The personalization of an Alcatel 3L has no limit, and that's good, indeed, using all the customization possibilities that are offered, you can enjoy a unique smartphone and your image. This is among other things one of the big advantages over Apple which remains intuitive nevertheless, which gives very little leeway to its users.
We will precisely, in this guide, learn how to change the home screen of your Alcatel 3L? To do this, first, we will see how to add a new page to your home screen, then, how to add or remove app shortcuts on the home screen of your Alcatel 3L and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your Alcatel 3L?
So we start our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of an Alcatel 3L with the addition of a page. You've probably already noticed that you can have multiple pages on your smartphone's home page that you can navigate by swiping your screen to one side or the other. These pages are really interesting in the sense that they will allow you to organize and sort the different applications and data that you want to integrate on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes your life easier, saves time, and, in one click, opens your favorite app. You will be able to put on a first page only your social networks and the time, on a second, all your games, on a third a calendar widget to keep an eye on your next meetings. Creating a new home page on an Alcatel 3L is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Alcatel 3L
- Once on the home screen, pinch your fingers as if trying to zoom out
- You will have a preview of the different home screen pages available
- You will now be able via the small "+" Add a new page
- If you want to delete a page from the home screen of your Alcatel 3L you will need to click on the logo in the shape of a trash can
How to change the application icons on the home screen of your Alcatel 3L?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most popular home screen personalization feature on Alcatel 3L. Indeed, we spend on average more than 2 hours a day in front of our screen and we are very often on 2 or 3 applications like Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. It is therefore important to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. If you want add the time on your Alcatel 3L home screen, you can take a look at our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of an Alcatel 3L
- Unlock your Alcatel 3L
- Access the list of applications of your Alcatel 3L by swiping the screen upwards
- Find the app you are considering add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Alcatel 3L
- Press and hold the icon of the latter and select » Add to Home Screen ", This term may vary depending on the Android version installed on your phone
How to move app shortcuts to the Home screen
Once you have added all the application shortcuts you want on the home screen of your Alcatel 3L, it is now time to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The handling is particularly simple and you have already done the hard part:
- Leave the icon of the app you want to move
- Drag it to the location on the screen where you want to position it if you don't want to change the page
- Otherwise, drag and hold it towards the side edge of the screen (as far to the left or right as possible depending on the location of the page on which you want to drop it) and wait to change page until you reach the one where you want to position it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of your Alcatel 3L?
Last possibility, and not the least, you can customize the home screen of your Alcatel 3L by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which will be able to display the data of a specific application, such as the calendar, your emails, the time, the date ... They are very practical for information that you want to constantly consult without having to open the app in question. Follow the procedure below to display the list of Widgets available on your Alcatel 3L and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Alcatel 3L
- Two possibilities, either you pinch the screen as if you wanted to zoom out, either you leave pressed in an empty place where you want to add a Widgets
- Now click on » Widgets »And you will discover the list of available Widgets, you will have a preview of their rendering, choose the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
- Be aware, however, that they are more or less large, and that depending on the application it is sometimes possible to use different formats to match your needs.
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