How To Customize Home Screen On Sony Xperia Z

How To Customize Home Screen On Sony Xperia Z

Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can access from it on your Sony Xperia Z. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and add shortcuts and widgets.

Customization options on Sony Xperia Z

When you touch and hold an empty area of your Home screen, the following customization options appear:

  • Add widgets to your Home screen.
  • Add applications and shortcuts.
  • Set a wallpaper for your Home screen.
  • Set a background theme.

To view customization options from the Home screen

  • Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates and customization options appear at the bottom of the screen.

To add a shortcut to your Home screen

  • Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
  • Tap Apps > Shortcuts.
  • Select a shortcut.

Note: You can add an application shortcut directly from the Application screen by touching and holding the application.

To move an item on the Home screen

  • Touch and hold the item until it magnifies and the device vibrates, and then drag the item to the new location.

To delete an item from the Home screen

  • Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the device vibrates, and then drag the item to Bin icon.

To create a folder on the Home screen

  • Touch and hold an application icon or a shortcut until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then drag and drop it on top of another application icon or shortcut.
  • Enter a name for the folder and tap Done.

To add items to a folder on the Home screen

  • Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then drag the item to the folder.

To rename a folder

  • Tap the folder to open it.
  • Touch the folder’s title bar to show the Folder name field.
  • Enter the new folder name and tap Done.

How to change the background of Home screen on Sony Xperia Z

  • Adapt the Home screen to your own style using wallpapers and different themes.

How to change Home screen wallpaper on Sony Xperia Z

  • Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
  • Tap Wallpapers and select an option.

How to set a theme for Home screen on Sony Xperia Z

  • Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
  • Tap Themes, and then select a theme.

Note: When you change a theme, the background also changes in some applications.

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