There’s a lot to learn when you get a Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+, and new users may be overwhelmed. If you are a beginner and this is your first smartphone, our guide below will explain how to turn off or restart the Galaxy S8.
One of the first steps we recommend when users experience Galaxy S8 problems is to restart the phone. This clears the volatile memory and closes all running applications. It can also improve performance and battery life by giving the phone a fresh start.
It’s good to know how to turn off your phone before going into a meeting, boarding a plane, or going to the movies. There may also be situations where you need to turn it off to save battery life. Those looking for a “reset” or “turn off” button in the settings won’t find it.
How to Shut Down or Restart Galaxy S8
All owners have to do is find the power button on the right edge of the phone. It is located near the top. Now, . You can quickly turn off or restart the phone from the options displayed on the screen.
Choose from , or and then you will be prompted to complete the task. From here the phone will close and close all running apps.
Then press and hold the power button for 2-3 seconds to restart your phone. After it restarts, you can enter a password, secure or use your fingerprint to unlock your Galaxy S8 for use.
If you don’t want to turn off your Galaxy S8, you can exit this screen by tapping the back button at the bottom of the screen.
Restart a frozen Galaxy S8
Another time you might need to restart the Galaxy S8 is when it freezes completely or becomes unresponsive. This can happen when apps don’t work properly, get too hot, or when too many things are running and haven’t restarted for a long time.
If your Galaxy S8 is completely unresponsive, the . This will do what is known as a “hard reboot” and force the phone to turn off and then back on. Expect to see some weird stuff on the screen and after a short wait it will reboot and everything should be fine now.
This does not delete any information and only closes any open applications or browser windows. Nothing is deleted, the phone reboots and starts fresh.
We recommend new users change these 10 settings when they first get their phone, then purchase a case from our roundup of the best Galaxy S8+ cases below.
