The personalization of a Samsung Galaxy J5 never stops, and that's good, indeed, thanks to all the customization possibilities that exist, you can have a unique smartphone and your image. This is notably one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive, however, which gives its users very little leeway.
We will precisely, in this guide, see how to change the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5? 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 J5 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5?
So let's start our article on personalization of the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy J5 with the addition of a page. You've probably already noticed that you may have multiple pages on your phone's home 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 of organizing and sorting the different information that you want to integrate on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes life easier, saves time, and, with one click, opens your favorite app. You will have the possibility 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 a Samsung Galaxy J5 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy J5
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers as if you're trying to zoom out
- You will have a preview of the different home screen pages in place
- Thanks to the small "+" Add a new page
- In the event that you want to delete a page from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5 you will need to click on the trash can logo
How to change the application icons on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most popular home screen personalization feature on Samsung Galaxy J5. Indeed, we spend on average more than 2 hours a day in front of our screen and we mainly use this time only 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 want add the time on your Samsung Galaxy J5 home screen, we invite you to take a look at our article.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy J5
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy J5
- Access the list of applications on your Samsung Galaxy J5 by swiping the screen upwards
- Identify the app you want to add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5
- Hold your finger on the latter icon and select » Add to Home Screen ", This term may change depending on the Android version installed on your device
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 J5, it will now be 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:
- 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 slice of the screen (as far to the left or to the right as possible depending on the location of the page on which you want to drop it) and wait to change the page until you reach the one where you want to put it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5?
Last alternative, and not the least, it is possible to modify the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5 by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which will 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 consult regularly without having to open the app concerned. Apply the following technique to discover the list of Widgets available on your Samsung Galaxy J5 and add them to your Home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5
- Two options, 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 appear, you will have a preview of their rendering, choose the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
- Note all the same that they are more or less big, and that depending on the application it is sometimes possible to use different formats to match your needs.
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