How to “recover” my home screens? when I picked up iPhone this morning (I keep it on always for my diabetes management) only my initial” Home Screen shows – all my four others (screen layouts) are gone. Replaced by “library” layout screen.
iPhone XR, iOS 15
Thank you, ssmith. However there were only TWO dots at the bottom of the screen that appears after tap’n’hold.
(I had four home screens arranged as I chose)
That second one shows what I learned is called The Library - about 8 or ten bubbles each with several of my apps as icons in each of them. The bubbles are labeled by Apple’s categories. (And that a tap yields a simple and inclusive list of all apps on my phone.
it turns out that the answer is in SETTINGS/FOCUS/PERSONAL/HOME SCREEN/CUSTOM PAGES/where my lost (hidden) Home Screens are now called Pages. Each can be ‘activated’ by tapping the circle beneath each one.
it took me a LONG time to discover it, because I had never used/changed the default state of FOCUS. I had read about it a few months ago but decided I didn’t need its capabilities, so I definitely never activated any Focus setting.
Thanks again – and given your thoughtful response to my plea, I urge you to find+cite the Apple Support instruction which worked for me, in addition to the ‘standard’ one you referred to.
Thank you, ssmith. However there were only TWO dots at the bottom of the screen that appears after tap’n’hold.
(I had four home screens arranged as I chose)
That second one shows what I learned is called The Library - about 8 or ten bubbles each with several of my apps as icons in each of them. The bubbles are labeled by Apple’s categories. (And that a tap yields a simple and inclusive list of all apps on my phone.
it turns out that the answer is in SETTINGS/FOCUS/PERSONAL/HOME SCREEN/CUSTOM PAGES/where my lost (hidden) Home Screens are now called Pages. Each can be ‘activated’ by tapping the circle beneath each one.
it took me a LONG time to discover it, because I had never used/changed the default state of FOCUS. I had read about it a few months ago but decided I didn’t need its capabilities, so I definitely never activated any Focus setting.
Thanks again – and given your thoughtful response to my plea, I urge you to find+cite the Apple Support instruction which worked for me, in addition to the ‘standard’ one you referred to.
Hi there, Wm Marston.
It sounds like some of pages of your Home Screen are hidden on your iPhone XR. See if the steps below help resolve this for you:
To unhide a page, repeat the steps above. Then use the App Library to quickly find apps hidden on different pages."
Those steps are from this link: Organize the Home Screen and App Library on your iPhone - Apple Support
Take care.
iPhone XR iOS 15 Home Screen
