How did you setup your Lumia Icon start screen?

[Zippier]

thanks!!!! Would this save battery thus way?

I used the high contrast setting on my 928 and never really noticed a big difference between it and using regularly colored tiles.

 

[cbreze]

Here's what I have for now:

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[toddpart]

What to do app are you using?

EDIT...Nevermind, saw your later post... Top Task List

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Mine... so far. Having to get used to all the extra space!

 

[Zippier]

Here's what I have for now:

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I see that green in theme's all the time but never tried it. I think that might be my next one. I really like it.

 

[psamf24]

 

[robertc88]

Hi!

I just got the Icon yesterday and started browsing this forum after I registered. Lots of nice home screens on this thread and wanted to thank you folks for posting yours. I'll figure out how to do that down the road and I'll start building my screen soon. I'll probably keep it real simple to begin with but I have to go into most every tile for starters on the initial screen to see if I want to keep that specific one.

I have a question. Most everything on the initial screen is the same color tile. How are folks changing tiles to the color they want?

Thanks again!

 

[Zippier]

Hi!

I just got the Icon yesterday and started browsing this forum after I registered. Lots of nice home screens on this thread and wanted to thank you folks for posting yours. I'll figure out how to do that down the road and I'll start building my screen soon. I'll probably keep it real simple to begin with but I have to go into most every tile for starters on the initial screen to see if I want to keep that specific one.

I have a question. Most everything on the initial screen is the same color tile. How are folks changing tiles to the color they want?

Thanks again!

Some app tiles remain the color of your theme no matter what. For instance, Phone, Messaging and Windows Phone Store. If there's an app out there that allows you to change them, I haven't seen it.

Other app tiles have a standard color of their own that's not part of the theme you choose. For example OneNote is always purple and OneDrive is always blue.

A few app tiles, such as Simple Calendar, allow you to have your tile the color of the theme you've chosen or a "custom" background color.

And then there are a few apps out there, Skinery Themes and Wiztiles are a few that I've tried, that allow you to change a lot of tile settings to custom colors and/or icons.

Mix that all together and you have a collage of colors.

P.S. Help me out fellow forum members. I'm sure there are other apps or settings I'm not aware of that let you customize your screen even more.

 

[Novron]

 

[Novron]

How do you take a screenshot and put it inside an image of your phone? Is there an app for that?

Hold power button then hit the Windows button. It'll put a screenshot in the screenshot album of your camera roll.

 

[robertc88]

Some app tiles remain the color of your theme no matter what. For instance, Phone, Messaging and Windows Phone Store. If there's an app out there that allows you to change them, I haven't seen it.

Other app tiles have a standard color of their own that's not part of the theme you choose. For example OneNote is always purple and OneDrive is always blue.

A few app tiles, such as Simple Calendar, allow you to have your tile the color of the theme you've chosen or a "custom" background color.

And then there are a few apps out there, Skinery Themes and Wiztiles are a few that I've tried, that allow you to change a lot of tile settings to custom colors and/or icons.

Mix that all together and you have a collage of colors.

P.S. Help me out fellow forum members. I'm sure there are other apps or settings I'm not aware of that let you customize your screen even more.

Thanks for replying, much appreciated.

I'm making some headway. I installed MoWeather and Connectivity Tiles. For the latter, I can pin tiles to the start screen but can't figure out how to get the color for each of those that radmanvr has pictured. Also, for MoWeather all I get is a tile with that title on it on my start screen when I pin it but no weather info like some I see that folks have showing on their screen.

Lol, at least it is fun learning this new OS and customization of the start screen. I installed WizTiles as well and I'll try using some of those also.

 

[cbreze]

Is there any app that would allow a change to the underlying color? Dark and light being our only choices . Be cool to be able to change that. I've been looking and have not found anything but tile changers and lock screen changers. Need a home screen wallpaper changer

 

[ajscalingi]

Very simple, straightforward approach for me:

 

[dkediger]

Working with this for now
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[Indistinguishable]

Here's mine! Been slacking on uploading this. I did some blurring and erasing to remove some details.

 

[Kage Maru]

Even though we all have the same phone, I love how every start screen looks different. While I understand some of the complaints regarding customization with WP, I think many people overlook how unique you can make your homescreen look.

 

[nx_2000]

My first time playing with a Windows Phone... liking it so far.

 

[johndmelvinii]

This is my first Windows Phone, so I'm new to the whole Windows tile setup deal. But I like it! Here is what I did

 

[lmnopotts]

This is my first Windows Phone, so I'm new to the whole Windows tile setup deal. But I like it! Here is what I did

Are the grouped tiles native in the Icon? Or is that an app you have that does this?

Humble question time... how do I take a screenshot to show you guys my start screen?

 

[akshaypn]

Are the grouped tiles native in the Icon? Or is that an app you have that does this?

Humble question time... how do I take a screenshot to show you guys my start screen?

I don't think its native ...its an app from Nokia called App Folder....for screenshot press windows+power button.

 

[lmnopotts]

Thanks! Here's how I've set up min:





Some of the stuff on the bottom is temporary until I go through it all. Nokia Care and Local Scout will probably get unpinned eventually, and Verizon Mobile will get shrunk and tucked away.