If you have the impression that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you need to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to show more of them, note that it is possible with the help features implemented on the latest versions of Android to accomplish it on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017. Today we will show you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017? Therefore, you will be able to choose the format that best suits you to design your home screen in the best possible way.
To do this, first of all, we will see how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 , 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 J7 2017.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy J7 2017?
So we start our little tutorial by showing you the manipulation for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore 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 Samsung Galaxy J7 2017:
- Unlock your mobile phone screen
- On the home screen, do a 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 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 J7 2017.
- 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 J7 2017?
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 Samsung Galaxy J7 2017? However, 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 that 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, otherwise you can use a Launcher and for that we recommend that you 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 J7 2017.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy J7 2017?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J7 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 mobile phone's home screens completely differently. You will be able to use icon packs to give a different look that you like more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the locations of the grid… And, of course, the function that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017. 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
- 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 J7 2017, see our article.
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