- Personalizing the Screen Background
- Personalizing Screen Settings
- Personalizing Sounds and Notifications
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Personalizing Screen Settings
There are a number of other screen settings you can configure that help to personalize your user experience.
Screen Mode Options
There are ways to fine tune the way colors appear on your phone’s screen. The Samsung S7 offers four different screen modes, each of which optimizes the color range, saturation, and sharpness of your screen in different ways, as explained in the table on the next page.
Which mode should you use? For the most accurate color rendition, Basic mode is best. If you prefer more vivid colors, however, you may like the Adaptive Display mode. For viewing movies on your phone, the AMOLED Cinema mode provides good results. And if you use your phone for editing digital photos, you’ll get the best results from the AMOLED Photo mode. It all depends on what you want.
Screen Mode |
Description |
Adaptive Display |
Dynamically adjusts images and videos depending on content. Provides higher color saturation than other modes. (This is the default mode.) |
AMOLED Cinema |
Optimizes display for movie playback. |
AMOLED Photo |
Optimizes display for photographic images. Provides calibration to the Adobe RGB standard, used in Photoshop and similar photo-editing applications. |
Basic |
Provides the most technically accurate color rendition—although colors may look less vivid than in other modes. |
Set the Screen Mode
You set your desired screen mode from the Display and Wallpaper section of the Settings screen.
Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel.
Tap Settings to display the Settings screen.
Tap to select the Device tab.
Tap Display.
Scroll down and tap Screen Mode to display the Screen Mode screen.
Tap the desired screen mode. The preview picture at the top of the page changes to reflect the selected mode.
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Set Screen Timeout
By default, the screen on your new smartphone turns itself off (and the phone goes into lock mode) if you haven’t done anything in 30 seconds. Some people find this 30-second timeout too limiting, and want to extend the amount of time the screen stays lit.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel.
- Tap Settings to display the Settings screen.
- Tap to select the Device tab.
- Tap Display.
- Tap Screen Timeout to display the Screen Timeout screen.
- Select a new timeout value, from 15 seconds to 10 minutes.
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Configure Smart Stay
Another way to keep the screen lit when you’re using the phone is to enable the Smart Stay feature. Smart Stay prevents your phone from turning off the display as long as you’re still looking at it. (It’s a great feature if you use your phone to read eBooks or other onscreen content that might not require you to interact with the phone otherwise; it works by using the phone’s front camera to detect your face.)
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel.
- Tap Settings to display the Settings screen.
- Tap to select the Device tab.
- Tap Display.
- Tap Smart Stay to display the Smart Stay screen.
- Tap On the switch at the top of the screen.
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Prevent the Screen from Turning On Accidentally
New to the Galaxy S7 is the ability to sense when your phone is in your pocket or purse, and not turn on accidentally if you happen to hit one of the keys. It’s a great way to keep from wasting battery power—or accidentally “pocket dialing” your contacts!
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel.
- Tap Settings to display the Settings screen.
- Tap to select the Device tab.
- Tap Display.
- Scroll to the Keep Screen Turned Off section and tap On the switch.
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Display a Screen Saver While Charging
By default, your phone’s screen turns off when you’re not using it—even if the phone is plugged in and charging. If you’d rather the phone display a screensaver when charging, activate Daydream mode.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel.
- Tap Settings to display the Settings screen.
- Tap to select the Device tab.
- Tap Display.
- Tap Screensaver to display the Screensaver screen.
- Tap On the switch at the top of the screen.
Tap the screensaver you want to display—Colors, Pandora, Photo Table, Photo Frame, or Google Photos. (Pandora and Google Photos only appear as options if you have those apps installed on your phone.)
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Configure the Always On Display
New to the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge is an Always On Display that displays information or an image when the screen is otherwise turned off. You can opt to display one of several clocks or calendars, or your image of choice.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification panel.
- Tap Settings to display the Settings screen.
- Tap to select the Device tab.
- Tap Display.
- Tap Always On Display to open the Always On Display screen.
- To enable the Always On Display, tap On the switch at the top of the screen.
- Tap Content to Show and select from three types of content: Clock, Calendar, or Image. Skip to step 14 if you select Calendar or step 17 if you select Image.
If you selected Clock, tap Clock Style to determine which type of clock displays.
Tap to select the type of clock you want.
Tap the back arrow to return to the previous screen.
Tap Background Image to select a color image to display behind the clock.
Tap to select the desired background image.
Tap the back arrow to return to the previous screen.
If you selected Calendar, tap Calendar Style to determine which type of calendar displays.
Tap to select the desired calendar style.
Tap the back arrow to return to the previous screen.
If you selected Image, tap Image to choose the image to display.
Tap to choose one of the available images.
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