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Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement.

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On 2026-08-07, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> How to load apps in the right order, the right arrangement, on a new
> phone. 
>
> Is there a way to stop the automatic installation of apps by Android, so
> that I can do it myself one at a time to the page and location I want
> for each? 
>
> When I got my 2nd smart phone, it loaded all or almost all the apps I
> had on my previous phone without my doing anything.  Great, except I
> would have liked to arranged them logically. Utilities in one
> place/page.  Music, talk, and video in another.  Apps useful in foreign
> countries all together on page three or four. 
>
> I had 207 apps, and I just made a list of all of them. Sure I don't need
> or use them all, but only about 5 am I certain I'll never want again. So
> arranging them by moving them around after installation woudl be a lot
> of work.  I never did it for the previous phone. 
>
> Or is there a what, a launcher?, that would make rearranging easier. Is
> there a way 

This seems a bit elementary, so I may have misunderstood what the 
problem is.

I have a fairphone5 on Android15 and use the default launcher Quickstep, 
which I understand is the default launcher on some other phones too.

It has the ability for the app icons to be placed in any position on any 
"page" (screens you get to when you swipe left or right?). You press and 
hold the icon for a little while and then as keeping your finger on 
screen and move your finger to where you want the icon placed. It can be 
placed elsewhere on the current page, or moved across to another screen, 
or removed (the app isn't removed, just the iconf rom the screen).

You can get a full list of installed app icons in alphabetic order by 
swiping up from the bottom of the screen.

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Loading apps in logical arrangement. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-07 10:06 -0400
  Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-07 07:55 -0800
    Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-08 22:07 -0400
      Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-09 19:56 -0800
  Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-07 19:19 +0200
    Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-10 22:42 -0800
  Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-07 19:45 +0000
    Re: Loading apps in logical arrangement. Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-10 22:37 -0800

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