In the event that you have the impression that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, 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, thanks to the features built into the latest versions of Android, to do it on your Huawei Nova 5i. We will precisely, in this article, show you how to change the size of the icons on your Huawei Nova 5i? Therefore, you will be able to choose the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen optimally.

To do this, first of all, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Huawei Nova 5i , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make any desired modifications to the size of the application icons of your Huawei Nova 5i.

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How to change the size of the application icons on the home screen of a Huawei Nova 5i?

We start our little article by showing you the technique for change the size of app icons on your home screen.

We present to you the only way that we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Huawei Nova 5i:

  • Unlock your phone screen
  • On the home screen, do a long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with 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 select» 4 × 5  »You will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Huawei Nova 5i.
  • On the other hand, in the event that you select " 5 × 6  »You will have many more icons and therefore smaller app shortcuts

How to change the size of the icons in the application list of a Huawei Nova 5i?

We now move on to the second part of this tutorial, what is the solution to change the size of the icons in the application list of your Huawei Nova 5i? Alas, there is only one technique to do it, it is the same as seen just above but by choosing 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 means a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and for that we advise you to read our next section. You can still, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Huawei Nova 5i.

How to use a Launcher to edit the size of icons on Huawei Nova 5i?

Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Huawei Nova 5i will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will allow you to organize your phone's home screens completely differently. We can use icon packs to give a different look that suits you more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and by in the locations of the grid… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Huawei Nova 5i. We will therefore show 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 Huawei Nova 5i, see our article.

In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Huawei Nova 5i, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Nova 5i.