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Change tray icons on the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket [How-To]

Chris Leckness —  12/04/2011

I just got the Galaxy S II Skyrocket the other day and you know that geeks have to start fiddling right away right? YES. WE. DO. Well, one of the 1st things I noticed was that the build of Android on the Galaxy S II phones have an “iPhone-like tray” filled with 4 icons. These stay still at the bottom of the screen no matter which home screen you’ve scrolled to. Unlike the iPhone, you can’t just hold down on the screen and move icons in and out of that tray. The solution is not difficult to accomplish, but it’s not as intuitive as it should be either.

Here’s a quick video I put together tonight to show how it’s accomplished.

Stay tuned for more how-to videos for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. If you want to see anything in particular, feel free to hit me up via email or Twitter.

Chris Leckness

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Chris is a former Microsoft MVP, Windows Phone. Chris works for AT&T, but his thoughts and opinions are his own and that he does not represent AT&T in any capacity online. ChrisLeckness.com

9 responses to Change tray icons on the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket [How-To]

  1. Anonymous 12/05/2011 at 4:39 am

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  3. Nofinproblem 12/14/2011 at 11:48 am

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. SB 12/23/2011 at 5:27 pm

    Excellent! Thanks

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  5. Darkskye 01/21/2012 at 10:09 pm

    Thanks so much!  I have the Sprint Galaxy 2 and it worked perfectly!!!

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  6. Kyryl 05/29/2012 at 11:57 am

    Thanks, great tutorial!

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  7. Bird 06/28/2012 at 5:18 pm

    Thank you very much! I thought I frigged up my phone when I deleted my Email app =]

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  8. suzie 07/10/2012 at 10:41 am

    i’ve been searching youtube for an hour looking for how to change those tray icons and nobody included that tip. thank you !

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  9. bafun 07/15/2012 at 7:35 pm

    Thanks. It just drives me crazy to change the email app. Very helpful and detail instruction.

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