Home screen layout is locked on Samsung, Redmi, and Oppo, here’s how to fix it:
Android smartphones are the most used as compared to iOS. You will find many brands of Android smartphones. But the most popular smartphone brands are Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo, and Oppo.
This Home Screen Layout option is available across all Android phones from Samsung, Redmi, Realme, Vivo, and Oppo phones.
The screen layout is a structure on your phone’s home screen, on which you can organize applications and widgets.
What is the homescreen lock layout?
Having the home screen layout locked means that you can’t move or delete apps or widgets from the layout. With the home screen layout lock feature, you can protect your important apps from accidental deletion.
How to unlock the Home screen layout in Redmi
- Open Your Xiaomi Redmi phone.
- Go to the settings menu
- Scroll down and tap on the home screen.
- Tap the lock home screen layout toggle.
The Mi phone is used extensively in India and its Android MIUI is also very popular which keeps on providing updates from time to time.
In Xiaomi phones, you can easily lock or unlock the home screen layout. If you want to remove or uninstall any app from the home screen when the home screen layout is locked, you will not be able to do so as this is the only function of the home screen layout lock that does not allow the app to be removed.
If you try to remove or uninstall it on the home screen A notification of “Home screen layout lock” appears.
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How to Unlock Home Screen Layout on Samsung Galaxy
If you want to unlock the home screen layout on a Samsung phone then you can unlock the home screen layout by following the below steps.
- Long press home screen
- Tap Settings.
- Toggle on the Lock Home screen.
OR
- Go to Settings.
- Tap on Home Screen Settings.
- Toggle on the Lock Home screen.
How to unlock the home screen layout in Samsung s9 and s9 plus
In Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, you cannot disable or enable it by default, but in Galaxy S9 Android Pie update you can see that Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus Galaxy S9 home screen unlock the layout with Android Pie update or How to lock
- Go to the settings menu
- Click display
- Click home screen
- Click lock home screen layout
You can disable or enable the lock home screen layout.
How to unlock the home screen layout Samsung s8
You can keep or uninstall any app on the home screen by pressing the app icon. After the home screen layout is locked, you will not be able to do so.
Android Pie update in Samsung Galaxy S8 gives you the option to unlock or lock the home screen layout. You can prevent apps from being suddenly uninstalled after the home screen layout is locked. Here we will remove the lock home screen layout step by step.
- Open settings
- Tap on display
- Tap on the home screen
- Tap on the lock home screen layout
How to unlock the home screen layout in Oppo
- Open your Settings.
- Tap on the Home screen, lock screen, and wallpaper.
- Now, tap on Home screen settings.
- Please tap on the Lock layout (disable it).
FAQ
What is a locked home screen layout?
Home screen layout locked means that you Can’t move or Delete apps or widgets from the Home layout. This feature prevents the accidental deletion of app icons from the Home screen of your Android phone.
How do you unlock the home screen layout?
step1. Long press the Menu button.
step2. Tap on Settings.
step1. Tap on the “Lock Home Screen Layout” toggle/button.