Change The Wallpaper; Customize Your Home Screen - Samsung Galaxy S5 User Manual

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:
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Add a screen: Scroll to the end of the
screens, and then tap
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Remove a screen: Touch and hold on a
screen, and then drag it to
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Set a screen as the main Home screen:
Main Home screen at the top of a
Tap
screen. This screen displays when you press
the Home Key.
•
Change the order of screens: Touch and
hold on a screen, and then drag to a new
position.
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Tap Home screen settings for options:
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Transition effect: Change the visual
effect used when you move between
Home screens.
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My Magazine: Display My Magazine
updates as a Home screen page.
Know Your Device
Add.
Delete.
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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. Touch and hold an empty space on a
Home screen.
2. Tap Wallpapers.
3. Tap Home screen, Lock screen, or Home and
lock screen.
4. Tap a wallpaper to see a sample, and then tap
SET AS WALLPAPER.
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Tap From Gallery or another location for
additional images (if available).
•
Tap Bubbles or Phase beam for animated
wallpaper. (Animated wallpaper consumes
additional battery power.)
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. Touch and hold an empty space on a
Home screen.
2. Tap Widgets.
3. Touch and hold a widget, drag it to a
Home screen, and then release it.
Remove a Widget
1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a widget to
release it.
2. Drag the widget to
Note: Removing a widget does not delete the widget,
it just removes the widget from the Home screen.
Delete and release it.
Home Screen