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Missing Home Screen ICON??

Well the other morning i turned my phone on and noticed something really strange. At the bottom of my screen where the MAIN ICONS are, PHONE, MESSENGER, CONTACTS, and APPS, I am now missing the ICON for CONTACTS.
To repeat, instead of 4 icons, i now have 3?? And my contact icon is MIA. Inorder for me to access them i had to go to my APPS and bring it to my homescreen. Has this happened to anyone else???

Folow these instructions. Hit the apps drawer icon. Once inside, hit Menu>Edit then drag the contacts or whatever icons you want in to the dock. Then save and problem solved.
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.

sorry if i sound confused. but what is the App Drawer icon look like?? Every time i try to hold a icon and move it down, the only option is trash can. thanks for the info.

urirx98 said:
sorry if i sound confused. but what is the App Drawer icon look like?? Every time i try to hold a icon and move it down, the only option is trash can. thanks for the info.
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Don't drag it towards the trash can but instead to the end of that drawer to the left of the 1st icon.
Do you BONSAI?

Ok. Hit the Home soft button to go to your homescreen. Hit the blue icon on the bottom of the screen that looks like a window, this is your Applications drawer. Hit the Menu soft key, then click the Edit option on the screen. Drag the contacts icon, or whatever you choose, and drag it into the dock. You can configure the three icons to whatever you want them to be. Easier?
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.

thanks guys, i was able to add another icon into the tray, i chose to add facebook instead of contacts, since u can add contacts from other screens.

Also, you can enter contacts from the phone icon as well. The contact icon is redundant in my opinion.
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.

[Q] Website shortcuts and multipe wallpapers?

I am wondering if there is a way to put a shortcut to a website on my homescreen rather than having to put the bookmark widgets.
Also, is it possible to have each home screen contain a different wallpaper, even if it would require a launcher from the market?
Thanks

Yes, when you go to set the bookmark use the drop down list and select home screen. This will just set a single icon on your home screen.
No can't set a different wallpaper for each home screen.

Multipicture live wallpaper app in market allows you to have different walls on each screen. Don't let the livewallpaper part fool you. It works for still photo's too. It works on my gtab!
Sent from my SCH-I500

daCLOUD said:
Yes, when you go to set the bookmark use the drop down list and select home screen. This will just set a single icon on your home screen.
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Alternatively, long press the home screen > more > bookmark

How do you add a settings widget shortcut?

How do you add a settings shortcut for battery and wifi manager on the home screen? I've been scouring through the widgets and nothing seems to appear, normally with all other phones a "settings" widget is available and you get to choose which settings you want a link to.
Thanks

kingofthebraves said:
How do you add a settings shortcut for battery and wifi manager on the home screen? I've been scouring through the widgets and nothing seems to appear, normally with all other phones a "settings" widget is available and you get to choose which settings you want a link to.
Thanks
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i was using the galaxy note ii for a while and loved settings widget/shortcut. i moved on to the galaxy note 3 on a different carrier. i also have sm-n9005. both note 3s do not have the settings widget. it is frustrating. what i recommend is installing action launcher by chris lacy. it will add 2 widgets to the widget launcher/menu. choose the activities widget. the list of apps and settings that populates is more extensive than the note ii's version. there you can add bluetooth, data usage, wifi, and tethering one by one. after creating all the shortcuts i needed, uninstalled action launcher. remember to keep touchwiz as your default launcher in the beginning of the process.
(on a side note, action launcher is great. i even purchased the pro key. however, i just don't like the way apps look in folders. in addition, 1x1 widgets do not align properly with regular app icons sometimes. as for 4 row widgets, it automatically adds margins/padding so they look more align with other same sized widgets. some 4 row widgets on touchwiz go edge to edge which is annoying. in regards to the s pen features, air command did not pop up on action. honorable mention, shutters is a great action feature. last mention, i don't use action on the note 3.)

Tasks edge (in app shortcuts)

So when I am on my s7 edge (edge apps) and i go to tasks edge. I click the settings tab, on bottom left. Then go to that edge panel and click the bottom pencil(edit) Once there it says on top left( once you add shortcuts to homescreen from within apps they will appear here) so how do I do this? I I can't find any way to make these shortcuts? Any help?

One way is with an app called Awesome Icons. You may also want to install the Touchwiz Icon pack if you are using the stock icons. Also, you may may want to try QuickShortcutMaker. These effectively let you add App shortcuts to Task Edge.

Thanks georgeP,
I figured since it was there and mentioned that Sammy would have had a means of doing it. I will try the above mentioned. Thanks again
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shizumie said:
Thanks georgeP,
I figured since it was there and mentioned that Sammy would have had a means of doing it. I will try the above mentioned. Thanks again
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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I added a couple of things there using Nova launcher but I can't remember how I did it.... Does anyone else have a solution for this? A google search only takes me to this thread.

Sorry to "me too" spam but I haven't found a way yet, either. The QuickShortcutMaker certainly makes shortcuts but I don't see how to put them to the Tasks Edge.

i need to put there messenger contacts, whatsapp contacts, telegram contacts but i can't...there is a way ?

Hi I also want to add more shortcuts to the Edge Tasks panel. so BUMP

m0usju1c3 said:
Hi I also want to add more shortcuts to the Edge Tasks panel. so BUMP
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One simply need to add the needed shortcut(s) to any page of the *Touchwizz Laucher*
After that it become available to add in the tasks panel
It works even if you use an alternative launcher: one just need to temporary switch to Samsung launcher to create the shortcut
Oncethe shortcut is added to the panel, you don't even need to keep it on the launcher desktop.

[Oreo stock] Impossible to add url bookmark or app specific shortcut on home screens?

It looks like I can't add any app specific shortcut on my home screens.
In Firefox, when I click to add a bookmark to the home screen, nothing happens, no shortcut is created.
And on FB messenger the option to add a chat head shortcut to the homescreen doesn't even show up anywmore.
I tried with stock launcher, lawnchair and Nova, same problem.
Did I miss something?
Btw I just bought that G6 and updated to Oreo right out of the box, so I don't know how it was on Nougat.
(missing Messenger option in attached screen cap)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...uts-on-android-o-when-targetting-less-than-it
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes#as
Ok I guess the apps need to be updated to use the new method.
No one else has that problem?