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Galaxy S5 Icons Are Suddenly Large

By Mitch Bartlett 47 Comments

My fiancĂ© suddenly found that all of the icons on her Home screen were much larger in size than they used to be. She accidentally enabled the TouchWiz easy home to be her default Home screen by selecting it on the “Complete action using” dialog.

To fix this issue, she simply had to clear the the application as a default using these steps.

  1. From the Home screen, select the “Apps” slider, then choose “Settings“
  2. Select “Applications“
  3. Tap “Default applications“.
  4. Tap the “Clear” button next to “TouchWiz easy home“.
  5. Press the “Home” button.
  6. When prompted with the “Complete action using” screen, choose “TouchWiz home” (right option).
    Touchwiz Complete Action

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Filed Under: Android Tagged With: Galaxy S5

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Comments

  1. Tracy Burke says

    May 12, 2021 at 1:52 pm

    Why have some of my home page icons changed size and shape. Only some of them.

  2. john B says

    October 13, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    Thanks, I have the note 4 went to default apps and then touchwiz which showed touchwiz easy home was checked. I checked touchwiz home instead and nothing happened. Then it occurred to me restart your phone dummy. That was the ticket took care of my problem. Thanks again.

  3. Nick B. says

    July 12, 2020 at 12:36 pm

    Really appreciate people who take time to post fixes on the Web. Your valuable time is appreciated.

  4. Martin G Nash says

    May 22, 2020 at 8:01 am

    Hi Mitch,
    This was a Godsend. Samsung had recommended that I try Application Preferences before carrying out a Factory Reset. This was my fault really as I should have done a complete backup before contacting Samsung.
    When I restarted my phone – after closing my phone contact with Samsung – I couldn’t belieive what had happened to my screens. They were in an awful mess – 3 Icons per line instead of 5 – and one screen simply had 9 Contact Icons with plus signs. ‘EDIT’ at the top of all the screens. Following you simple instructions put everything completely back to normal.

    The reason for my contacting Samsung has still not been resolved. The Recent Apps. button on the left of the home button has suddenly stopped working. The Home button and Back button work perfectly and all light correctly. The Samsung engineer took me through a test that showed all the buttons were functioning by each in turn, changing the screen colour. I did ask the engineer if I could have disabled the ‘Recents’ button by deleting a ‘cache’ where the list of open apps. is stored but he said no?

    Once again very many thanks.

  5. Mark E TRICKETT says

    April 13, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    I didn’t touch anything popped on.my.home screen changed the format Now I have to go on a mad search to.find my apps on my Samsung j1 Samsung told me sorry but you can’t get rid of of it I hate it Time for a new phone a Samsung

    .

  6. T Marshall says

    October 1, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    Thank you, it worked beautifully!

  7. KJHOWARD says

    May 2, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    I already had “TouchWiz home” as my default, so this did not help me/reduce the size of my icons. Nonetheless, I appreciate your willingness to assist others. Thanks! You RAWK!

  8. dave says

    January 24, 2019 at 12:52 am

    yep happened to me could not get round it that way….if you had a personal home screen, or if you want one….go in to Samsung themes app….there are loads of free ones…scan through them or search….say,cats….or mountains……I’ve got RED and this changes the icon styles scroll to the left for examples of how it looks….then press APPLY .at the top right of screen.? hope tbis helps ….

  9. MiMi585 says

    December 1, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    I was going crazy and even contemplating getting a new phone. I knew I had touched “TouchWiz” and I don’t know why. I also knew it should be in my apps but just learned about a separate place for default apps. Thank you!

  10. Dee says

    September 7, 2018 at 4:38 pm

    Thank you so much. It worked fine. I too was in a state of panic as a lot of my icons disappeared.

  11. Andy says

    July 8, 2018 at 7:56 am

    Brilliant. That sorted it. Sone simple yet I’d spent ages trying to fix. Thanks

  12. Rafiullah says

    June 25, 2018 at 11:04 pm

    Thanks a lot. It worked perfectly.

  13. Shehu Musa says

    June 12, 2018 at 9:40 am

    yeah it was straight to the point…so cool

  14. Kim says

    April 15, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    Thank You Thank You!! New phone and I just could not figure it out!

  15. EM says

    April 4, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    You hero! I did exactly this and it has driven me mad for a week trying to find out how to reverse it!! Thank you!

  16. fern says

    April 4, 2018 at 4:50 am

    omg I was having heart failure as my screen apps were big and I didn’t understand – like batman helping the needy – you helped me and my soul mate ( in the shape of a phone – don’t judge) thank you

  17. Michael Johnson says

    March 9, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Thanks, This worked.

    I must say the Wall Stree Journal is right about Samsung’s version of the Android operating system — it’s horrible. They should just stick to the plain vanilla versoin provided by Google.

  18. Matthew says

    March 5, 2018 at 1:11 am

    Thanks so much, much aprreciated
    TYSM MA

  19. Bill says

    March 4, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks that solved my problem.

  20. sakshi mehta says

    February 23, 2018 at 9:51 pm

    Thanks a lot ???

  21. LisaJ says

    February 12, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    Thank you – it worked! ;)

  22. Sd says

    February 8, 2018 at 1:27 pm

    Thanks this article is helpful.

  23. Errol says

    January 11, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    Thanks dude all is back to small icons. Shot for the info.

  24. SURESH P says

    December 26, 2017 at 3:53 am

    Thank you so much for the information…. It was so helpful for me…

    Thankyou

  25. thabani nhliziyo says

    December 9, 2017 at 8:48 am

    thanks it helped

  26. Katlego says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:08 am

    It helped me so much thanks you guys ??

  27. Robert Meuldijk says

    November 16, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    thanks, easy,

    fixed.

    :-)

  28. Ewen Cameron says

    October 28, 2017 at 8:11 am

    Thanks is saved me from a factory reset.

  29. Andrew says

    October 14, 2017 at 8:32 pm

    Yesssssss! Thank you!

  30. Yair says

    October 14, 2017 at 3:14 pm

    Helped for me, but I had to restart the device (Samsung A5)

  31. lotte says

    July 27, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    You are my hero, thank you.

  32. A. McGlynn says

    July 3, 2017 at 7:46 am

    Yeah! Back to my normal screen – thank you!
    Why did this happen in the first place?

  33. Carolyn says

    June 11, 2017 at 9:41 am

    It worked! I am so relieved and happy. Thank you for this solution!

  34. Dave says

    June 7, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    hi there I just flashed my s5 and now I found out that the small and tiny fonts got missing how would I get it fixed please I need help please

  35. Paul Walker says

    June 1, 2017 at 10:20 am

    IF THE ABOVE DOESN’T CORRECT THE OVERSIZED ICONS – Go to Settings, Display, Screen Zoom and Font, and then change the zoom from small to large… done.

  36. Jayaraj R says

    December 29, 2016 at 3:19 am

    Thanks, it helped me

  37. S S NEGI says

    November 7, 2016 at 4:54 am

    This solution really healed me.This was great and simple. Thanks.
    S S Negi.

  38. Mac says

    October 11, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    Well folks, I must be stupid …….. did what the ‘fix’ said to do and the icons are STILL bloody huge ……….

  39. James says

    September 25, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    TouchWiz Easy must be for the blind. Thank you Technipages for showing me how to get rid of this very annoying display.

  40. Junior says

    September 10, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    Great!!!! Thanks you!

  41. Birajstha says

    June 27, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    It helped me??..Thank you sooo much??

  42. KeKE says

    March 17, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Thank you this was great and simple

  43. Anthony says

    February 2, 2016 at 8:45 am

    Hi ! Well this solution really helped me to fix this bug. Thanks to the website and the solution providers.

  44. Monica says

    September 9, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    Thank you! Just happened to me and fixed.

  45. HUHU says

    September 7, 2015 at 9:08 am

    Thanks, same happened to me and now its fixed :-)

  46. Denise in PA says

    July 16, 2015 at 9:02 am

    I second Cynthia! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This happened to me last night – it was driving me nuts! It’s all good now!

  47. Cynthia says

    June 13, 2015 at 7:32 pm

    Thank God for you. That’s all I’m saying. Thank God. Crisis averted. LOL.

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