Sony Xperia L - Home screen

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Home screen

The Home screen is your gateway to the main features on your device. You can

customize your Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, folders, themes, wallpaper, and

other items.
The Home screen extends beyond the regular screen display width, so you need to flick

left or right to view content in all of the Home screen's panes.

shows which part of the Home screen you are in. You can

set a pane as the main Home screen pane, and add, or delete panes.

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The items in the bar at the bottom of the screen are always available for quick access.

To go to the Home screen

Press .

To browse the Home screen

Flick right or left.

To set a pane as the main Home screen pane

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.

2

Flick left or right to browse to the pane that you want to set as your main Home

screen pane, then tap .

To add a pane to your Home screen

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.

2

Flick left or right to browser the panes, then tap .

To delete a pane from your Home screen

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.

2

Flick left or right to browse to the pane that you want to delete, then tap .

Widgets

Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen. For

example, the “WALKMAN” widget allows you to start playing music directly.
Some widgets are resizable, so you can expand them to view more content or shrink

them to save space on your Home screen.

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To add a widget to the Home screen

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates,

then tap Widgets.

2

Find and tap the widget that you want to add.

To resize a widget

1

Touch and hold a widget until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then release

the widget. If the widget can be resized, for example, the Calendar widget, then a

highlighted frame and resizing dots appear.

2

Drag the dots inward or outward to shrink or expand the widget.

3

To confirm the new size of the widget, tap anywhere on the Home screen.

Rearranging your Home screen

Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can

access from it. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and

add shortcuts and widgets.

Customization options

When you touch and hold an empty area of your Home screen, the following

customization options appear:

Add widgets to your Home screen.

Add applications and shortcuts.

Set a wallpaper for your Home screen.

Set a background theme.

To view customization options from the Home screen

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates and

customization options appear at the bottom of the screen.

To add a shortcut to your Home screen

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.

2

Tap Apps > Shortcuts.

3

Select a shortcut.

You can add an application shortcut directly from the Application screen by touching and

holding the application.

To move an item on the Home screen

Touch and hold the item until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then drag the

item to the new location.

To delete an item from the Home screen

Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then drag the

item to .

To create a folder on the Home screen

1

Touch and hold an application icon or a shortcut until it magnifies and the device

vibrates, then drag and drop it on top of another application icon or shortcut.

2

Enter a name for the folder and tap Done.

To add items to a folder on the Home screen

Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the device vibrates, then drag the

item to the folder.

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To rename a folder

1

Tap the folder to open it.

2

Touch the folder's title bar to show the Folder name field.

3

Enter the new folder name and tap Done.

Changing the background of your Home screen

Adapt the Home screen to your own style using wallpapers and different themes.

To change your Home screen wallpaper

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.

2

Tap Wallpapers and select an option.

To set a theme for your Home screen

1

Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.

2

Tap Themes, then select a theme.

When you change a theme, the background also changes in some applications.