Home screen
The Home screen is your gateway to the main features on your device. You can
customize your Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, folders, themes, wallpaper, and
other items.
The Home screen extends beyond the regular screen display width, so you need to flick
left or right to view content in all of the Home screen's panes.
shows
which part of the Home screen you are in. You can set a pane as the main Home screen
pane, and add, or delete panes.
The items in the bar at the bottom of the screen are always available for quick access.
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To go to the Home screen
•
Press .
To browse the Home screen
•
Flick right or left.
To set a pane as the main Home screen pane
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Flick left or right to browse to the pane that you want to set as your main Home
screen pane, then tap .
To add a pane to your Home screen
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Flick left or right to browse the panes, then tap .
To delete a pane from your Home screen
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Flick left or right to browse to the pane that you want to delete, then tap .
Widgets
Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen. For
example, the “WALKMAN” widget allows you to start playing music directly.
Some widgets are resizable, so you can expand them to view more content or shrink
them to save space on your Home screen.
To add a widget to the Home screen
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates,
then tap
Widgets.
2
Find and tap the widget that you want to add.
To resize a widget
1
Touch and hold a widget until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then release
the widget. If the widget can be resized, for example, the Calendar widget, then a
highlighted frame and resizing dots appear.
2
Drag the dots inward or outward to shrink or expand the widget.
3
To confirm the new size of the widget, tap anywhere on the Home screen.
Rearranging your Home screen
Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can
access from it. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and
add shortcuts and widgets.
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Customization options
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 on the screen.
To add a shortcut to your Home screen
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Tap
Apps > Shortcuts.
3
Select a shortcut.
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, 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, then drag the
item to .
To create a folder on the Home screen
1
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.
2
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 on the Home screen
1
Tap the folder to open it.
2
Tap the folder's title bar to show the
Folder name field.
3
Enter the new folder name and tap
Done.
Changing the background of your Home screen
Adapt the Home screen to your own style using wallpapers and different themes.
To change your Home screen wallpaper
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Tap
Wallpapers and select an option.
To set a theme for your Home screen
1
Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Tap
Themes, then select a theme.
When you change a theme, the background also changes in some applications.
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