Personalization is the strongest point of
Android so we must exploit it to the fullest. Most people change ROMs, use
alternative launchers and modify many aspects of the system but the last thing
we usually play with are the icons, although we always have that typical ugly
icon that we do not like it at all but we have no choice because it belongs to
an application we constantly use, so for most users today I will show
you how to modify the icons on your Android Phone without rooting.
How do we change the icons?
To change the icons we will resort
to alternative launchers because they are the easiest way to do it. With
the alternative launchers we can change icons in two ways: by themes (specific
to each launcher) or packs of icons.
Using themes is fairly simple , just install any specific theme from the market for our
launcher and apply it from the settings of the launcher. This will
automatically restart phone and all the icons of the new theme will appear
automatically. This option is available in most of the Launchers Ex.
Launcher Pro, ADW Launcher or Go Launcher.
Using packs of icons is a little messy though
it may be the option that you like because you can customize to detail. Before begining let me make it make clear that the icons of
homescreen will change alone, when we go into the menu of applications
we find the original icons or those preset by the theme that we have currently
selected.
To change the icons I'll explain it
with Go Launcher, which is one of the most popular launchers, but
there are many more which can do it and the procedure is quite similar,
as ADW Launcher or Launcher APEX.
To do this we hold any icon as if we were
to drag it but we don’t move it. We see a menu in which it gives the
option to replace, select it and give it a custom icon. Access the gallery
and choose the icon image you want to use as the icon.
Choose the icons
But what we can use as icons? We
have two options, download zips with icons from the Internet or through the
Google Play Store . The zip, just unzip it into the Phone memory,
while the application is sufficient to open it, select an icon, choose a color
and put in the gallery.
If by chance you want to create your own
icons, there is a utility called Android Icon Maker, that allow
us to create our own icons based on images in PNG format we have.
Author Bio:
Andrew loves to expereminent and customize
his android mobile.He has started his technology blog in which he provides
tutorials to update android
phones.He recently posted his review of Cut
the rope android game.
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