My fiancé 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.
- From the Home screen, select the “Apps” slider, then choose “Settings“
- Select “Applications“
- Tap “Default applications“.
- Tap the “Clear” button next to “TouchWiz easy home“.
- Press the “Home” button.
- When prompted with the “Complete action using” screen, choose “TouchWiz home” (right option).
Martin G Nash says
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.
Mark E TRICKETT says
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
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T Marshall says
Thank you, it worked beautifully!
KJHOWARD says
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!
dave says
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 ….
MiMi585 says
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!
Dee says
Thank you so much. It worked fine. I too was in a state of panic as a lot of my icons disappeared.
Andy says
Brilliant. That sorted it. Sone simple yet I’d spent ages trying to fix. Thanks
Rafiullah says
Thanks a lot. It worked perfectly.
Shehu Musa says
yeah it was straight to the point…so cool
Kim says
Thank You Thank You!! New phone and I just could not figure it out!
EM says
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!
fern says
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
Michael Johnson says
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.
Matthew says
Thanks so much, much aprreciated
TYSM MA
Bill says
Thanks that solved my problem.
sakshi mehta says
Thanks a lot ???
LisaJ says
Thank you – it worked! ;)
Sd says
Thanks this article is helpful.
Errol says
Thanks dude all is back to small icons. Shot for the info.
SURESH P says
Thank you so much for the information…. It was so helpful for me…
Thankyou
thabani nhliziyo says
thanks it helped
Katlego says
It helped me so much thanks you guys ??
Robert Meuldijk says
thanks, easy,
fixed.
:-)
Ewen Cameron says
Thanks is saved me from a factory reset.
Andrew says
Yesssssss! Thank you!
Yair says
Helped for me, but I had to restart the device (Samsung A5)
lotte says
You are my hero, thank you.
A. McGlynn says
Yeah! Back to my normal screen – thank you!
Why did this happen in the first place?
Carolyn says
It worked! I am so relieved and happy. Thank you for this solution!
Dave says
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
Paul Walker says
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.
Jayaraj R says
Thanks, it helped me
S S NEGI says
This solution really healed me.This was great and simple. Thanks.
S S Negi.
Mac says
Well folks, I must be stupid …….. did what the ‘fix’ said to do and the icons are STILL bloody huge ……….
James says
TouchWiz Easy must be for the blind. Thank you Technipages for showing me how to get rid of this very annoying display.
Junior says
Great!!!! Thanks you!
Birajstha says
It helped me??..Thank you sooo much??
KeKE says
Thank you this was great and simple
Anthony says
Hi ! Well this solution really helped me to fix this bug. Thanks to the website and the solution providers.
Monica says
Thank you! Just happened to me and fixed.
HUHU says
Thanks, same happened to me and now its fixed :-)
Denise in PA says
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!
Cynthia says
Thank God for you. That’s all I’m saying. Thank God. Crisis averted. LOL.