Lenovo S8-50 User Guide

Lenovo TAB S8-50

User Guide V1.0

Please read the
safety precautions and important notes
in the supplied manual before use.

Chapter 01

Lenovo TAB S8-50 Overview

1-1 Appearance

1-2 Buttons

1-3 Activating/Deactivating the display

1-4 Screen lock/unlock

1-5 Navigation tips

1-6 Home screen

1-7 Status bar

1-8 Recent apps

1-9 Application management

1-10 Entering text

Tips

Model & Version •

Model Version

Lenovo TAB S8-50F WLAN
Lenovo TAB S8-50L WLAN+LTE (Data only)
Lenovo TAB S8-50LC WLAN+LTE (Voice)

All information labelled with * in this guide refers only to the WLAN + LTE model (Lenovo TAB S8-50L(C) ).•
Your Lenovo TAB S8-50 supports LTE Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 20. But in some countries, LTE is not

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supported. To know if your Lenovo TAB S8-50 works with LTE networks in your country, contact your carrier.

1-1 Appearance

Images are for reference purposes only, and may differ from your Lenovo TAB S8-50.

1-2 Buttons

On/Off button

To turn on your tablet, press and hold this button for about 3 seconds, then release it.•
If your tablet is turned on, press this button to deactivate the display. If the display is deactivated, press this

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button to activate the display.
To turn off your tablet, press and hold this button for about 1 second, then select OK in the Power off pop-up

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window to shut down your tablet.

NOTE: When connecting to a computer with a USB cable, make sure that the battery power is sufficient for normal
operation; otherwise, charge with the AC power adaptor before making the USB connection.

Volume controls

Press the Volume up or Volume down button to adjust the volume. •

1-3 Activating/Deactivating the display

Activating the display

With the display deactivated, press the On/Off button on the tablet to activate the display. The tablet's display will
then illuminate, indicating that it has been activated.

Deactivating the display

If you do not need to use your tablet temporarily, you can press the On/Off button to deactivate the display. Your
tablet will then enter standby mode to save power.

1-4 Screen lock/unlock

Screen lock

Auto-lock

You can set screen timeout by tapping Settings > Display > Sleep. If there is no operation within the pre­set standby time, the display will automatically deactivate and your tablet will be locked automatically.

Manual lock

If you do not need to use your tablet temporarily, you can press the On/Off button for about 1 second to deactivate
the display. Your tablet will then be locked, and will enter standby mode.

Screen unlock

When in standby mode, press the On/Off button on your tablet to activate the display. Then, tap and hold the lock
icon and drag the slider over the unlock icon, as shown in the illustration below.

Screen lock pattern setting

You can set the screen lock pattern by tapping Settings > Security > Screen lock > Pattern. After this
function has been enabled, you will be required to trace a personalised unlock pattern to unlock the screen before you
can use your tablet.

1-5 Navigation tips

Back •
Home •
Recent apps •

Advanced menu •

and Settings.

: Return to the previous screen.

: Return to the Home screen.

: Display recently used apps.

: Display shortcuts such as Add, Theme, Wallpaper, Screen manager, Desktop settings

1 - Back 2 - Home
3 - Recent apps 4 - Advanced menu

1-6 Home screen

This desktop enables you to quickly view and open all your applications.
In the Home screen, you can add widgets and change your wallpaper.

To add a shortcut to the Home screen, tap and hold the icon of the other screen until it is added to the Home

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screen.

To change your wallpaper, tap•

To delete something from the Home screen, tap and hold the selected item for about 2 seconds until •
appears beside the item, then tap area to remove it.

> Wallpaper to choose a wallpaper from Local wallpaper.

Switching Home screens

Your tablet has multiple desktops.

Move through screens by sliding your finger across the display. Icons can be moved from one panel to another.

1-7 Status bar

System messages, if any, will be displayed in the status bar.

Information about WLAN connections and reception, power levels, charging status and other notifications are
displayed in the status bar.

Drop down the status bar to display the notification panel, which contains the Airplane mode switch, WLAN setting
shortcut, Auto-rotate screen switch, Brightness adjustment toolbar, Settings shortcut etc.

1-8 Recent apps

Your tablet remembers apps you have used recently.

Tap
end it.

to display a list of your recently used apps. Tap an app from the list to open it. Tap the app left or right to

1-9 Application management

Slide your finger on the Home screen to open the applications list.

Tap Settings > Apps to manage all your apps.

Uninstall

1. Tap the app you want to uninstall under the DOWNLOADED tab.

2. Tap Uninstall at the top.

3. Tap OK.

Stop a running app

1. Tap RUNNING tab.

2. Tap the running app you want to stop.

3. Tap Stop.

4. Tap OK.

1-10 Entering text

You can easily enter text from the virtual keyboard directly on the touch screen, such as when adding contact
information in the Contacts application, or typing and editing SMS messages. You can input English letters and
numeric symbols directly on the touch screen.

Virtual keyboard

Tap

on the bottom bar to hide the virtual keyboard. Tap the text input box to display the virtual keyboard.

Switch input method

Tap • / to toggle letters and numbers.

Tap • to enter a capital letter. Or tap and hold until it changes into to turn caps lock on.
Tap it again to unlock.

In number input mode, tap •
number input mode.

Input options

Tap• Settings > Language & input to open the KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS menu. You can
select Google Keyboard or Google voice typing in this menu.

to input symbols and special characters. Tap to go back to

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