In the event that you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you need to make the icons bigger or smaller to show more, you will be happy to know that it It is possible with the help of the features integrated in the latest versions of Android to achieve it on your Samsung Galaxy S5. We will precisely, in this article, show you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S5? Therefore, you can define the format that suits you best to organize your home screen optimally.
To do this, first, we will find out how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to accomplish all the modifications you want on the size of the application icons of your Samsung Galaxy S5.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S5?
We start by consequently our little guide by exposing you the procedure to follow 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 actually a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5:
- Unlock your smartphone screen
- On the home screen, make a long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with two of 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 choose" 4 × 5 »You will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5.
- On the other hand, if you ever 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 S5?
We will now move on to the second part of this tutorial, what is the method to change the size of the icons in the application list of its samsung galaxy s5? 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 feasible way we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, otherwise 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 S5.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy S5?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S5 is to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will therefore give you the possibility of organizing 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 in the grid locations… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Samsung Galaxy S5. We are now going to show you 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 reach 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 S5, see our article.
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