In the event that you have the feeling 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 see more of them, you will be happy to learn. that it is possible, thanks to the features implemented on the latest versions of Android, to do so on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. We will precisely, in this guide, teach you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8? As a result, you will be able to choose the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen in the best possible way.
In this context, to begin with, we will discover how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 , 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 Note 8.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
So we start our little guide by showing you the handling to change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore reveal 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 Note 8:
- Unlock your smartphone screen
- On the home screen, make 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 choose" 4 × 5 »You will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
- On the other hand, in the event that you choose » 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 Note 8?
We now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the solution to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of its Samsung Galaxy Note 8? Unfortunately, there is only one technique 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 it involves 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 Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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 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 your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 icons. We will therefore teach 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
- 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 Note 8, see our article.
In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
