✍️How to Customize Your Android Phone

x_1512004790AU · 发表于 2018-06-19 12:10:58

Android Smartphones have the distinct characteristic of being highly customizable. Since Android is open sourced, Many manufacturers apply their own skins on top of the stock android. Even then you can customize almost anything on an Android smartphone, from the wallpapers to the icons to the widgets. If you want a total makeover, you can also root and put in another version of Android! Read below to learn to customize your Android Smartphone. Note: This article uses stock Android 4.4.2 as reference.[br][br][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/e/e6/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-1-Version-2.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-1-Version-2.jpg"][br][ul][li][br]Change your wallpaper. This is by far the easiest and most common way to change the look of your Android phone quickly. To change your wallpapers, long press on the empty space on your homescreen and then select from the options that follow. You can choose from the default wallpapers or your gallery or from the pre-installed live wallpapers. You could also download apps that allow more wallpapers to be set.[br][/li][/ul][ul][li][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/f/ff/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-2-Version-2.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-2-Version-2.jpg"][br][br]Change your homescreen layout.Change the way you arrange your icons and widgets on your homescreen! Try a minimalist look, or fill up the homescreen with apps and widgets like a puzzle! Try widgets that change their content often such as the YouTube widget or the Play Store widgets.[br][/li][/ul][ul][li][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/9/98/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-3-Version-2.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-3-Version-2.jpg"][br][br]Change your Keyboard. Something that has been unique to Android, until very recently, is the ability to add third party keyboards. Popular choices include Swype and SwiftKey.[br][/li][/ul][ul][li][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/9/90/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-4-Version-2.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-4-Version-2.jpg"][br][br]Change your phone sounds. Add a new ringtone or change your message tone to get a fresh feel.[br][/li][/ul][ul][li][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/9/92/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-5.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-5.jpg"][br][br]Change your phone's external appearance. Try changing back covers if your phone has the ability to. Add decals or skins to your phone to make it look even more cool! Www.decalgirl.com is a popular choice for customizing external appearances.[br][/li][/ul][ul][li][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/4/44/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-6.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-6.jpg"][br][br]Add a custom launcher. Launchers are applications that alter the way you interact with your phone. They change the app layout or the entire icons and animations. They're a good way to get everything on your phone have a fresh feel. Popular choices include Nova launcher, GO Launcher.[br][/li][/ul][ul][li][img src="https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/4/4e/Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-7.jpg/v4-460px-Customize-Your-Android-Phone-Step-7.jpg"][br][br]Add security pass codes. Security and privacy are important.There are apps available in the Play Store like Smart Applock that allow you to lock individual apps on your device. This selective locking is extremely handy. You may not want your colleague to read your WhatsApp chats, but may not mind so much if she plays Candy Crush on your phone! Also you don't have to punch in your pass code every single time you unlock your phone.[br][/li][/ul]If you want to customize your phone even further, get an icon pack. If you get an icon pack from a reputable developer, it should have support for launchers like Nova Launcher.[br][br]