Do you love those funky third-party launchers that make your home screen look goofy? Well, if you own a Samsung phone, you can bid farewell to those launchers. With its One UI 7 update, Samsung has brought in a lot of customization features and more via its software customization suite, Good Lock.
Thanks to the improved Home Up module, you can easily customize the way your home screen looks and feels. There is a new feature called the DIY home screen that lets you place your icons and widgets however you like. Whether you want them misaligned or want the icons to be all over the place like a huge mess, the imagination and creativity lie with you.
So, if you were wondering how you could make and create your DIY home screen on a One UI 7 device, you’ve come to the right place.
Create a DIY Home Screen on Samsung Smartphones
Creating this funky and fun DIY home screen is free and easy. Here’s what you will need:
- Good Lock app (free download from the Galaxy App Store or Play Store)
- Home Up module (Download from the Good Lock app/Galaxy Store)
- Samsung Galaxy smartphone running on One UI 7 or later
Setting up Your Galaxy Smartphone for DIY Home Screen
Before we talk about how you can go ahead and enable the DIY home screen feature on your Galaxy smartphone, there is one very important thing to note.
You will need to change the Home Screen style. Yes. The home screen only style for the One UI Home app will not allow you to use the DIY home screen feature. If you try to access the feature, it will simply be grayed out. In this case, you will have to follow these steps.
- Open the Settings app and tap on Home Screen.
- Tap on Home screen layout and choose Home and Apps Screen.
- Finally, tap on the Apply button.
With this style of the One UI Home launcher, you are now ready to make use of the DIY Home screen feature on your Galaxy smartphone.
Setting Up Home Up
If this is the first time you have downloaded the Good Lock app to your Galaxy smartphone, follow these steps to get the Home Up app as well as learn how to enable it.
- Launch the Good Lock app on your Galaxy smartphone.
- Now, tap on the plugins tab and tap on the download icon next to Home Up.
- Once the module is installed, tap on it to open.
- Make sure to switch the toggle On to enable it, as well as on the Home screen tile.
- Tap on the Home Screen tile and now switch the toggle to On for the DIY Home screen option.
This is how you can enable the DIY Home screen feature on your Galaxy smartphone. Now, let’s take a look at how you can play around with this new feature on your Samsung smartphone.
Using DIY Home Screen on a Galaxy Phone
Let’s now get into the fun part of creating a DIY home screen on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
- Tap and hold on the home screen till the home screen settings menu shows up.
- Tap on the DIY screen tab in the top right corner.
- Now you can simply rotate and move the icons wherever and however you want. You can also play around with any widgets that are present on the home screen.
- You can get creative by using creative wallpapers and arranging the icons according to the wallpaper.
- You can also make your icons and widgets appear upside down, and they’ll just function normally.
- There will be a small toolbar at the bottom of the screen. These tools allow you to easily rotate and resize the elements on your screen back to their default settings.
- The first icon on the toolbar will let you add text, emojis, stickers, designs, and even more stamps that can be downloaded for free via the Galaxy App Store.
- Once you have made the specific changes, simply tap anywhere on the screen or use back gesture to save them.
Depending on the type of wallpaper you choose, you can create fun and unique setups. Granted, such customization is overkill for the home screen, but if you like fun and goofy setups that work fine for you, give this DIY Home screen feature a try and make the home screen truly yours.
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