I tried the new iOS 14 home screen and don't like it! I had a clean screen with apps contained within folders that made sense and now I am stuck with at least five pages of apps arranged alphabetically which I find tedious. Is there a way to get back to my old screen from iOS 13?
Your old home screen should still be there; the app library is just one page that you can make the last page and never use it. That’s what I do.
If you lost your folder organization that should only have happened if you went to Settings/General/Reset - Reset Home Screen Layout or Reset All Settings.
Your old home screen should still be there; the app library is just one page that you can make the last page and never use it. That’s what I do.
If you lost your folder organization that should only have happened if you went to Settings/General/Reset - Reset Home Screen Layout or Reset All Settings.
I was able to do a clean install from an iCloud backup on my iPhone XS and all of my folders containing my apps were restored properly. Frankly, I don't like the iOS 14 widgets.
Just restore your most recent backup. That happens if the phone is reset to default settings.
I don’t either. I never use the App Library; years ago I created my own logical arrangement of my 460 apps that is much more useful and easier. There are a few iOS features I like, but I don’t consider them earth-shaking.
I’m happy you got your Home Screen back.
I had the same experience. I was just checking out the new widgets and suddenly all my app folders were gone and I had page after page of apps in alphabetical order. A web search found lots of people on developer forums having the same experience with various iOS 14 betas. Clearly, the problem persists in the public release.
I was already restoring my iPhone from a backup. I expect it to take 2-3 hours.
To reset a phone to its default settings you need to drill down a couple of levels in the Settings app and then confirm that it's what you really want to do. OP and I were both on the home screen rearranging apps & widgets when it happened spontaneously. So ...
There's a bug in iOS14—you can read a little more about it here: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/656888.
I imagine there'll be more of these posts as people upgrade.
How do I return to my old home screen with my folders
