory settings, since only then your complete data will be deleted.

A work resume, also known as Hardreset, can be executed via the Android operating system of the Samsung Galaxy S8 as follows:

ATTENTION Back up all the data you need later - all data is deleted by a factory reset on the smartphone.

1. From the Home screen, open the app menu, and then open the settings

2. Navigate to "General Administration" --> "Reset"

3. Tap "Reset Factory settings" - Done!

4. The wizard will then appear, which guides you through the process of the factory reset. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is then restarted and the device wizard from Android appears.

You now know how to reset Samsung Galaxy S8 to factory settings and delete all data within the Android operating system.

It can be on the Samsung Galaxy S8 that the rotation of the smartphone screen is not automatically rotated. There are now two different possibilities, which can be conceived as a cause: The function "turn screen" is deactivated or the corresponding position sensor has a defect. We will discuss both points in more detail here:

Screen Rotation activated?

To do so, drag the status bar of your Samsung Galaxy S8 with two fingers from top to bottom. You must now see a toggle that is called "Rotate screen". If this is not the case, and you see instead the toggle with "portrait", then tap this. The display should then turn automatically when you turn the smartphone.

Floor sensor defect - How to test it

In order to eliminate a defect of the Samsung Galaxy S8, the sensor must be tested. To do this you have to navigate to Samsung's service menu.

• Display the service menu on the S8 LINK

If you now see the different tiles of the service menu, please tap on:

• Sensor

Then scroll down a bit until you see "Gyroscope Sensor". Click on "Graph". Now hold the Samsung Galaxy S8 directly in front of you and then turn the smartphone with the display always in front to you. The Z-axis, that is the blue graph, should now deflect. If not, then the location sensor of your Samsung Galaxy S8 is defective.

If the blue graph turns out, then your sensor works and we recommend you to run a Wipe Cache partition.

You now know how to check if the Samsung Galaxy S8 is damaged.

When you write a text with the Samsung Galaxy S8, you may need the following text-based features: Copy, cut, and paste. This allows you to easily insert words or text sections from one text into another text. How this works on the Samsung Galaxy S8 we want to explain to you now:

Copy Text & Words on the Samsung Galaxy S8

To do this, press once on one of the words. The word is now selected and a toolbar appears. With the blue mark at the word, you can extend the range. This way, entire texts can be marked. Then select "Copy from" in the processing band. Finished!

Cut Text & Words out on the Samsung Galaxy S8

To do this, proceed as described above, but then select "Cut" instead of "Copy".

Insert Text & Words on the Samsung Galaxy S8

To paste the copied text from the clipboard again, press a blank space in a text box. The editing tape will appear again and you can now select the "Insert" option. Alternatively, you can also paste content from the clipboard. Then select "Clipboard".

You now know how to use the "Copy & Paste" function very simply in Android and on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Whenever you take a photo or a video with the Samsung Galaxy S8 you hear a short sound - the shutter sound. This "shutter sound" is intended to indicate you and to your surroundings that a photo is taken. Unfortunately, this sound can also interfere.

Especially in a quiet environment, such as a museum or monument, it often makes sense to disable the shutter sound of the camera. Most likely you will not find a suitable setting in the camera app for this. These are also not available. This is intended to preemptively prevent the clandestine capture of photos.

However, you can still use a little trick to mute the sound of the camera while taking an image or video. This works as follows:

1. Before you take a picture, pull the status bar with two fingers down from the top of the display

2. Touch the Quick Sound button

3. This will change to "Vibration" or if you tap it again to "Mute"

If the Samsung Galaxy S8 is in Vibration or Mute mode, the shutter sound of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is deactivated and you will not hear any sound when you take a photo.

You now know how to disable the shutter sound of the camera app on the Samsung Galaxy S8 or mute it. Please remember to set the mode back to "Loud" after the recording.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 has a GPS antenna integrated, which allows you, for example, to determine your own position very precisely via Google Maps. GPS is enabled on many Samsung Galaxy S8's from factory. If you do not want it, the GPS can be turned off very quickly. We show how:

How to deactivate GPS

1. Drag the status bar of the Samsung Galaxy S8 from the top into the screen with two fingers

2. You will see various Quick Start Toggles - Tap the "GPS" toggle to turn it off

3. The color of the GPS toggle now changes from blue to gray, which means the GPS is deactivated.

Also the GPS icon in the status bar of your Samsung Galaxy S8 is now no longer displayed. So you have quickly and easily deactivated the GPS function on your Samsung Galaxy S8.

Sometimes it is good to know about the own phone number. Especially if you want to pass the number quickly to a new contact, it can happen that you cannot remember of it any more.

Fortunately one can view on the Samsung Galaxy S8 its own call number, provided the mobile carrier has activated the corresponding setting on the SIM card. We show you where you can check your own phone number in Android on the Samsung Galaxy S8:

1. From the Home screen, open the app menu

2. Navigate here to Settings and search for "Device information"

3. At the first position you will find "Own telephone number"

Unfortunately, this option will not be available with every Samsung Galaxy S8, since this depends on the sim card of the mobile operator. This was tested with a T-Mobile Sim card. This worked perfectly.

If you do not have an entry here, we recommend the following workaround:

Tip:

In the contacts, create a new contact with "I" or "Own number", where you then enter your phone number.

You now know how to quickly find your own phone number in the Android settings of your Samsung Galaxy S8

If you have installed an app via the Google Play Store on your Samsung Galaxy S8, the "Automatic App Updates" feature is enabled for this application. So you need not to worry, that the app is not up-to-date.

However, there are situations where you'd rather keep an older version of an app because it is better in the application or in its function. Here, it is recommended to disable the app's automatic app updates on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Disable the Auto-Update feature for installed apps on the Samsung Galaxy S8

1. Open the Google Play Store

2. In the upper left corner, touch the three-line icon

3. In the now open sidebar, select "Settings"

4. In the "General" section, select "Automatic app updates"

5. In the drop-down menu, activate the "Do not allow automatic app updates" option (scroll up the mini-menu)

You have successfully disabled the automatic update for apps installed from the Google Play Store on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

You can also install new apps on the Samsung Galaxy S8 as with any other smartphone. To do this, you install it to the smartphone via a store like the Google Play Store or the Amazon App Market. After a while, you may find that you are no longer using the app or found a better one.

So you want to delete the app again from your Samsung Galaxy S8 or uninstall it. This is exactly what we want to explain to you with this article:

Delete the app on the Samsung Galaxy S8 via the app menu

To do this, simply open the app menu from the start screen, and then press long at the app you want to delete, until a pop-up appears. Select “Uninstall”.

Remove the app via the Google Play Store

To do this, open the Google Play Store, and then navigate to the menu in the upper-left corner of the icon with the three horizontal dashes. Select "My Apps and Games". Under "Installed" you will now find all apps that are currently installed on the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Tap an app and then select the "Uninstall" button.

Uninstall the app using the application manager

Open the app menu and then:

• Settings -> Applications

You'll now see all the applications that are installed on your Samsung Galaxy S8. Tap an application, and then click Uninstall. Finished!

You have now learned three different methods on the Samsung Galaxy S8 to delete an app or an application.