In the event that you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you want to increase the size of the icons or shrink them to see more, note that it is possible thanks to the features integrated into the latest versions of Android to do it on your Fairphone 4. In this guide, we are going to teach you how to change the size of the icons on your Fairphone 4? Thus, you can choose the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen optimally.
In this context, first, we will see how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Fairphone 4 , 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 Fairphone 4.
How to change the size of app icons on the home screen of a Fairphone 4?
We therefore start our little tutorial by showing you the manipulation to change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore reveal to you the only way we have found, it is in fact to use a tip for the customization options of the home screen of your Fairphone 4:
- Unlock your phone screen
- On the Home screen, long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with two of your fingers as if you 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 choose" 4 × 5 » you will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Fairphone 4.
- On the other hand, if you choose " 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 a Fairphone 4?
We now move on to the second part of this article, what is the manipulation to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of its Fairphone 4? However, there is only one technique to do it, it is the same as seen above but by modifying Application grid We have researched several options to do this, the only possible way we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which is going to have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, otherwise you can use a Launcher and for that we recommend that you read our next section. You can still, if your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Fairphone 4.
How to use a Launcher to change icon size on Fairphone 4?
Another technique for changing the size of the icons on your Fairphone 4 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic launcher of Android and will therefore give the possibility of organizing your phone's home screens completely differently. You can use icon packs to offer a different visual that suits you more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the grid locations… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of Fairphone 4 sound icons. We will therefore teach you how to use Nova Launcher :
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install the app Nova Launcher
- Set the app as the default launcher
- 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 Fairphone 4, see our article.
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Fairphone 4, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: 4 Fairphone.
