The personalization of a Samsung Galaxy A5 never stops, and that's good, in fact, with the help of all the customization options that are offered, you can benefit from a unique smartphone and your picture. This is just to name one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive, however, which gives its users very little leeway.
Today we will precisely discover how to change the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5? 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of its Samsung Galaxy A5?
So we start our guide on the personalization of the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy A5 with the addition of a page. You may have already noticed, you may have several pages on the home page of your phone 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 give you the possibility 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, with one click, opens your favorite app. You will have the possibility to position your social networks and the time on a first page only, on a second, all your games, on a third a calendar widget so as not to miss your next meetings. Creating a new homepage on a Samsung Galaxy A5 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy A5
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers as if you're trying to zoom out
- You will see the various accessible home screen pages displayed
- From now on, you will be able to use the small "+" Add a new page
- If you want to delete a page from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5 you will have to click on the trash can logo
How to change the application icons on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most popular home screen personalization feature on Samsung Galaxy A5. In fact, 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 essential to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. If you ever wish add the time on your Samsung Galaxy A5 home screen, you can read our article.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy A5
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy A5
- Go to the application list of your Samsung Galaxy A5 by swiping the screen upwards
- Locate the app you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5
- 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 applications you want on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5, you will now have to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The procedure is particularly easy and you have already done the hard part:
- Hold down 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 on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5?
Last option, and not the least, it is possible to modify the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5 by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which will be able to display the data of a specific application, such as the diary, your emails, the time, the date… They are very practical for information that you need to consult regularly without having to open the app concerned. Use the following procedure to display the list of Widgets available on your Samsung Galaxy A5 and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5
- Two alternatives, 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 see 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 choose among different formats to match your needs.
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