Learn & Customize the Home Screen
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Learn & Customize the Home Screen
Add shortcuts and widgets, access the notification panel, changing wallpaper, and more.
- SET WALLPAPER: Select and hold any empty space on the home screen, then select WALLPAPERS. Navigate to and select the desired wallpaper > checkmark icon > desired option (Home screen, Lock screen, or Home screen and Lock screen).
Note: Live wallpapers can increase battery consumption.
- SET DEFAULT HOME SCREEN PANEL: Select and hold any empty space on the home screen, then navigate to the desired home panel and select the Home icon.
- MOVE A PANEL: Select and hold the desired panel, then move it to the desired location and release.
- ADD A PANEL: Navigate to an empty panel, then select the Add icon.
Note: To remove a home screen panel, select and hold the desired panel then drag it to Remove at the top of the screen.
- ADD AN APP TO THE HOME SCREEN: From the Apps tray, select and drag the desired app to the desired location on the home screen.
Note: To access the Apps tray, from the home screen select the Apps tray. To add a widget (a mini app) to the home screen, select and hold an empty area of a home screen, then select Widgets. To remove an app or widget, see the Remove an App tutorial.
- ADD/REMOVE A FOLDER: Select and drag a desired app over another app, then release. To remove, select and drag the folder to REMOVEÂ at the top of the screen.
Note: Alternately, select and drag all the apps out of a folder to remove the folder.
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