Questions tagged [home-screen-folders]
Icons on the Android home screen (aka launcher) can be organized into "folders".
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Download apps from Play Store to a designated folder on desktop
I am running Android 12 on a Realme 8 5G phone. I would like to test a set of note-taking apps. In order to do this, I need to search and download them from Google Play. However, they will be hard to ...
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transfer home screen folders from one phone to another
I transferred my Android phone backup from a Pixel 5 to a Pixel 6a today, but during the process accidentally selected a secondary Google account, which meant only apps associated with that account ...
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Can I create link to a page in the home screen?
I'd like to have several collections of apps but also widgets. Problem is widgets can't be in folders.
But, could I just link to another page of the home screen? Thus each page would be my unit of ...
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How can I disable app drawer in Android 12?
I’m on a Samsung S20 5G, Android 12 (just moved to this phone).
On my old phone which ran android 8.1 (I don’t remember the exact model, but it was a phone from Huawei), In the Display settings I ...
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How do I backup my website homescreen shortcuts?
I have many websites which I constantly access thru my phone, but they aren't bookmarked on Google, they're just added to my homescreen as a web shortcut.
Of course Windows is something else ...
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Android Folder Layout
I just installed the 8.0 update, and don't like how they changed the layout of my folders. Before installing this update, the size of my folders would be 3x3 rows, and now they changed it to 4x4 rows. ...
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Newly installed apps creates multiple app icons
My phone is Panasonic P66 Mega with android lollipop version.
When I install a new app from play store or connect to an app with an email, multiple app icons are being created on the screen, which ...
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How to find in which folder/app group is an app icon?
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S6 on Android 7.0. I cannot find a way to locate in which folder/app_group I misplaced an app icon.
On iOS, you can achieve this very easily:
If you searched for an app, you ...
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Create a folder on android A3 2016 6.0.1 marshmallow
I want to create a folder on my samsung A3
When i search the web i find 2 things
Press the edit button on the right top of the screen and then drag amd drop an app on top of an other to create a ...
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How to Organize Home Screen Icons in Folders?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 (SM-A310F) smartphone with Android 5.1.1. I am trying to combine several icons on the home screens into folders, like I did on various other Android devices before.
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How do I remove the "plus" icon in folders on Samsung Galaxy S6?
I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S6 and recently updated to Android 6. Now in every folder on my home screen, I have this "plus" icon
which is meant to select apps to add to the folder instead of ...
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App folders on homescreen being removed automatically when a new app is installed
I have HTC Desire 820 running on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. I have folders with favorite apps on the home screen. But whenever a new app is installed, all those folders disappeared, and the home screen ...
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Organizing apps not in folders
This is a bit hard to explain.. I like having my apps categorized at the home screen (games, Google apps etc.) but I don't like how folders do it.
Placing apps in folders makes them too small to see ...
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How to create nested folders on home screen in Lollipop?
Example:
Assume that a folder F1 has ABC app icons (shortcuts) in it.
Another folder F2 has XYZ app icons in it.
The default launcher in COS12 doesn't allow inclusion of more than 16 icons in a ...
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Can I have a folder (on the home screen) with more than the default amount allowed per folder on the Nexus 5, which is 16?
I'm searching a way to make all my games into a single folder. Is there a tweak/app/root command to makes my folders (not storage folders, folders in which you can add shortcuts for apps n' stuff) ...
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Change app sub-menu/folder style to iPhone-style
On the "desktop" of my phone, I can move my apps into folders together by dragging one on top of the other. However, as opposed to the iPhone (where they form a reduced-sized grid), the apps gets ...
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Fix for "Trebuchet has stopped"
I recently installed cyanogemod 12 unofficial version on my xiaomi redmi 1s.But whenever I try to lock a folder on my home screen it says "Unfortunately trebuchet has stopped working".I want to know ...
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TouchWiz Air View no longer expanding / "exploding" home screen folders
The TouchWiz Air View feature on my Samsung Galaxy S4 used to provide a very cool feedback feature where holding a finger over a home screen folder without actually touching it would cause the folder ...
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how to rename the new folder name
Hi Guys i need to know how to change the folder name in samsung galaxy ace duos.
I will create it by Tapping up the settings key in the screen and then click on add then Folders but
i couldn't able ...
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How do I backup and restore a Moto X to a replacement Moto X? (Apps, icons, and SMS)
I used the Motorola Migrate utility to copy my data such as SMS, photos, and other stuff to my replacement phone.
What I'm missing is my apps (Google Authenticator) and the data that goes with those ...
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Delete application folder in Android device
Hi I am using Samsung Galaxy S3. In my device I created a folder in Application menu to have a bunch of related apps.
At a point of time I uninstalled all the apps in that folder. Now I cant delete ...
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How do I label a page of the Galaxy S4 home screen?
The GS4 allows you to have multiple pages of the home screen. I'd like to use this as a kind of full-screen, more accessible folder (e.g. a "Utilities" page).
How do I put a text label ("Utilities") ...
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Is there a way to find all apps in Nova Launcher which are NOT in folders (similar to Folder Organizer)?
I am contemplating getting a Nova Prime launcher, as opposed to my current combination of Nova free and Folder Organizer.
The main feature of Folder Organizer that I see as a must-have and not sure ...
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Is there any way to password protect application folders?
I have a Galaxy S4 running Android 4.2.2. When I drag an application onto another one a folder is created. I was wondering if there's any way to password protect that folder? Most of the related apps ...
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How do I mute the sound when opening a folder in the home screen?
I have a Galaxy Note 2, running Android 4.1.2.
Everytime I open or close a folder on the home screen, I hear a click sound. How can I mute this?
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How do you name a folder on the home screen (Gingerbread, HTC Incredible)?
I added a folder to the home screen, but it's automatically labeled "folder." If I have multiple folders, it will get confusing. How can I change the name of the folder?
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Delete a folder in my home screen Android 4.0, Aquos?
My home screen looks like this:
Empty_folder | Application 1 | Application 2 | Application N
When I long press over the folder, I have the option to rename it. How do I delete the folder, though? ...
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Are there any other launchers that display a folder's contents instead of the generic icon?
The Xperia Neo V stock launcher displays a 2x2 grid containing the first 4 apps that a folder contains instead of a simple icon. Is there any other launcher that does this or something similar?
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Better folders, which support drag & drop: is that even possible?
I've tried three different folder widgets for Android 2.3, but I noticed none of them supports adding applications via drag & drop, like the native folders do.
Is that even possible to do?
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Can't Add Shortcuts to Home Screen, get Shunted to Folder
I recently started using folders to organize my apps, but I've noticed since then that I can not add any shortcuts to the homescreen. If I try to drop an item on the home screen, it instead gets put ...
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How to save and recover icon and folder positions?
How can I save and recover the position of icons and folders?
They get wiped every time I patch Android.
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How do you create a folder on a home screen in Honeycomb 3.0.1 (Xoom)?
I was rather shocked to learn that my Xoom tablet, running Honeycomb (3.0.1) does not support the ability to group home screen shortcuts into folders. Nor does it seem to provide a stock widget that ...
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folder will not open
I have organized my Apps into several folders. Every once in a while, I find that when I click on a folder, nothing happens (i.e. the folder does not open). No matter what I do, I cannot open the ...
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Can I put a widget inside a folder?
I have a number of widgets that I really like, but my Droid takes an awful long time to draw the home screen, even using the Zeam launcher replacement.
Can I use folders on my home screen to hold ...
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How can I organize items in a folder?
I created a folder for games on my homescreen. I added many apps to it, but now that I need to scroll I'd like to reorder them. Long pressing on an icon closes the folder (so I can drop the icon on my ...
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Can I make Home folders close on click?
So, say I have a folder on my home screen. In it I have a bunch of shortcuts. If I click one of those shortcuts it runs the program. Now when I come back to the home screen the folder is still sitting ...
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Live folders for Contact groups?
Does anyone know of an app which will allow you to place live folders on your home screen which are tied to a specific contact group? That is, when setting it up you would choose a group from your ...
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