The personalization of a Samsung XCover 4 has no limit, and that's good, in fact, by using all the customization options that are offered, you can have an original mobile phone and your image . This is, among other things, one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains easy to use but leaves little room for the creativity of its users.
We will precisely, in this guide, see how to change the home screen of your Samsung XCover 4? In this context, first of all, 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 XCover 4 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of its Samsung XCover 4?
So we start our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of a Samsung XCover 4 with the addition of a page. You have probably already noticed that you can have several pages on the home of your mobile phone which 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 appear 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 on a first page only your social networks and the time, on a second, all your games, on a third a calendar widget to follow your next meetings. Creating a new home page on a Samsung XCover 4 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Samsung XCover 4
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers as if you're trying to zoom out
- You will see the different active home screen pages displayed
- You can now with the help of the small "+" Add a new page
- In the event that you want to delete a page from the home screen of your Samsung XCover 4 you will need to click on the trash can logo
How to change the application icons on the home screen of its Samsung XCover 4?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most popular home screen personalization feature on Samsung XCover 4. 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 important to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. In the event that you want add the time on your Samsung XCover 4 home screen, we invite you to consult our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Samsung XCover 4
- Unlock your Samsung XCover 4
- Access the list of applications on your Samsung XCover 4 by swiping the screen upwards
- Find the app you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Samsung XCover 4
- Press and hold the icon of the latter and select » Add to Home Screen ", This term may change depending on the Android version installed on your smartphone
How to move app shortcuts to the Home screen
Once you have added all the app shortcuts you want on the home screen of your Samsung XCover 4, 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 on the home screen of your Samsung XCover 4?
Last possibility, and not the least, it is possible to customize the home screen of your Samsung XCover 4 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. Follow the steps below to display the list of Widgets available on your Samsung XCover 4 and add them to your Home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Samsung XCover 4
- 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 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, 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.
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Samsung XCover 4, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung X Cover 4.
