Learn & Customize the Home Screen
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Learn & Customize the Home Screen

Make changes to apps, shortcuts, folders, wallpapers, and home screen panels.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Add an app to the home screen
• Add/remove a folder from the home screen
• Edit display options

 

Add an app to the home screen

1. From the home screen, swipe up to access the Apps tray. 

Note: To remove an app from the home screen, select and drag the desired app to Remove at the top of the screen.

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2. Select and hold the desired app to add it to the home screen.

 

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3. Select and drag the desired app to desired location on the home screen.

 

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Add/remove a folder from the home screen

1. Select and drag the desired app over another app, then release. A new folder will automatically be created. 

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2. To delete a folder, remove all apps from the folder. The folder will automatically be deleted. 

 

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Edit display options

Select and hold an empty space on the home screen, then perform the following for the desired display option:

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• SET DEFAULT HOME SCREEN PANEL: The leftmost panel is the default home screen.
• ACCESS HOME SCREEN SETTINGS: Select Home settings. Edit settings as desired.
• CHANGE WALLPAPER: Select Wallpaper & style then navigate to and select the desired wallpaper.
 

 

Tips

You can also add or remove home screen panels as desired. You can add a panel by dragging an app to an empty home screen. You can remove a panel by removing all apps from a home screen.

Live wallpapers can increase battery consumption. Visit the Optimize Battery Life tutorial for more information.

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