Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add, Rearrange and Remove Apps or Widgets in Home Screen in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Home screen is a customizable part owned by Samsung Galaxy S5. You can add more additional Home screens if the 4 Home screens come with it at the first time are not enough for you. You're allowed to have up to 7 Home screens in this phone and you can manage them to suit your needs.

See also: How to Add, Rearrange, Delete and Set Default Home Screen in Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Since Home screen is the first place we meet once we turn on the phone and often passed by when we want to open a new app therefore most of users often use Home screen to place their favourite or the most frequently used apps so that they will be faster and easier when they want to access those apps because it will skip them a step or two compared if they have to find those apps in their original places.

How to add apps to Home screen?
Before adding a shortcut of an app, first make sure you have free space in Home screen. Well, here are the steps to do so:

1. Tap Apps in Home screen.
2. Swipe the screen to the right or to the left until you find the required app you want to add the shortcut to Home screen.
3. Tap and hold the app and then drag it to a free space in Home screen.
4. Release to place it.
5. A shortcut of the selected app has been added to Home screen.

How to add widgets to Home screen?
As same as when you add a shortcut of an app, make sure you have free space in Home screen before adding a shortcut of a widget. You can add a widget to Home screen by using the following steps:

1. Pinch your fingers together on Home screen or long tap on any blank area on Home screen to enter the edit mode.
2. Tap Widgets .
3. Scroll the screen to the right or to the left until you see a widget you want to add the shortcut to Home screen. Or, you can use search function to find the desired widget by using the following steps:
• Tap and then select Search widgets.
• Enter the widget name in the search field.
• All matches widgets will be displayed.
4. Tap and hold the widget and then drag it to a free space in Home screen.
5. Release to place it.
6. A shortcut of the selected widget has been added to Home screen.
7. Spread two fingers apart together on the screen or tap on any Home screen preview to get out from the edit mode.

How to rearrange apps or widgets in Home screen?
In case you have placed a shortcut of an app or widget in the wrong place in Home screen or if you want to reorder or tidy them up then you can move them to the desired position in Home screen by using the following steps:

1. Tap and hold the shortcut of the app or widget you want to move and then drag it to the new position.
2. Release to place it.
3. The shortcut of the selected app or widget has been moved to the new position.

How to remove apps or widgets from Home screen?
In case you want to delete unwanted or unused shortcut of an app or widget from Home screen, then you can do so by using the following steps:

1. Find a shortcut of an app or widget in the Home screen you want to remove.
2. Tap and hold the shortcut of the app or widget and then drag it to the Trash can icon located at the top of the screen.
3. Release to delete it.
4. The shortcut of the selected app or widget has been deleted.

To give a better result, add only your favourite or the most frequently used apps or widgets to the Home screen and if necessary you can rearrange icons according to your need as well as remove unwanted or unused icons in Home screen so that you can help your phone manages RAM by using Home screen as needed and keep your Home screen stay clean and neat.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add, Rearrange, Delete and Set Default Home Screen in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Home screen is the first place we see once we turn on the phone. Most of user usually use Home screen to place their favourite or most frequently used apps and widgets so that they can access them with more easily and fast compared if they have to find those apps in their original places. Home screens can also be customized, you are allowed to have up to 7 home screens, change home screen position, remove unused home screens as well as set any home screen you like as the default.

How to add a new Home screen?
The first time I got my brand new Samsung Galaxy S5, it only came with 4 home screens. However, since this phone allows the users to have up to 7 home screens thus if those 4 home screens are not enough to fill up your need then you can add more home screens by using the following steps:

1. Pinch your fingers together on the home screen or long tap on any blank area in the Home screen to enter the edit mode.
2. Swipe the screen from right to the left until you see the blank home screen preview with sign. Tap it to add an additional home screen.
3. The new home screen will be added. 
4. As a note, if you have added 7 home screens, the blank home screen preview with sign will no longer available which mean the maximum numbers of the home screens has been reached and you can't add more.
5. Spread two fingers apart together on the screen or do a single tap on any Home screen preview to get out from the edit mode.

How to rearrange Home screens?
If you want to change a Home screen position to the new one, then you can do so by using the following steps:

1. Pinch your fingers together on the home screen or long tap on any blank area in the Home screen to enter the edit mode.
2. Tap and hold the required Home screen preview you want to move and then drag it to the required position.
3. Release to place it in the new position.
4. Spread two fingers apart together on the screen or do a single tap on any Home screen preview to get out from the edit mode.

How to remove a Home screen?
In case you want to remove a home screen, to clean up your home screen or to remove the unused one for instance, then you can do so by using the following steps:

1. Pinch your fingers together on the home screen or long tap on any blank area in the Home screen to enter the edit mode.
2. Tap and hold the required home screen preview you want to remove and then drag it to the Trash can icon located at the top of the screen.
3. Release to remove it.
4. The home screen will be removed. 
5. As a note, when you remove a Home screen, all apps and widgets within this home screen will also be removed but they will not be uninstalled. Also, if you remove the default Home screen, then the phone will automatically set another Home screen as default.
6. Spread two fingers apart together on the screen or do a single tap on any Home screen preview to get out from the edit mode.

How to set a Home screen as default?
One of your Home screens has been set as default. Usually, a Home screen with the weather widget is set as the default Home screen at the first time. So, in case you want to set other home screen as the default, then you can do so by using the following steps:

1. Pinch your fingers together on the home screen or long tap on any blank area in the Home screen to enter the edit mode.
2. You'll see that the default Home screen is labelled with a highlighted home icon .
3. To change the default, tap Home icon in the Home screen preview you want to set as default. When the Home icon is highlighted means the home screen is set as default.
4. Spread two fingers apart together on the screen or do a single tap on any Home screen preview to get out from the edit mode.

Please note that even though you're allowed to add up to 7 home screens, it'd better if you only use home screen as needed. You can do so by placing only the favourite or most frequently used apps or widgets in the Home screen or by removing unused Home screens. It needs to be done because more home screen you have more RAM are used where in the worst case it can be slowed down your phone. That's why most of us might have known that removing unused home screens can be used to reduce RAM uses.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add a Google Account in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

When I got my new Samsung Galaxy S5 two days back, after did a quick exploration of the phone appearance and the Settings menu, added a new Google account was the next thing I did because I had to install some apps from the Play Store into my phone.


How to add a Google account?
You're allowed to add a new Google account or an existing one either through the Settings menu or any Google-related apps available in the phone.

Method #1: From any Google-related apps
If you have not added any Google account yet, then whenever you open any Google-related apps(e.g: Gmail app, Play Store app, Youtube app, etc) you'll be asked to add either the new Google account or the existing one. As the example, we'll try to add a new Google account through the Play Store app.

1. Open Play Store app.
2. Tap New button.
3. Enter your first name and last name in the provided fields and then tap the Right arrow icon.
4. Enter the required name for your new Gmail email address and then tap the Right arrow icon.
5. Enter the required password for your new Google account two times and then tap the Right arrow icon.
6. In the Google password recovery screen, tap Set up recovery options button to set it up right now and then follow the on-screen instruction or tap Not now button to skip this step.
7. In the Google services screen, you can choose to enable or disable backup and restore option and then tap the Right arrow icon.
8. Tap I accept button.
9. Enter the provided captcha to authenticate your account and then tap the Right arrow icon.
10. In the Upgrade to Google+ screen, tap Get started button to set it up right now or tap Not now button to skip this step.
11. In the Entertainment screen, tap Set up credit card button to set it up right now or tap Not now button to skip this step.
12. Done, now your new Google account has been added and you're ready to use Google Play Store and other Google-related apps or services.

Method #2: From the Settings menu

1. Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notifications panel.
2. Tap to enter the Settings menu.
3. In case you have not changed the view of the settings menu yet and left it displayed in grid view, scroll down to the USER AND BACKUP section and then tap Accounts .
4. Tap Add account.
5. Tap Google.
6. Here you'll be asked whether you want to create a new Google account (go to the step #7) or activate an existing one (go to the step #8).
7. Add a new Google account:
• Tap New button.
• Enter your first name and last name in the provided fields and then tap the Right arrow icon.
• Enter the required name for you new Gmail email address and then tap the Right arrow icon.
• Enter the password for your new Google account two times and then tap the Right arrow icon.
• Follow the on-screen instruction to complete your new Google account setup.
• Once the setup is completed, your new Google account will be listed in the Google account list.
8. Activate an existing Google account:
• Tap Existing button.
• Enter your Gmail email address and password in the provided fields and then tap the Right arrow icon.
• Follow the on-screen instruction to complete your existing Google account setup.
• Once the setup is completed, your existing Google account will be listed in the Google account list.

Once your Google account is added, now you can access and use all Google-related apps or services on your phone, for instance install apps from the Play Store or upload video on Youtube or else. You'll also get some new email messages in your Gmail apps contain with welcome message and some tips from Gmail team.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change the Settings Menu View in Android 4.4 Kitkat

Well, finally I decided to purchase a brand new Samsung Galaxy S5 yesterday. As soon as I got the phone, the Settings menu was the first place I headed, just wanted to fulfill my curiosity of what the new features and options available inside this phone.

While in the Settings menu, I noticed that the Settings menu was displayed in grid view. Since I have been already familiar with the tab view in my old Samsung Galaxy SIV with Android 4.4 Kitkat, it takes more time for me to explore and use the Settings menu in this phone. Luckily, grid view is not the only view in the Settings menu because it also has two additional views: list view and tab view. Fiuhh..it's so relieved when I know that I can change the Settings menu view to the same view of my old Galaxy SIV :D I do believe that it'll be able to help me learn further more about the Settings menu in this phone more easily.

How to change the view of the Settings menu?
If you don't like the grid view, you can switch the view of the settings menu to the list view or tab view by using the following steps:

1. Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notifications menu.
2. Tap to enter the Settings menu. It's displayed in grid view by default.
3. To change the view, tap to open more options and then select List view or Tab view. See the first picture in this post to know the differences among the views.

How to edit the quick settings in the Settings menu?
The quick settings is a new menu in the Settings menu. It's provided to help you accessing the most frequently used or favourite menus more easily and fast compared if you have to go to them in their original places. It's always available regardless the view you are currently using for the Settings menu. By default, this phone has been provided you with some favourite menus in the quick settings. But, if you don't like those default, you can change the menu in the quick settings by using the following steps:

1. While you're in the Settings menu, tap to open more options and then select Edit quick settings.
2. Since the maximum numbers of the quick settings are 12 menus, then if you want to change the menus you have to deselect the unused ones and then use the available slots to select other menus you want to display in the quick settings.
3. Tap Save button. All the selected menu will be displayed in the quick settings. See the first picture in this post to know the position of the quick settings in each view.

Aside from the view of the settings menu, there's a significant change that stole my attention. I do believe it will change the way I (and probably you) interact with this phone, now we have to tap the more option icon instead of tapping the Menu key (physical button located in the left side of the Home button in the old Samsung phones) to use more options because the Menu key is now replaced with the Recent apps key which will allow us to quickly open up all of active apps and the task manager. So, do you already have a Samsung Galaxy S5 as your device?

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change the Default Email Account in Email App in Android 4.4 Kitkat

Manage multiple email accounts is the ability owned by Email app, it allows you to add more than one email accounts into Email app. It surely will also help you to save the time because now you can manage all of your email accounts in a single place compared if you have to access each email account in a different place. You can easily add additional email account through the Email app or the Settings menu. When you have added multiple email accounts, the first one will be set as the default automatically.


How to change the default email account in Email app?
In case you want to set another email account as the default, there are some methods that can be used by you to do so: when you add a new email account, from the Email app itself and from the Settings menu.

Method #1: While adding an email account
When you add a new email account to Email app through the Email app itself or the Settings menu, within the process, you'll be presented with an option to allow you set this email account as the default.

Method #2: From the Email app

1. Open Email app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Account settings. All your email accounts will be listed here. The default email account will be labelled with a blue checkmark icon .
4. To change the default account, tap the required email account.
5. Check the box next to Default account to set the selected email account as the default.
6. The default email account has been changed.

Method #3: From the Settings menu

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Accounts tab.
3. Tap Email.
4. Tap Settings. You'll see all your email accounts are listed here. The default email account will be labelled with a blue checkmark icon .
5. To change the default, tap the required email account.
6. Check the box next to Default account to set the selected email account as the default.
7. The default email account has been changed.

Once you set the default email account, Email app will use the email account by default when you compose a new email message or when you share a thing(contact, picture, etc) via email. So, given from the function, it'd better if you set the most frequently used email account as the default.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Remove Email Account from Email App in Android 4.4 Kitkat

Nowadays, a lot of peoples use email messages to communicate each other, either for personal or business purpose. That's why it becomes important for a smartphone available today has an ability to allow the users to manage/check/use their email accounts directly from their devices. To meet that need, Samsung Galaxy SIV provides a stock Email app to their users. One more good thing with this app is the ability to manage multiple email accounts.

See also: How to Add Multiple Email Accounts in Email App in the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.4 Kitkat

Even so, there are some reason that may led you want to remove your email account that you have added in Email app, for instance when you want to clean up Email app or when you want to save more data by removing a rarely-used email account or else. As same as when you add email account, you can also delete email account from Email app with ease.


How to delete an email account from Email app?
Generally, there are two methods available that you can use to delete email account, through the Email app itself or through the Settings menu.

Method #1: From the Email app

1. Open Email app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Account settings to view all of your email account that you have added before.
4. Tap the Trash can icon at the top right corner of the screen.
5. Select the desired email account you want to delete.
6. Tap Delete button.
7. Tap OK button to confirm.
8. The selected email account will be deleted.

Method #2: From the Settings menu

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Accounts tab.
3. Tap Email. Here you can see all of your email accounts are listed under Accounts section.
4. Tap the desired email account you want to delete.
5. Tap Remove account.
6. Tap Remove account button to confirm.
7. The selected email account will be deleted.

FYI, once you delete an email account, all messages, contacts and other data within the email account will be deleted from your phone.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Add Multiple Email Accounts in Email App in Android 4.4 Kitkat

As we all know that Email app in the Samsung Galaxy SIV has the ability to manage multiple email accounts. That's why, if you have more than one email accounts then you can add all of them into your phone so that you'll be easier to manage all of your email accounts in one place, such as send, receive, reply, forward or delete email messages in the required email account according to your need. FYI, it's not the same as when you add an account in Gmail app, in Email app you can't create a new email account, you're only allowed to add your existing email accounts that you have made before through email-provider websites.


How to add multiple email accounts in Email app?
You can add additional email accounts in Email app through the Email app itself or through the Settings menu.

Method 1: From the Email app
If it matters, I'm using Email app version 4.2 to write the following steps.

1. Open Email app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Add account.
4. Enter your Email address and Password in the provided fields. To avoid you type a wrong password, you can enable Show password option so that the entered password will be visible and help you to type it correctly.
5. If you want to set this new account as the default account, then check the box in the left side of Send email from this account by default to enable this option.
6. Tap Next button.
7. Here you will see some options to configure the email account settings:
• Period to sync email: select this option to define the email synchronization period (All, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month).
• Sync schedule: select this option to define the email synchronization schedule (Every 5 minutes, Every 10 minutes, Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes, Every hour, Every 2 hours, Every 4 hours, once a day).
• Peak schedule: select this option to define the email peak schedule (Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes, Every hour, Every 2 hours, Every 4 hours, Once a day).
• If necessary, check the box in the left side of Sync Email to enable sync.
• If necessary, check the box in the left side of Notify me when email arrives to enable notification when a new email message is received.
• If necessary, check the box in the left side of Automatically download attachments when connected to Wi-Fi to enable this option.
8. Tap Next button.
9. If necessary, you can change the account name (this name will be used as the email account name in Email app) and your name for this account (this name will be displayed in outgoing email messages) in the provided fields.
10. Tap Done button.
11. Your email account has been added.

Method #2: From the Settings menu

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Accounts tab.
3. Tap Add account.
4. Tap Email.
5. Enter your Email address and Password in the provided fields. To avoid you type a wrong password, you can enable Show password option so that the entered password will be visible and help you to type it correctly.
6. If you want to set this new account as the default account, then check the box in the left side of Send email from this account by default to enable this option.
7. Tap Next button.
8. Here you will see some options to configure the email account settings:
• Period to sync email: select this option to define the email synchronization period (All, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month).
• Sync schedule: select this option to define the email synchronization schedule (Every 5 minutes, Every 10 minutes, Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes, Every hour, Every 2 hours, Every 4 hours, once a day).
• Peak schedule: select this option to define the email peak schedule (Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes, Every hour, Every 2 hours, Every 4 hours, Once a day).
• If necessary, check the box in the left side of Sync Email to enable sync.
• If necessary, check the box in the left side of Notify me when email arrives to enable notification when a new email message is received.
• If necessary, check the box in the left side of Automatically download attachments when connected to Wi-Fi to enable this option.
9. Tap Next button.
10. If necessary, you can change the account name (this name will be used as the email account name in Email app) and your name for this account (this name will be displayed in outgoing email messages) in the provided fields.
11. Tap Done button.
12. Your email account has been added.

By utilizing the ability of the Email app to manage all of your email accounts, now you can manage them with ease in one place compared if you have to access them in a different place/app.