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Tips & Tutorials

Customizing Your Phone

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Customizing Your Phone

Customizing Your Phone

Make it Yours

Your home screen is the first thing you see when you unlock your phone. There are lots of ways to make your phone easy to use by customizing your home screen. Get things set up just how you want them by learning about:

Here’s what you’ll learn on this page:

  • Setting your wallpaper
  • Using the swipe down menu
  • Adding app shortcuts
  • Adding a widget
  • Moving apps and widgets around
  • Deleting an app shortcut or widget
  • Protecting your device
Setting your wallpaper

To change the image on the background of your home screen, tap and hold an empty area on the screen. Tap Wallpapers and scroll through your image options. Tap an image to see a preview of your new wallpaper.

You can choose from preset images or pick a photo from your gallery.

Gabb pro Tips

Make your background something that makes you feel good every time you see it! Some ideas: a photo of your friends, a pet, or your favorite vacation.

Once you choose your image, tap Set Wallpaper in the top right of your screen. You have the option to set the image as your home screen (what you see after unlocking your phone), your lock screen (what you see when your phone is locked), or both.

Using the swipe down menu

From your home screen, swipe down to view all the apps on your phone. At the top of the screen, you can search for an app by typing its name. You can also tap the three dots in the top right to sort your apps by:

  • Name (alphabetical)
  • When they were added to your phone
  • How often you use them
Adding app shortcuts

Your primary shortcuts are already set for apps you’ll be using a lot. These are near the bottom of your screen because that’s the easiest place for your thumb to reach!

To see all your app shortcuts, swipe down from your home screen. To add one of these shortcuts to your home screen, tap and hold the app icon. Drag and drop it wherever you want the shortcut to be.

For more detail, check out this article, Setting Up Your Brand New Gabb Phone .

Adding a widget

To add a widget to your home screen, tap and hold an empty area and choose Widgets. Tap and hold the widget you want to add. Drag and drop it where you want it to be.

For more detail, check out this article, Setting Up Your Brand New Gabb Phone.

Moving apps and widgets around

To move an app shortcut or widget, just tap and hold the icon. Drag and drop it where you want it to be.

Note that your home screen has three panels. To move an app to the next panel, drag it to the edge of your screen and wait a moment. You’ll automatically swipe to the next panel. Drop the app where you want it.

Deleting an app shortcut or widget

To delete a shortcut or widget, tap and hold the icon. Then tap Remove. Remember, this deletes the shortcut, not the app itself! If you accidentally delete a shortcut you still want on your home screen, you can find it again by swiping down.

Protecting your device

Make sure to keep that home screen and the rest of your phone safe. Keep it dry. Don’t put it anywhere where it could get damaged.

  • Setting your wallpaper

    To change the image on the background of your home screen, tap and hold an empty area on the screen. Tap Wallpapers and scroll through your image options. Tap an image to see a preview of your new wallpaper.

    You can choose from preset images or pick a photo from your gallery.

    Gabb pro Tips

    Make your background something that makes you feel good every time you see it! Some ideas: a photo of your friends, a pet, or your favorite vacation.

    Once you choose your image, tap Set Wallpaper in the top right of your screen. You have the option to set the image as your home screen (what you see after unlocking your phone), your lock screen (what you see when your phone is locked), or both.

  • Using the swipe down menu

    From your home screen, swipe down to view all the apps on your phone. At the top of the screen, you can search for an app by typing its name. You can also tap the three dots in the top right to sort your apps by:

    • Name (alphabetical)
    • When they were added to your phone
    • How often you use them
  • Adding app shortcuts

    Your primary shortcuts are already set for apps you’ll be using a lot. These are near the bottom of your screen because that’s the easiest place for your thumb to reach!

    To see all your app shortcuts, swipe down from your home screen. To add one of these shortcuts to your home screen, tap and hold the app icon. Drag and drop it wherever you want the shortcut to be.

    For more detail, check out this article, Setting Up Your Brand New Gabb Phone .

  • Adding a widget

    To add a widget to your home screen, tap and hold an empty area and choose Widgets. Tap and hold the widget you want to add. Drag and drop it where you want it to be.

    For more detail, check out this article, Setting Up Your Brand New Gabb Phone.

  • Moving apps and widgets around

    To move an app shortcut or widget, just tap and hold the icon. Drag and drop it where you want it to be.

    Note that your home screen has three panels. To move an app to the next panel, drag it to the edge of your screen and wait a moment. You’ll automatically swipe to the next panel. Drop the app where you want it.

  • Deleting an app shortcut or widget

    To delete a shortcut or widget, tap and hold the icon. Then tap Remove. Remember, this deletes the shortcut, not the app itself! If you accidentally delete a shortcut you still want on your home screen, you can find it again by swiping down.

  • Protecting your device

    Make sure to keep that home screen and the rest of your phone safe. Keep it dry. Don’t put it anywhere where it could get damaged.

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