Your Phone's Home Screen
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Note
: If there are less than eight extended home screens, you can add a new extended home screen
while you add a shortcut. Just drag the app icon to the right edge of the screen and drop it after you reach
the right-most screen.
The shortcut is added to the home screen.
Add Widgets to the Home Screen
You can add widgets to your phone’s home screen. Widgets are self-contained apps that display on a
home screen. Unlike a shortcut, the Widget works like as an onscreen application. There are all kinds of
widgets, including links to a specific contact, Internet bookmarks, Gmail and email accounts, and many
others.
1. From home, touch and hold an empty space, and then tap
Widgets
.
The Widgets list opens.
2. Touch and hold a widget icon.
The icon will disengage and float with your finger.
3. Drag the icon to an empty location on one of the home screens.
Note
: If there are less than eight extended home screens, you can add a new extended home screen
while you add a widget. Just drag the widget icon to the right edge of the screen and drop it after you
reach the right-most screen.
The widget is added to the home screen.
Add Folders to the Home Screen
You can group home screen shortcuts into folders for convenient access.
