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[Tom Kuzma]

I just purchased an unlocked note 8. So far everything is good except when the phone is locked and not in always on mode. When I press the power button the my home page is not displayed it displays a page with memory clean and hot apps icons. How do I get my home page to display like it did on my S6 device.

Thank you for your hhlp.

Tom

 

[lunatic59]

Sounds like the device has been modified. Did you purchase the Note 8 from a store or second-hand?

 

[Tom Kuzma]

Second hand from Amazon a refurbished US model.

 

[Katmeat]

It should be as simple as long-pressing on the current home screen, which will then pop up a menu of all screens, from which you can select a new home screen. And you can then delete the previous screen that you don't like.

 

[lunatic59]

First think I'd do is to check to see if the phone was modified. Boot into Odin mode shown here:

And what you are looking for is if the binary is official Samsung and the Warranty Void = 0. If it's something other than that, you might need to flash the stock firmware back to this phone. Keep in mind that if this was a phone that was originally locked to a carrier in the U.S. flashing stock firmware might re-establish that lock and you'd need to get an official unlock code from the carrier.

 

[Tom Kuzma]

I think I found the problem. There was an app installed smart scan that seemed to cause the issue.