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How do you customise your phone/tablet?

Marjo — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:35:08 GMT

Hey guys,

I was just changing my mobile wallpaper into something with more Spring feeling today to replace my usual cat wallpaper. I googled 'spring iphone wallpaper' and there's loads of nice and colourful spring scenery to choose from... look at these pretty colours!

I wonder if you all customise your phones and tablets and if you care a lot about things like having your own wallpaper image in the background, a specific ringtone for phone calls and text messages (or even for different people who call you) and other notifications? Do you organise the icons and folders in a specific way?

Or do you not care a lot about these and just tend to use the default customisation that comes with the phone when you get it? I'd love to hear about it!

Re: How do you customise your phone/tablet?

MI5 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:27:27 GMT

Usually just stock themes but I do set a nice Christmas picture at that time of year.

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Anonymous — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:00:05 GMT

Usually a photo from recent photo shoots I have done

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jonsie — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:11:56 GMT

Usually she who must be obeyed but special times of the year see something I've taken that give special meaning and memories.

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Anonymous — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:48:10 GMT

@Marjo love all those images you posted particulary the red tulips ... Spring is my favourite season

@jonsie just simply beautiful

atm I don't have my Lumia 650lte customised, I don't really know how, guess I've just not looked into it, previous Lumia 640lte had the rose pic I took as on my avatar pic ... maybe a wedding pic (it's tomorrow) of my son Alex & his bride Emma with confetti in the air ... hey, get me, I'm no little young Lord @viridis III *tsk tsk*

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Curr946 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:47:02 GMT

On my Windows phones i have a cobolt theme with picture of my girls as the unlock screen.

On my pc and OnePlus 3T I've got the girls as both wallpaper and unlock screen.

As for ringtones, I'm boring and have a basic ring, like the one snake has on his mobile in metal gear solid.

My text on the other hand is the minions shouting, whoohoo text message. This was my daughter idea of a joke, but I've grown to like it 😉

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Glory1 — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:48:08 GMT

I like animated wallpapers for my phone. My tablet has a nice scene beside some water.

I don't have different ringtones for different people as my friends and I tend to email or text via What's App Messenger rather than phone. But I do have different ringtones for emails, texts etc. I maintain one ringtone for all calls - those few that I get.

I have a Sakura garden on my phone at the moment. Beautiful shade of pink and the flowers move gently in the breeze. I have a thunderstorm - complete with the sound of thunder, a fireworks display and seasonal themes for Halloween, Christmas and New Year.l

Yes I know I'm clearly a**l retentive.....😂

Re: How do you customise your phone/tablet?

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:33:08 GMT

@Glory1 wrote:
I like animated wallpapers for my phone. My tablet has a nice scene beside some water.

I don't have different ringtones for different people as my friends and I tend to email or text via What's App Messenger rather than phone. But I do have different ringtones for emails, texts etc. I maintain one ringtone for all calls - those few that I get.

I have a Sakura garden on my phone at the moment. Beautiful shade of pink and the flowers move gently in the breeze. I have a thunderstorm - complete with the sound of thunder, a fireworks display and seasonal themes for Halloween, Christmas and New Year.l

Yes I know I'm clearly a**l retentive.....😂

a lovely build up @Glory1 giving us info, engaging our imagination ... then the punchline

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Cleoriff — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:33:24 GMT

I think people would swear my phone had been stolen if it appeared without some big cat theme. Usually a cheetah....or snow leopard. Currently sporting a picture of a cheetah cub...

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Anonymous — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:43:46 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
I think people would swear my phone had been stolen if it appeared without some big cat theme. Usually a cheetah....or snow leopard. Currently sporting a picture of a cheetah cub...

Yes we would

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Cleoriff — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:05:33 GMT

And look at @jonsie with all his posh organised folders.....Crikey...

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Chris_K — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:33:52 GMT

Being able to customise my phone to almost exactly how I want it is one of the biggest reasons for me staying true to Android and not moving to iOS. I use a paid app called KLWP to create my own 'live wallpaper' - it has a fairly steep learning curve but the developer has good support on Reddit and there's loads of tutorials out there.

Here's what my lockscreen and homescreen looks like on my S7 Edge
- The top half of the wallpaper rotates every hour
- I also use an app 'Roundr' to create slightly curved corners
- Lockscreen wallpaper is AMOLED friendly
- I use the 'Samsung Theme' app to get the coloured clock on lockscreen
- I'm using 'TwoPixels Light' icon pack
- I'm using Nova Launcher, not stock launcher

Re: How do you customise your phone/tablet?

Marjo — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:07:48 GMT

Wow @Chris_K you've put a lot of time in customisation it seems! Now Android sounds too complicated for me The curved corners sounds awesome. Wish I had that on my iPhone!

Also @Glory1 animated wallpapers! That also sounds too techy for me but are they ready made somehow?

@jonsie I agree with Cleoriff's 'Crikey' about the folder organisation! Well done

@Anonymous I hope you have an amazing day today! If I got it right the wedding is today?

@Curr946 Haha that text sound is very energetic! My text tone is the Moogle Mognet sound from Final Fantasy.

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Chris_K — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:16:59 GMT

Come on guys, good folder organisation is a must! Here's how my app drawer looks in Nova Launcher 😉

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gmarkj — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:32:31 GMT

Bit boring in comparison really.

Standard LG wallpaper/theme.

Some folders to group medium use apps. High use apps as straight links.

This is one screen (I have 4 home screens).

The main one has the time/weather widget, another has my calendar as a widget and the 4th is similar to this but not so many things on it (yet...)

Re: How do you customise your phone/tablet?

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:32:50 GMT

I don't have any folders

yes @Marjo... my phone alarm has just gone off ... wedding is today ... time to glam up as mother of the groom :womanvery-happy:

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Glory1 — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:36:01 GMT

@Marjo I download animated wallpapers from Google Playstore. I would imagine the Apple app store have animated wallpapers you could download too.

Me too techy. Never happen. I am not a complete tech novice I know enough to be able to use new toys....erm....gadgets without making a complete idiot of myself. Thing is when it starts getting too technical I tend to nod off. As long as I know enough to sort out problems when they happen I'm happy. If I can't sort the problem then I turn to this forum and shout help. Best thing I ever did joining the o2 Community. Made new friends and am learning new things all the time...😄

Re: How do you customise your phone/tablet?

Marjo — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:45:46 GMT

I'll check out those animated ones @Glory1

Mine looks like this at the moment. The only proper folder I have is for games. Plus the iPhone default apps which I don't really use are in folders on the 'next page'.

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Glory1 — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:51:51 GMT

Interesting @Marjo. I don't have any folders at all. My games are alphabetical and mixed with all the google apps that come with the phone. Clearly I'm not organised at all 😊

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Marjo — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:58:06 GMT

If I remember correctly you have like 12329329345 games. I can imagine what it looks like mixed with the apps.