So much this...
The reviewers of this phone must not have had access to case at all. The cutouts in the back allow you to easily find the fingerprint scanner. It's now my prime way of unlocking my phone.
After all the complaints about the finger print sensor placement online, I'm not having any problems.
Having a case on it and being a righty makes it a no brainer.
Finger naturally ends up in the spot when I pick up the phone.
Lucky for you you have 4 other secure ways to get into the phone.I have a hard time giving a good fingerprint for security paperwork, would hate to rely on using one for access to my phone.
After all the complaints about the finger print sensor placement online, I'm not having any problems.
Having a case on it and being a righty makes it a no brainer.
Finger naturally ends up in the spot when I pick up the phone.
If you're a righty, don't you hold your phone with your left hand? I do. Which makes the fingerprint scanner on the left side of the back really awkward for my left index finger. It should be on the flash bulb side. I hate it. So I'll deal with face recognition unlock instead (is this not really secure?)
BTW, how do you re-program the Bixby button to do something else? Or the show open apps button (left of the 3 bottom buttons)? Do you need a launcher like Nova for that? Had it on the old phone but trying to keep apps to a minimum if I could.
I always felt that holding a phone with one hand and poking it with the other is the smartphone equivalent of people who have to stare at the keyboard hunting and pecking in order to type.^ I'm curious how most people use their phones... 1-handed operation with the dominant hand? I assumed most people are 2-handed operation because 1-handed is a special feature you have to enable. I'm coming from a wider Note so I've always been left-hand hold, right-hand click/navigate.
And the question was how to re-program the show all open apps button to something else if there is a way.
One other thing I've discovered is that with the screen off (I don't use the always on), you can still hold where the home button is to turn it on, but the issue there is it's a really small spot to try and find it. Also since there's no physical home button, it's hard to tell quickly which way is top or bottom when pulling the phone out of your pocket.
^ what about texting? It's 2 thumbs, which is how I navigate the phone too. Not other fingers hunting and pecking icons. Reaching with 1 hand across to the opposite corner is just too much work & strain IMO... at least on the Note it was.
Got the earphones, sound awesome. Still can't order the VR. Samsung has not set the site up for us to redeem yet.
To boot the Galaxy S8 into recovery, start by turning the device completely off. Once it's off, press and hold the Bixby and volume up buttons, then press the power button. Let go of the power once the phone turns on, while still keeping the Bixby and volume up buttons pressed. Let go of the rest of the buttons when you see the blue screen with the Android logo.
Just got an update and after rebooting, got a dqa has stopped message every time.
to resolve, I booted into recovery mode and wiped the system cache
Depends on how you have it set up. I have mine to require a pattern after a restart, but only that one time after restarting and then it's the normal methodMy update (verizon) seems ok. But perhaps it disabled face unlock? Says something about using my pattern instead of biometrics as required by policy.
Settings > Display > Navigation bar. There's an option to unlock with hard press.I didn't realize this until I started googling, but bixby's voice commands weren't ready for launch:
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/11/15266028/samsung-galaxy-s8-bixby-assistant-launch-voice-support
I googled because I thought I was missing something, but it just isn't working yet.
The other thing I'm finding frustrating is basically having to wake up my phone twice. It's not locked, but I have to press the home button to get out of the always on display, and then it makes me "swipe to unlock". Why can't it just open with one button press? It's really clunky and I can't find a setting to change this.
Settings > Display > Navigation bar. There's an option to unlock with hard press.
I'm liking the plus a lot so far though I personally have given up on the fingerprint scanner.
If you expected to hate it, why did you even upgrade?I upgraded to the S8 from the HTC 10 -- I have to say, I don't hate it as much as I expected to, although Samsung software still leaves much to be desired.
Still no good. Can't get face unlock to trigger at all. Even ran setup again. Still has that statement "draw your pattern as required by security policy, instead of using biometrics." Same with fingerprint now.Depends on how you have it set up. I have mine to require a pattern after a restart, but only that one time after restarting and then it's the normal method
Face unlock is a lower security method and not allowed for things like payments and passwords. It should always allow you to unlock the phone with your face profile, but not much else.Still no good. Can't get face unlock to trigger at all. Even ran setup again. Still has that statement "draw your pattern as required by security policy, instead of using biometrics." Same with fingerprint now.
Edit> it's so random when it allows it or not
If you expected to hate it, why did you even upgrade?