Home page randomly switched to another page

[rondesgr]

Today, when I swapped up for my home page, a different page showed up. I pressed on the page and found the home page icon highlighted at the top of the screen. How do I get my leftmost page back to being my home page? I have a Samsung Note 20 ultra running android 13 and One UI 5.0.

[rondesgr]

Ok, after some experimenting, I solved this by inserting a blank page to the right of undesired home page. I then moved all the apps in that bogus home page to the blank page. Next, I moved my original home page to the right of the bogus page, and continued to move all the other pages to the right of my desired home page. Finally, I deleted the undesired home page which automatically made my home page THE home page. Sheesh! If there was a simplier option, it wasnt an obvious setting - one that should exist over the top of pages in edit mode.

Hope this help someone.

[KennewickMan]

Long press the home screen, swipe to the screen you want as home and then tap the grayed out home icon up top and it will light up white.

[rondesgr]

Thanks, K-man. That was one of the 1st things I tried. The home icon would never change when quick or long-pressed. 🤔

[KennewickMan]

This won't turn white if you tap it? It does for me.

[rondesgr]

No change. I was expecting the icon to change with a tap or a long press, but it remains dim. I've also tried after clearing the cache and rebooting.

[KennewickMan]

Did you run the repair apps option in recovery mode?

[rondesgr · Accepted solution]

Oooooo, I didn't know about 'repair apps'! I ran it then long-pressed on a non-home page and was able to click on the home page icon changing to high-lighted status. If I scrolled to another page, the home icon wouldn't changed. So I had to get out of that edit mode, move to my desired page, long-press for edit mode. Then I could change that page into home status. Thanks!

[KennewickMan]

Teamwork makes the dream work!

[KennewickMan]

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