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Manage Home Screens, Change the Wallpaper, Widgets, App Shortcuts, Customize your Home screen

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Customize your Home screen by adding application shortcuts, widgets, folders, and using wallpapers. Manage Home Screens Your device comes with multiple Home screens to hold apps and widgets. You can rearrange the Home screens in a different order. 1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen. - or - Touch and hold an empty space on the screen. 2. Use these options to manage screens: • Add a screen: Swipe to the end of the screens, and then tap Add. • Remove a screen: Touch and hold a screen, and then drag it to Remove. • Set a screen as the main Home screen: Tap Main Home screen at the top of a screen. This screen displays when you tap Home. • Change the order of screens: Touch and hold on a screen, and then drag to a new position. Change the Wallpaper Change the look of the Home and Lock screens with wallpaper. You can display a favorite picture or choose from preloaded wallpapers. 1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen. - or - Touch and hold an empty space on the screen. 2. Tap Wallpapers, and then tap HOME SCREEN, LOCK SCREEN, or HOME AND LOCK SCREENS. 3. Tap a wallpaper to see a sample, and then tap SET AS WALLPAPER. For more information, see Wallpaper Settings. Widgets Widgets are self-contained apps that run on a Home screen. There are all kinds of widgets, including links to a specific contact, Internet bookmarks, Gmail and email accounts, and many others. Add a Widget to a Home Screen 1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen. - or - Touch and hold an empty space on the screen. 2. Tap Widgets. 3. Touch and hold a widget, drag it to a Home screen, and release it. Remove a Widget 1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a widget to release it. 2. Drag the widget to Remove and release it. Note: Removing a widget does not delete the widget, it just removes the widget from the Home screen. App Shortcuts You can use app shortcuts to launch an app from any Home screen. Add a Shortcut to a Home Screen 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps. 2. Touch and hold an app shortcut, drag it to a Home screen, and release it. Remove a Shortcut 1. Touch and hold a shortcut to release it. 2. Drag the icon to Remove and release it. Note: Removing a shortcut does not delete the app, it just removes the shortcut from the Home screen. Know Your Device 10 Home Screen

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10
Home Screen
Know Your Device
Customize your Home screen
by adding application shortcuts,
widgets, folders, and using
wallpapers.
Manage Home Screens
Your device comes with multiple Home screens to
hold apps and widgets. You can rearrange the Home
screens in a different order.
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
– or –
Touch and hold an empty space on the screen.
2. Use these options to manage screens:
•
Add a screen
: Swipe to the end of the
screens, and then tap
Add
.
•
Remove a screen
: Touch and hold a screen,
and then drag it to
Remove
.
•
Set a screen as the main Home screen
: Tap
Main Home screen
at the top of a screen.
This screen displays when you tap
Home
.
•
Change the order of screens
: Touch and
hold on a screen, and then drag to a new
position.
Change the Wallpaper
Change the look of the Home and Lock screens
with wallpaper. You can display a favorite picture or
choose from preloaded wallpapers.
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
– or –
Touch and hold an empty space on the screen.
2. Tap
Wallpapers
, and then tap
HOME SCREEN
,
LOCK SCREEN
, or
HOME AND LOCK
SCREENS
.
3. Tap a wallpaper to see a sample, and then tap
SET AS WALLPAPER
.
For more information, see
Wallpaper Settings
.
Widgets
Widgets are self-contained apps that run on a Home
screen. There are all kinds of widgets, including
links to a specific contact, Internet bookmarks,
Gmail and email accounts, and many others.
Add a Widget to a Home Screen
1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen.
– or –
Touch and hold an empty space on the screen.
2. Tap
Widgets
.
3. Touch and hold a widget, drag it to a Home
screen, and release it.
Remove a Widget
1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a widget to
release it.
2. Drag the widget to
Remove
and release it.
Note
: Removing a widget does not delete the widget,
it just removes the widget from the Home screen.
App Shortcuts
You can use app shortcuts to launch an app from
any Home screen.
Add a Shortcut to a Home Screen
1. From a Home screen, tap
Apps
.
2. Touch and hold an app shortcut, drag it to a
Home screen, and release it.
Remove a Shortcut
1. Touch and hold a shortcut to release it.
2. Drag the icon to
Remove
and release it.
Note
: Removing a shortcut does not delete the app, it
just removes the shortcut from the Home screen.