In the event that you have the impression that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you need to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to see more, know that it is possible thanks to the features built into the latest versions of Android to do it on your Samsung Galaxy A3. In this guide, we are going to explain to you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy A3? Thus, you will be able to define the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen in the best possible way.
For that, first of all, we will discover how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A3 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make any changes you want to the size of the application icons on your Samsung Galaxy A3.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy A3?
We start our little article by presenting you the procedure to follow for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We reveal to you the only way we found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A3:
- Unlock your mobile phone screen
- On the home screen, long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with your fingers as in the event that you want 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 Samsung Galaxy A3.
- 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 Samsung Galaxy A3?
We now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the procedure to change the size of the icons in the application list of your samsung galaxy a3? However, there is only one way to do this, it is the same as seen above but choosing Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but that requires a lot of manipulation, otherwise you can use a Launcher and in this context we advise you to read our next section. You can nevertheless, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Samsung Galaxy A3.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy A3?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy A3 is 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 mobile phone's home screens completely differently. You will be able to 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 by in the locations of the grid… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy A3. We will therefore explain the procedure 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 reach 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 Samsung Galaxy A3, see our article.
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