You can use the Samsung Galaxy S9 to receive and send emails. Every time you receive a new email message, your phone vibrates. This can be very annoying in the long run, especially if you use the device for business and receive a lot of e-mails a day.

Therefore, we would like to explain below how to switch off the vibration for e-mails in the Samsung Galaxy S9.

Disable vibration for new emails on the Samsung Galaxy S9

1. First open the standard email app on the Samsung Galaxy S9

2. By selecting the three-bar icon in the upper left corner of the mail overview and then the gear wheel icon for the settings

3. Now touch "Notifications" and then "New emails" for your account

4. Here you can switch "Vibrate" from "On" to "Off" to deactivate the vibration for new emails

If new emails arrive on the Samsung Galaxy S9, then you will no longer receive vibration from your device.

Samsung has released a new update for the Always On Display for the Samsung Galaxy S8. With this update a new function for Always On Display has been implemented in addition to a few bug fixes.

This is the display of GIF animations. This means that you can now start an animation in GIF format when the device switches to standby or when you briefly touch the Always On Display.

How exactly one can add such a GIF animation, we explain here.

Add GIF animation to Always On Display of Samsung Galaxy S8

1. Open the App menu on Samsung Galaxy S8 and then the settings

2. Continue to "Device Security" and then to "Always On Display"

3. Look down at "About Alway On Display" for an orange "N", then select the entry first - you have to install the update first! If the version of Always On Display is at least 3.2.26.4, you can now add GIF animations

4. Settings --> Device Security --> Clock and Face Widgets

5. Scroll to the right at "Type" until you can see the clock type with the photo

6. Select it and "Add GIF" will be shown at the bottom of the display.

7. You now get a selection of GIF´s, which you can add. Choose one of them - done!

You now know how to add and use a GIF to Always On Display on the Samsung Galaxy S8

Blue Light is emitted from any smartphone display. The bad thing is that this light affects the organism and thus you. This means that if you surf with your smartphone in the evening, for example, you get fit again with the blue light.

Because blue light only occurs naturally during the day and subconsciously tells your body that day is. So when you look into your smartphone display, your body thinks it's day and stays "fit".

It means it won't go into sleep mode that easily. That's why many manufacturers have integrated a blue light filter for smartphones. If you want to use the blue light filter of your Samsung Galaxy S9, this manual will show you exactly how it works:

Activate blue light filter for Samsung Galaxy S9 - Tutorial

1. Opens the App menu from the home screen and then the preferences

2. Go to "Display". Here you find the option "Blue filter". Activates the function with the slider.

3. The "Opacity" slider can be used to set the intensity of the blue filter.

In addition, you can define a schedule from when the blue light filter should be active. Our recommendation:

• From 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.

From now on your Samsung Galaxy S9 screen will emit less blue light. This favors your sleep and the time to fall asleep should be reduced if this has led to problems before.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 has several functions integrated, with which one can operate the Smartphone faster. This also includes opening the camera quickly by tapping the home button twice.

This quick start can be disabled in the following Android operating system settings.

Turn off camera quick start via home button

1. Open the app menu and then the system settings of Android

2. Continue to "Advanced functions" - scrolls down in this submenu until you can see "Camera quick start"

3. Touch the entry to switch off this function on the Samsung Galaxy S8 From now on the camera app of the Samsung Galaxy S9 can no longer be activated quickly via the home button

The Samsung Galaxy S9 works on notifications with so-called indicators directly on the apps. For example, WhatsApp displays an indicator in orange if there is an unread message.

However, it can also happen that the indicator does not disappear any more. This is for example the clock app on the Samsung Galaxy S9. If you have set an alarm and it has been triggered but you have not actively deactivated it, then a notification in the form of an indicator remains on the clock app.

Here it does not help to open the app and display the alarm. No, you must proceed as follows to remove the orange indicator next to the clock app.

Remove the orange indicator from the clock app of the Samsung Galaxy S9 – Tip

1. Press and hold the clock app icon until a pop-up menu appears

2. You will now see the entry "Missed alarm" under "Notifications"

3. Tap the entry once and the alarm overview will appear. You have successfully removed it.

You now know how to remove the indicator from the clock app of the Samsung Galaxy S9

The Sony Xperia XZ2 works with Android and so you can also take screenshots of the displayed content with this new smartphone. The screenshot, also called screenshot, is one of the most used functions, as it allows you to save, share and send information to contacts very quickly.

How exactly this works, we want to explain to you here today:  

The screenshot method works for the Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact:

Press these keys of the Sony Xperia XZ2 to take a screenshot:

• Power button
• Volume down button

You will hear a screenshot sound similar to taking a photo - this means that the screenshot was successful.

The screenshot is now stored in the internal memory of the smartphone. The "Screenshots" folder is created for this purpose. You can now conveniently access it via the Sony Xperia XZ2 gallery app and, if desired, edit or send it.

You now know the easiest way to take a screenshot with your new Sony Xperia XZ2.

On the Samsung Galaxy S9 you will see an appropriate indicator next to an App icon when you receive a new notification. This indicator is orange and numbered at the factory.

The indicator is a handy feature that shows you quickly when there is a new notification in the app. If you want to deactivate or perhaps activate this app indicator because you cannot see it, then the following instructions should show you exactly how this works.

The manual works for both the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the S9 Plus:

Enable or disable App icon indicator on Android - manual

1. Return to the home screen

2. Press and hold your finger on a free space on the home screen until it contracts and displays a menu

3.Select "Home page settings" and then "App icon indicator". You can disable or enable this option by using the slider,

If you have reactivated the app indicator, you now have the following options available: Select "Show with number" to see at a glance how many new notifications are unread in the app.

This option is especially useful for WhatsApp because it's so easy to see how many new messages you haven't seen yet.

You now know how to turn the app indicator on and off on the Samsung Galaxy S9.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 preinstalled an app called "Game Launcher". Game Launcher can organize the games you have installed on your smartphone and also save games in the cloud.

This means, for example, that you no longer have problems transferring scores between Galaxy devices. If you do not want to use this feature, you can deactivate the Game Launcher on the Samsung Galaxy S9. Uninstalling is not possible, because this app is integrated in the Android firmware.

This would only be possible with root rights, which we will not go into further here.

Switch off the Game Launcher function for the Samsung Galaxy S9

1. Open the App menu from the start screen and then the settings

2. Select "Advanced Functions" here and in the next submenu "Games" on

3. You will now see the function "Game Launcher" - Deactivate it by setting the slider to "Off" - done!

The Game Launcher is now inactive and should not disturb you anymore.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 offers you the ability to block calls. This is useful, especially if you receive unwanted calls from a specific contact or an unknown or hidden number. So that you no longer have to be annoyed with it, we have summarized for you here the most important settings around the topic "Blacklist" and Block phone number:

Block contacts and phone numbers on the Samsung Galaxy S9 on Android

1. Open the phone app and then switch to the "Last" tab

2. Touch the phone number you want to block and blacklist during your calls

3. Touch "i" for details. You will now see a phone number info card. Select the three-point symbol at the top right and there the entry "Block number". Confirm the blocking of the number with "Okay". Ready!

The entry is now on the blacklist and the contact can no longer reach you because it is automatically rejected.

Block phone numbers and number ranges using the "Calls Blacklist" app

Download the following app from the Google Play Store:

• "Calls Backlist"

Open the app - with the plus symbol you can now select a phone number or enter it manually to be blocked. 

The advantage of the "Calls Blacklist" app is that you can block complete number ranges. To do this, use "Begin with" after tapping the plus symbol. If you receive calls from different numbers in a certain number range, you cannot avoid this app.

Block suppressed numbers Opens the phone app on the Samsung Galaxy S9 and then the menu in the overview using the three-point icon at the top right. Please select "Settings" here. Continue by selecting the following menu item:

• Block numbers

Right at the beginning you will see the option: "Block unknown calls". Move the slider to "On" and from now on you are safe from calls under unknown number. Because whenever such a call arrives on your Samsung Galaxy S9, it is automatically blocked and rejected.

You have now learned three different methods to block phone numbers on the Samsung Galaxy S9. We hope you'll be able to stop most unwanted calls.

If you want to log in and authorize the Samsung Galaxy S9 to your wireless router at home using the device's MAC address, you may want to look for this address in the Android settings.

So that you don't have to search too long, we would like to explain where to find the MAC address on the Samsung Galaxy S9.

To locate the Wi-Fi MAC address of the Samsung Galaxy S9 for the W-Lan Router in Android first open the app menu from the start screen and then the settings of Android

Scroll down in the settings and select "Phone Info". Then navigate to "Status". There you will find the entry "W-LAN MAC address".  

This is the MAC address you need for your W-Lan router. You can now use this address to activate your Samsung Galaxy S9 within the W-Lan network at home.