If you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you need to enlarge the icons or to shrink them to display more, you should know that it is possible thanks to the features implemented on the latest versions of Android to accomplish it on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. Today, we will explain to you precisely how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017? This way, you can choose the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen optimally.
For this, first, we will see how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make all the modifications you want to the size of the application icons of your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
We start by consequently our small article by showing you the procedure to follow for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We are therefore presenting 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 2017:
- Unlock your smartphone screen
- On the home screen, long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 2017.
- 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 application list of a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
We now move on to the second part of this tutorial, what is the technique to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of its Samsung Galaxy J5 2017? Unfortunately, there is only one way to do this, it is the same as seen above but by modifying Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way we have found is to use of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which is going to have a different organization and content, but that means 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 2017.
How to use a Launcher to change icon size on Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 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. You will be able to use icon packs to offer a different visual that you like 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 the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. 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
- 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, see our article.
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy J5 2017.
