That and let you put icons where you want them. Not this stupid top left origin, left shifting garbage.
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How Do You Set Up Your Homescreen, and Why?
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...Baby steps. /* heh heh heh /
I can't even image the Plus screens and being limited to 4 icons/row...it's madness.
And it would be so trivially easy for Apple to do...not to mention, an easy way to up the user satisfaction with iOS.
I totally agree; think of the iPads and all that ridiculously wasted real estate.
Don't get me started on the ails with iOS and the iPad...
If Apple wants to dawdle along with enhancing iOS for the larger screen, then I'll continue to make do with my iPad2 until they do.
I put every app inside one big folder and only have that single folder on the home screen. I search for everything.
One screen with only my most-used apps. The other few apps are in the "misc." folder.
Not jailbroken, but used one of those sites that creates dummy "blank" bookmarks to get everything within an easier reach.
Really wish Apple would let us arrange icons the way we'd like, but this is a semi-decent workaround for now.
Not jailbroken, but used one of those sites that creates dummy "blank" bookmarks to get everything within an easier reach.
Really wish Apple would let us arrange icons the way we'd like, but this is a semi-decent workaround for now.
I'm lazy. I used to arrange them by use. Now I just mostly put them whenever they land or in a spot to be easily found if I struggle with where they landed.
To me there isn't much customization if it isn't jailbroken so I don't really bother with it much.
Just my feelings on it.
To me there isn't much customization if it isn't jailbroken so I don't really bother with it much.
Just my feelings on it.
I have the same setup for years actually, no matter if I use Android or iOS. Guess I don't really like change that much haha. Some apps like Google Maps are in a map called Multimedia where I keep my music and video streaming apps, and Microsoft OneDrive is in the Apple Map. I know it doesn't make any sense at all but to me it does and that way I don't have to create too many folders or have too many apps on my home screen. I just have one home screen by the way.
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Or you could get a smaller phone.
And miss out on a beautiful large screen, more battery, 3GB of RAM, and two cameras? I can (already did actually) adapt
I predominantly put my most used apps on the first page with overflow on the second page and everything that won't fit on the second page in a few folders, but I only put apps with icons that look nice and blend in. Because of that, I have several apps on the second page that I use more than some apps on the main page. I also have a few apps on the first page that I rarely use, but they've been in the same spot for years, so I just leave them there for familiarity.
New apps always get put into a folder and then replace a lesser used app outside of the folder if and when I realize I'm using it a lot.
New apps always get put into a folder and then replace a lesser used app outside of the folder if and when I realize I'm using it a lot.
Most used on the first page. I have 2 pages.
Why does Podcasts get a separate folder for a single app??
The pocket casts app used to be in there as well but I've deleted it and haven't got round to removing the folder.
