In the event that you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen does not suit you, that you want to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to display more, you will be happy to learn that it is possible with the help of the features implemented on the latest versions of Android to do this on your ASUS ROG Phone 5. In this guide, we will precisely teach you how to change the size of the icons on your ASUS ROG Phone 5? Thus, you will be able to define the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen optimally.
For that, to start, we will discover how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your ASUS ROG Phone 5 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make all the changes you want to the size of the application icons on your ASUS ROG Phone 5.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of an ASUS ROG Phone 5?
So we start our little tutorial by revealing the manipulation for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore reveal the only way we have found, it is actually to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your ASUS ROG Phone 5:
- Unlock your smartphone screen
- On the home screen, long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with two of your fingers as if you never wanted to zoom out
- Click on the » Home screen settings "And in the" tab Home screen grid »You will be able to choose the distribution of your screen, for example if you select» 4 × 5 » you are heading to have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your ASUS ROG Phone 5.
- On the other hand, if you ever select " 5 × 6 »You will have many more icons and therefore smaller app shortcuts
How to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of an ASUS ROG Phone 5?
We now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the procedure to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of your ASUS ROG Phone 5? Alas, there is only one way to do it, it is the same as seen just above but by modifying Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only feasible way we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but that involves a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and to do this we recommend that you read our next section. You can nevertheless, if ever your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your ASUS ROG Phone 5.
How to use a Launcher to change icon size on ASUS ROG Phone 5?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your ASUS ROG Phone 5 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will therefore allow you to organize your smartphone's home screens completely differently. One can use icon packs to offer a different visual that suits you better, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the grid locations… And, of course, the function that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your ASUS ROG Phone 5. We are going to teach you the procedure for using Nova Launcher :
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install the app Nova Launcher
- Set the app as the default launcher
- Make a long press on your home screen in an empty space to access the Launcher settings
- Click on the menu » Icon layout »
- In the setting " Icon size «, Move the cursor to choose the size (in percentage) you want to assign to your icons
If you want customize the home screen of your ASUS ROG Phone 5, see our article.
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the ASUS ROG Phone 5, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: ASUS ROG Phone 5.
