My android phone has suddenly rearranged all the icons through all the screens.
A new little white circle with 9 little dots has appeared on the home screen,
On 3/18/2024 10:42 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
My android phone has suddenly rearranged all the icons through all the
screens.
A new little white circle with 9 little dots has appeared on the home
screen,
Unlike MS Windows that seems to re-arrange its desktop icons every time
it updates the icon cache, there are only two reasons that I'm aware of
that cause Android to re-arrange icons:
1. you installed a new app & have "Add to Home Screen" turned on
2. you changed Home Screen settings/customizations
You don't mention the brand/model of phone that you have.
The icon you describe sounds like the app drawer icon that I have on my Samsung Galaxy S23. For my phone, I can control whether or not that
icon is displayed by Settings > Home Screen > "Show Apps screen button
on Home screen".
On my phone, I can control whether new app icons are displayed on the
home screen by Settings > Home Screen > "Add new apps to Home screen". I believe that this setting is turned on by default. One of the first
things that I do with a new phone is to turn this setting off, since I carefully organize the icons on my Home Screen & don't want anything to change it.
Lastly, you should be able to see what has been recently installed on
your phone (assuming that you didn't manually side load an app) by Play Store > click on profile pic or initials in upper right > "Manage apps & devices" > Manage tab > select "Installed", then sort by "Recently updated"
Regards,
-David
My android phone has suddenly rearranged all the icons through all the screens.
A new little white circle with 9 little dots has appeared on the home screen, and when you tap it, it goes to a page with "Search for apps" at
the top, Suggestions underneath (4 icons), then All. Down the right side edge there's the alphabet, A to Z.
I've been seeing "A1 Search" a lot recently. Could this be something to
do with that?
My best guess is that I've somehow got stuck with A1 Search, and I can't
get out.
Phone works ok, apps work ok.
VanguardLH wrote:
That Search program is a right pain. It can't be uninstalled, and it
jumps in all the time with just a swipe on the screen.
It's obviously designed to be that intrusive, otherwise it would use a different call.
I haven't had a recent update. I suspect "accidental damage" from having
it in a coat pocket, and bouncing it alive. Easily done. However, it's
one of these things that, once seen and learned , you don't forget next time. So I take a positive spin on the experience, and thank David for a quick solution.
Ed
On 3/18/2024 10:42 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
My android phone has suddenly rearranged all the icons through all the
screens.
A new little white circle with 9 little dots has appeared on the home
screen,
Unlike MS Windows that seems to re-arrange its desktop icons every time
it updates the icon cache,
there are only two reasons that I'm aware of
that cause Android to re-arrange icons:
1. you installed a new app & have "Add to Home Screen" turned on
2. you changed Home Screen settings/customizations
You don't mention the brand/model of phone that you have.
The icon you describe sounds like the app drawer icon that I have on my >Samsung Galaxy S23. For my phone, I can control whether or not that
icon is displayed by Settings > Home Screen > "Show Apps screen button
on Home screen".
On my phone, I can control whether new app icons are displayed on the
home screen by Settings > Home Screen > "Add new apps to Home screen".
I believe that this setting is turned on by default. One of the first >things that I do with a new phone is to turn this setting off, since I >carefully organize the icons on my Home Screen & don't want anything to >change it.
Lastly, you should be able to see what has been recently installed on
your phone (assuming that you didn't manually side load an app) by Play >Store > click on profile pic or initials in upper right > "Manage apps & >devices" > Manage tab > select "Installed", then sort by "Recently updated"
Regards,
-David
David doesn't think an OS update will make a difference, but we don't
how far in versions you might've just jumped.
On 3/18/2024 12:19 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
David doesn't think an OS update will make a difference, but we don't
how far in versions you might've just jumped.
I just checked the screencaps of my home screens back on my old Galaxy
S8 (Android 7) and my icon arrangement didn't change at all (the icon
design did change) when I ported my preferences to my Galaxy S23 via
Samsung Smart Switch. My S23 is now on Android 14/One UI 6.0. So, no, icon layout shouldn't change between OS versions. If you switch
launchers or between manufacturers' modified versions of Android (ie,
from Samsung to Google Pixel), then it might.
Regards,
-David
I've been seeing "A1 Search" a lot recently.
Ed Cryer wrote:
I've been seeing "A1 Search" a lot recently.
Sounds like you've accidentally, or someone has forced an unwanted
software install onto the phone, anything related to "A1" under apps
that you can uninstall?
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