If you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you want to make the icons bigger or smaller to see more, you will be happy to know that it is possible with the help with the features implemented on the latest versions of Android to accomplish this on your Samsung Galaxy J7. In this article, we will show you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J7? Thus, you will be able to define the format that will suit you best to arrange your home screen optimally.
To do this, first of all, we will find out how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J7 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to accomplish all the modifications you want to the size of the application icons of your Samsung Galaxy J7.
How to change the size of the application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy J7?
So we start our little tutorial by showing you the technique for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We reveal to you the only way we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J7:
- Unlock your mobile phone screen
- On the home screen, 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 Samsung Galaxy J7.
- On the other hand, if 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?
We will now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the method to change the size of the icons in the application list of its samsung galaxy j7? Unfortunately, there is only one way 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 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 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 Samsung Galaxy J7.
How to use a Launcher to change the size of icons on Samsung Galaxy J7?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy J7 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 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 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 J7. We will suddenly show you the technique 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 J7, see our article.
If you are ever looking for as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy J7, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy J7.
