You will not believe me if I say that most of my friends think that it is not possible to personalize Android without Root, but they changed their mind when they saw my Android device. They saw the home of the smartphone all colored with an unusual style, cover or quickbar colored in Action Launcher 3 and were impressed. But I do not want to invalidate the phone warranty with root permissions to use these features. Precisely for this reason, we will see below how to customize an Android device without root permissions. We will see how to change the home screen, how to customize the Android icons and other changes.
Although with root permissions you will be able to make a personalization of the device in depth, you must also know that by releasing the root you also have risks, especially for the less experienced of Android changes.
That said, if you think that unlocking the root on an Android phone is not for you, because you think the procedure is too complex or because you do not want to void the warranty, here are some changes to customize Android without Root.
If you do not know the benefits of root permissions and how to get them on your Android device, I suggest you read this guide:
Android Root Permissions: 10 reasons you must have them
How to get Root permissions without a PC in Android: complete guide
How to customize Android without Root
Launcher
The first thing to do to customize the device is to install a custom AKA launcher an application that replaces the home.
For those who do not know, a launcher is an app that allows you to customize the appearance of the home screen as well as the drawer of the app. They offer huge customization possibilities compared to default launchers. A launcher has a myriad of features like gesture, the ability to hide unused applications in the drawer app, the height and customizable width of a page, links and much more.
I prefer Action Launcher 3 as my default boot program as it is simple but powerful and amazing. Some features require in-app upgrade to Plus. It’s stable, fluid and has amazing features like Cover, Shutters, Quickbar, Quicktheme, and much more. I do not think that in Launcher 3 you can not find a theme that you like, because you have so many options. This is the nice thing about Android – many options to choose from. You can also try Nova launcher, Buzz launcher or other launcher. If you are undecided which launcher meets your needs, just read our guides on the Best Android launchers to try in 2018.
In customizing your Android device you can not ignore the importance of wallpaper. Wallpapers are the easiest way to refresh your device and the Google Play Store is full of apps that offer a lot of high quality wallpaper. If you do not want to spend some time looking for the best wallpaper in the Play Store, we recommend you the best apps.
The animated backgrounds are very beautiful and can give new life to the device because they are interactive, fun and lively that you just have to try them. If instead you propose to install live wallpapers, be careful, because even if they are very beautiful, they can suck many battery resources.
If you choose to install static wallpapers instead of live wallpapers, be sure to keep changing them from time to time because even if they are beautiful, static backgrounds will lose their appeal over time.
Static Wallpaper: Tapet – Wallrox
Live Wallpaper: Chrooma – Mountain now – Dream night
Install Widget on the home screen
Although I do not use widgets much I can not deny that they are very useful. Widgets placed on the home screen can give a lot of information and control over a particular segment of your device without even opening the affected application. Instead of opening the music player, you can simply use the widget to play/pause the music. In my case, I got a reorder widget for Google play music on QuickPage of Action Launcher 3. You can put any widget on the home screen, like weather widgets, news widgets, music widgets, etc. For example this Musical Widget: Next Music Widget
You can feel comfortable because the widgets do not consume a lot of battery if you do not want to use them. In a few years, widgets have come a long way and in addition to being useful, facilitate access to some information and if you do not use them, they absorb very little battery.
Customize Android Icons
Icons are one of the most important and easiest ways to make your device unique. You will have noticed how some applications have small icons and others have big icons, icons of this type just do not go well. This is why you will have to use icon packs. Icon packs can easily inject a lot of vitality to your device.We have lots of icon packs to choose from freely and although there are many free Icon packs, I recommend you choose the paid Icon Packs because they have excellent support.
My favorite icon pack is Material Cards, try it if you want. And if you do not want to go looking in the Google Play Store, just go to our article on the 10 best Icon packs for Android .
Here, these are the ways to personalize Android without Root on your device. If you wish, you can also use third-party block screens to improve the overall experience. There are some really interesting lock screens available in the Google Play Store. I do not use third-party block screens because I’m pretty happy with the default lock screen that comes with Marshmallow.
Did you like to see how to customize Android without Root? What techniques do you use? What is your launcher, wallpaper, icon pack, and favorite widgets? Share your configuration with us!