The home-screen is what you usually get to see first after unlocking your fresh started device, where your widgets etc. are placed, and where all activity usually starts.
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ICS upgrade to Thunderbolt deleted my Family Contact Group from Home Screen
My Family Contact Group is still intact but the menus have changed and I can't seem to find a way to move it back to a Home Screen or even change it with the Favorites Group which is on the Home ...
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How would you uninstall a rogue Home (Launcher) application?
If you were to install a Home Screen application that does not give you access to the System Settings screen (to go to Manage Applications), and also does not let you launch Apps (such as the Market ...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.7" home screen wallpaper
My mum has just got the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.7" and was trying to set a photo as the home screen page. She did this but all it displayed was the middle section of the photo missing out the two grid ...
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Home screen icon for terminal program?
I'm using terminal-ide http://code.google.com/p/terminal-ide/ which is basically a terminal for android with all sorts of utilities. One is able to create bash scripts for example. Is there a way to ...
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What is the default resolution of a wallpaper that fits the homescreen exactly in an Android phone?
On an Android phone the wallpaper spans across all of the home screens.
So what size should pictures be to fit properly as custom wallpapers?
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How do I change the home screen's Email icon to go to GMail instead of the default Email app on the Samsung Galaxy S?
On the bottom of the home screen there is an icon for EMail. I don't ever want to use the default Email app. I only use GMail and would rather use the Google GMail app. How do I change where the icon ...
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Galaxy Note 2 Settings app problem
I can't access the Settings app because when I launch it, it always return to home screen. I knows it didn't crash. I have Facebook Home installed so I when the Settings app is going to exit, it will ...
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How can I undo the “Do Not Ask Again” for using my home screen wallpaper as my lock screen wallpaper as well?
I use an app called "Live Video Wallpaper" or LVW which is basically a live wallpaper that allows you to select a video as your live wallpaper.
I have no problem with it but I accidentally checked ...
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How to show the complete title of an app?
Some apps with a longer title show up on the launcher screen (trebuchet) with a shortened title. E.g. an application with the title "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" will be titled "abcdefghi..".
The same ...
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Disappearing Icons on Galaxy S2
On my Samsung Galaxy S2, sometimes all of the icons will disappear from the home screens except for the 4 built in icons (phone, messaging, web, applications). This sometimes happens at startup, and ...
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Nexus 7 , Android Ver. 4.2.2, Locking icons down on home screen
We have a set of 30 Nexus 7's that are checked out by students who constantly delete/move/add icons on the home screen. We would like to lock the home screen icons so that they cannot be ...
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How can I remove unwanted app icons from the screen?
I'm new to using an android. Apps I have never visited nor installed are showing up on my screen (Slots, Candy Crush, Expedia, Droid Games). If I touch them, I go to their site. I would like to ...
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How could I set the number of Android original desktops?
Android has 5 original desktop on my phone, I couldn't delete one of them. How could I set the number of desktop?
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Icons changing screen postion
Every so often I will unlock my phone and notice an Icon is missing on my home screen. Upon further investigation it seems that I can always find it on the home screen to the left or right. My ...
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Switching to TouchNooter home from Stock Home
So I have just rooted my Nook with TouchNooter.
When I press the home button it asked me which I want to set as the default GO Launcher or Home. I chose Home as the default.
Now, I can't figure out ...
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Hide / Add / Replace dock icons on home screen
I have Samsung galaxy Y and I do have 2 questions about dock settings on home screen.
Is it possible to Hide / Modify dock on home screen?
Is it possible to make it toggle on touch the home screen?
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Is it possible to disable portrait orientation for Nexus 10 homescreen? [duplicate]
I am aware of the rotation lock. However, is it possible to do that just for the home-screen and not for the apps?
The main problem I get is, if I like a wallpaper, and even if the resolution is ...
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Keep the home launcher from being killed
I have a Motorola Milestone, and I've come to learn that it has a relatively low memory (runtime memory, not storage capacity). The problem that comes with this is that whenever too many apps want to ...
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How can I force the Sense UI home screen on my Evo to landscape?
I have an Evo running with very default settings. How can I force the home screen (Which I believe to be running Sense UI if I'm not confused) to be in landscape format. I use my kickstand all the ...
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How to remove data usage from droid 2 welcome screen?
By mistake I checked data usage from android widgets, and now its in my droid 2 welcome screen. How can I remove it from the welcome screen?
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How do you move an app shortcut between launcher screens?
So I have a few icons and folders on the leftmost launcher screen. I want to move them to the middle one. You'd think that you'd do it by dragging the icons to the dots on the lower left/ lower ...
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Is it possible to add home screens to a Sony Xperia?
I've an Xperia Mini/Pro. I would like to add another home screen. At the moment there are 5 different home screen. Is it possible to add more to the Xperia launcher ?
I don't want to change launcher, ...
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Change the number of home screen panels in Android
A phone user manual (HTC Wildfire S. Android 2.2) says
'Home screen has seven panels that you can customise'.
The system settings do not contain an option to modify the number of panels.
I was ...
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iPhone-to-Android convert: how do I change the lock screen, set up 2-click speed dialing, etc.
I just left my iPhone 3G for a Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone. I am trying to recreate certain iPhone behaviors and am wondering if it's possible, and how.
Android 2.3's default lock screen is ...
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Remove analog clock from home screen
So I've just got a Nexus 4 (hooray for me!) and I don't know how I did it, but I've somehow got an analog clock perched over my Google search bar. I don't want it there.
It doesn't appear to be a ...
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How do I change the desktop icon created from a website bookmark?
I created a desktop icon from a bookmark for Wikipedia.com. Here is a screenshot of the result:
The blue background doesn't look great, I'm wondering if this should be transparent.
Here is the ...
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How can I set some handy settings on the main screen?
I want to be able to set Wifi, bluetooth, GPS on and off quite easily but I can't find where I should do this.
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Shortcut for email to a specific person
I am new to Android, and would like to know whether it is possible to add a desktop shortcut so that when I press it, I can send an email to a specific person, and I just need to put the subject and ...
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How can I determine what app put a spam shortcut on my home screen? [duplicate]
Recently, I discovered that some app on my phone had taken it upon itself to place a very nice "Free Games" shortcut on my home screen. I haven't installed any new apps in the recent past, so I would ...
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How can I create a “shortcut” for the built in PDF viewer on Nexus 7
The Nexus 7 has a default PDF viewer, but it's a little hard to get to. How can I put an shortcut for it on my home screen?
Note that the default program (Document Viewer) doesn't show up in the list ...
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Can I stop installed apps adding their icon to my homescreen? [duplicate]
Currently every app I install adds a launcher icon to the homescreen. As my default homescreens are nicely arranged and as a result full, it creates another home screen 'page' to put the icons on.
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Add a contact shortcut to the Home without annoying icon covering it
I've tried adding contact to the Home screen but most of their face gets covered by an icon, which makes it hard to recognize. The only one that seems to get this right is "whatsapp", that adds ...
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Can I prevent home screen shortcuts from getting deleted or moved around?
I had recently gifted my Mom a Nexus 7, with a hope that she will like to read books. She is old with poor eye sight and can't read English that great. I find her eager to learn and she had made a ...
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In ICS 4.0.3 using ADWLauncher EX, how can I make only three home screens instead of five?
I just upgraded my android phone to ICS. When I had Gingerbread (2.3), I remember the option to change the number of home screens. I also had ADW launcher in 2.3 before. Now I can't find the option in ...
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Configuring identical home screens on multiple devices
I need to modify the home screen icons' disposition and add new shortcuts, but I need to do it programmatically from a flashable ZIP through recovery.
I need this because I will have to do it on ...
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Skipping “Swipe screen to unlock” screen?
I do not have any kind of password/pattern lock enabled in my rooted Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone.
When I wake my phone up, by pressing either the power button or the middle button, I see this ...
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What happens to a running program when “home” button is pressed in Android phone?
One thing puzzles me. It looks like if I use some program on Android and press the "home" button I see the home screen and can rerun the program and see that program in the same state as it was before ...
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HTML5 or webpage as homescreen
I've been looking to customize my homescreen with some widgets. I want a webpage with pictures and links as my homescreen. Is there any way to do this? Any launchers with this capability? I heard ...
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How can I put a link to an SD card folder on the home screen on HTC Desire Z?
I have a folder on my SD card that I regularly access to open documents of different types.
Is it possible to have a link on the home screen that opens the contents of this folder, e.g. using a File ...
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How to make custom apps to appear by default in the lower dock panel in my custom ROM
At the very bottom of my device (MT6577 + ICS + TouchWiz Launcher) are the default icons for "phone", "contacts", "web", and "applications". I want to replace them with my own apps in my custom ROM so ...
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If I tap and hold on the homescreen, nothing happens
I wanted to uninstall and move some applications from my homescreen, but when I tap and hold to get the menu for uninstalling and editing, nothing happens. The icon is selected, but there is no ...
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How to hide the top page navigation on tablet home screen?
I am a new user of Galaxy Tab and I noticed in comparison with some other home tab screen-shots in another forum, that my tab is the only who has the top page navigation squares shown.
I have only ...
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HTC WildFire Home Screen
Couple of weeks back I purchased HTC-WildFire. I did not find a way to change my default home screen. Is it possible to change my default home screen with my own custom screen. If it is possible I ...
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Different wallpaper for each homescreen?
I'd like to be able to have a different wallpaper for each homescreen. I found a live wallpaper that lets you do this.
Is there a more efficient/less cumbersome way?
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How to disable company starting screen when the phone is switch on
I am using a Samsang Galaxy Ace. When I switch my phone on, it takes too much time. The Samsung screen comes for approximately 30 seconds or more before the phone is on and usable.
Can I change this ...
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How did I get my Nexus 7 homescreen into landscape?
I was playing around on my Nexus 7 today and somehow ended up in a landscape version of the homescreen. I haven't downloaded any apps that mess with it like Ultimate Rotation Control, or rooted it or ...
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Widgets occupying the whole screen
I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone, I use the Android App called as "Any.Do" to help me with my To-do list management.
One of it's widgets called as the "Any.Do Grande (4x4)" occupies the whole of my ...
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Prevent Trebuchet from showing up in Recent Apps?
Here's the setup I have for my phone right now:
I am running on a custom ROM that has Trebuchet for the home application.
The custom ROM is ICS-based.
I have somewhat successfully gotten Google Now ...
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Is there anyway I can disable the posting of app shortcuts on my home-screen when an app is installed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I disable shortcuts from being created after install from Google Play?
Every time I install an app a shortcut gets created on my home-screen, I don't want this ...
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How can I enable auto-rotate for the home screen?
I have a "handset" with Android 2.3.4, and the "flip" feature works for every app and screen, except the desktop. That is, if I flip my phone any screen or app will flip too, yet the desktop remains ...
