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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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 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 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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How can I replace HTC Sense?
I saw not using HTC Sense as a power-saving tip on another question, but I just wanted to know what the easiest way to replace HTC Sense is and what it requires me to do?
Do I lose all my widgets too ...
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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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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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Launcher without home screen?
Is there a launcher software for my Android device (in this case Galaxy S2) that doesn't have a home screen, but only the App drawer?
If I can give example it would be an iOS; you unlock and you are ...
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How to remove home-screens on a Vodafone 845?
Good day,
after playing around with the Vodafone 845 (Android 2.1) icons positions I ended up with additional empty home-screens (or are they desktops, not sure for the term). What is the proper way ...
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How do I copy pictures onto a folder on the home screen?
I have some pictures that I want to copy to a folder on the home screen, but I can't see any way to do that. The home screen isn't a directory like all the others, so I can't copy files there. Is ...
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What are the differences between: LauncherPro “Keep in memory” and “Lock home in memory.”
LauncherPro has an option for "Keep in memory".
CyanogenMod settings has an option for "Lock home in memory".
How do these work? Do they conflict with each other? What problems might they cause? ...
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Why does the home screen stay empty (no application icons/no widgets) sometimes?
I have a Motorola Milestone, and sometimes when I press Home to go back to the Home Screen, the screen shows no application icons, no widgets.
It simply stays blank, with the wallpaper on background. ...
