Hey Android enthusiasts!

Calling all customization lovers! 📱🌟 Show off your amazing homescreen setups and join the fun! Whether it’s sleek and minimalistic or vibrant and expressive, we want to see it all!

Share a screenshot of your homescreen and let us know your device, favorite launcher, widgets, and must-have first page apps! Bonus upvotes for before/after examples!

Let’s exchange some creative inspiration! 🦾

  • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    I LOVED Windows Phone, and was DEVASTATED when it got discontinued. As a result, for the past 5 years, I’ve slowly trudged along, trying to reach a position where I can make my Android phone look and (kinda) function like my old Lumia 525.

    After years of research, Square Home Launcher. The dev is awesome, and the one-time fee isn’t that bad.

    Here’s how my screen looks:

    https://pixelfed.social/p/ElPussyKangaroo/592883078695439839

    • subspaceinterferents@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, high-five for SquareHome launcher. I never used a Windows Phone, but SHL caught my eye and it’s amazing. Props for the cat photo on the home screen.

      • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Ah man you’re lucky you didn’t use a Windows Phone. You’d be crying yourself to sleep knowing Mobile OSes reached perfection and then it was cancelled 😭.

        SHL is extremely powerful and very intuitive. Especially as a WP user.

        Also, I waited till the live tile updated to Simba’s photo. No meow, No post 🤌🏼🙌🏼.

        • AngryDemonoid@lemmy.lylapol.comEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I still have a Lumia 1520 and 1020 because I can’t get rid of them. For whatever reason, I never got on board with SHL though. I think I found it too long after I had accepted that Windows Phone was gone…

          • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Ah man.

            You could maybe sell them online?

            Also,

            I think I found it too long after I had accepted that Windows Phone was gone…

            saddest sentence ever 😭

            • AngryDemonoid@lemmy.lylapol.comEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Sorry my wording was ambiguous. I meant I don’t want to get rid of them. I still have an old Palm Pre and Pixi around somewhere too. And an HP Touchpad and Zune…

              I’m not nostalgic for much, but I love my old underdog tech. Lol

              • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Nice.

                Bruh listen, I’ve never felt physical pain when nostalgic about anything apart from the ending of Windows Phone. I get your sentiment 😂.

    • danielfgom@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      That is a great app and does a perfect job of recreating Windows phone.

      Nice setup. Very informative.

    • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Nice kitty! Do you follow (All Orange cats have one brain cell)? Good luck with your Japanese class!

      • Krachsterben@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        OnePlus Pad! The unique aspect ratio on android was actually one of the main selling points for me, not sure why it’s not more common outside of iPads. So convenient. Probably would’ve gotten the Xiaomi Pad otherwise as they’re the only brands with super fast charging

  • TesterJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Huh, there was a thread for this earlier over on c/asklemmy

    Anyway here’s mine. I keep the top bar on because I like seeing my notifications.

    Nova Launcher, Crayon icon pack, Comic KWGT widgets

    Edit: And here’s my old one on this phone, I found a screenshot of it.

  • yetiftw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    nova launcher with minimal white icons. as well as air quality and pressure widgets for managing my various health issues

  • subspaceinterferents@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Launcher is SquareHome Launcher, populated (mostly) by kustom widgets. Using PowerLine for a quick-glance battery strength reading (green line) at the top. The calendar at top scrolls (from calendar.google.com) and is part of a 6-sided shape with rotating faces — a SquareHome native widget. On that rotating widget cube I also have a Google Keep note for quick notes and info, a quick dialer, a favorite photo, and a list of recent alerts. The folders below, which are custom art, speak for themselves. The three-dot bubble opens up to Gmail, Google Tasks, Google Voice, Google Calendar, and a repeating alert app (Reminder Pro). The bar at bottom is another kustom widget, showing the status of the cell, wifi, and Bluetooth radios. Color bars indicate signal strength. • Also generally recommend the “Bottom Quick Settings” utility, and can’t live without “Missed Notifications Reminder” utility. You should check them out.

  • Hubi@feddit.deEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’ve had this setup for probably close to three years now and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. I have a very similar theme on my desktop with the background changing hue depending on different programs running. The launcher is Lawnchair with the Arcticons Dark theme from F-Droid.

  • killeik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Material you based design, one of many in the AIO launcher Apps and actions can be launched via search, and there is support for DuckDuckGo bangs

    Wallpapers change every day, picked up from the Internet.

    All applications are placed in categories, the most popular above category for quick launch (updated automatically, depending on the launch count)

    The most ugly - multi-colored icons. I have to use an icon pack close to the default android, otherwise, randomly installed applications without support of icon pack will stand out.

    Not too cute, but quite humanly usable.

    • faintwhenfree@lemmus.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Ex AIO launcher guy here, I used it for well over a year, gave up because even though widgets are supported, they break so often.

  • heimchen@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    I built my own android version from LineageOs, just changed some colors and added one setting, but was so proud of myself that I named it HeimchenOs(after the crickets in my garden)