
Applications 66
Customizing the Apps Screens
Choosing a view
By default, app icons appear in Grid view. You can change
the view to list view.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
.
2. Touch
Menu
➔
View type
.
3. Choose an option:
• Customizable Grid
: The default view, which allows you to
touch and hold apps to move them from screen to screen.
• Alphabetical grid
: Icons are arranged in a grid, in A-Z order.
• Alphabetical list
: Icons display in a list, sorted from A-Z.
Apps screen options
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
.
2. Touch
Menu
for options:
•Play Store
: Launch Google Play
™
Store, to browse for new
apps to download.
•Edit
: Touch and hold an app icon for these options:
–
Drag it to a new location.
–
Drag it to to create a new folder to contain the icon.
–
Drag it to to create a new apps screen and place
the icon on it.
–
Drag it to to launch the Application manager to view
information about the app. For more information, refer to
“Application manager”
on page 108.
–
Drag to (if available) to remove the icon. The trashcan is only
available for apps you’ve installed. Pre-loaded apps cannot be
removed.
• Create folder
: Creates a folder (which you title) and places it on
the home screen.
• Uninstall
: Remove an app that you downloaded from your
phone. Preloaded apps cannot be uninstalled.
• Downloaded applications
: Display all apps you’ve
downloaded.
•View type
: Configure the apps screen.
• Share apps
: Select apps you’ve downloaded (not available for
pre-loaded apps) to share via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Google,
Google+, Messaging, Memo, or Wi-Fi Direct.
• Hide applications/Show hidden applications
: Control
whether app icons are visible in Apps. Hiding an icon does not
remove the app from your phone.