Customizing Your Phone ♡

Hey bloggers! Today I’m going to go over the apps I use to customize and personalize my phone. I used to have an iPhone but I made the switch to Android purely on the fact that I could customize my phone and make it as cute and personal as I want. I currently have a Samsung Note 3 on Verizon Service. It is also unrooted, which basically means I did not jailbreak my phone. All the apps that I use are also free!

*Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored/paid blogpost, I'm just sharing my knowledge and experience with customizing my phone.

Quick Overview: I just wanted to include a quick overview of my transition from an iPhone into an Android phone. I'll probably do an in depth review/experience in another post, but here is a quick one. As I noted earlier, I wanted to make the switch because I wanted to customize my phone. The Note 3 has a lot of really great other features that I also enjoy. The transition was pretty hard the first week or so. The Note 3 is a lot bigger than my iPhone 4 and I had to take some time to get used to it. After a while, I began to love everything about it. There are some things that I would like to change, but overall, my transition went smooth. The one criticism that I have is that it's a little too big for me. I will probably switch into a smaller Android in the future and most likely stick with the Samsung line. Now that that's out of the way, let's get to customizing!

Here is what my phone currently looks like: I'm not sure if I mentioned this already but I am a customization junkie. Not only do I like changing things to make them personal, but I change them on a regular basis - maybe every 3-5 days. But, my phone has been this way for about a month now, which is really an accomplishment for me. When I first began to customize my phone, I spent 2 full days of making sure I liked everything that I did, and here is the final product... for now ;)

The first two pictures are my lock screen and the homescreen that you see after unlocking it. The background for my lock screen can be found here and the background my homescreen can be found here. The bottom two pictures are my homescreens to the left and right of my main screen. The one of the left is if you swipe right from my main screen and if you swipe left from my main screen you'll see the picture on the right.

Icons: Almost all the icons on my phone are custom icons. It honestly took so long to pick one for every icon I have on my homescreens but I think it was time well spent. With the icons, it takes time and constant searching. I was very specific on the icons and style that I wanted so, it took longer because I was picky. If you don't have any qualms about icons, then you'll have an easier time finding the ones you like and match the theme you're going with.  The apps I use for the icons are Cocoppa and Iconron which can be found in the Google Play Store.

Cocoppa/Iconron: I've seen some videos on YouTube where people's phones were messed up with the Cocoppa app, but they were using the app on an iPhone. If you have an iPhone, please be cautious about using the Cocoppa app. I honestly have no issues with Cocoppa Icons running on my phone and the icons open the apps perfectly. The only issue I have is with the app itself. It runs a little slowly for me, but I don't mind waiting a little for the pictures of the icons to load. There are lots of videos on YouTube and other blogposts about how to use Cocoppa, but let me know if you want me to do a walkthrough post. Iconron is another Icon changing app. It works just like Cocoppa, it just has other icon options than Cocoppa. I use both of them because there are some icons on one app that the other doesn't. I don't mind having two apps for customizing my phone because it just gives me more options to pick cute icons.

Clock Widget: The widget I use for my clock is called 'Pink Kitty Bow Clock Widget', but you can also find it by searching 'cute clock widget' in the Google Play Store and it should come up as the first one on the list.I picked this widget because it matched the theme I was going with perfectly. The bow even moves a little when you're on the main screen. I just played with the options to make it transparent instead of the pink background because the pink didn't match my homescreen background. 

Font: I use the app called iFont to download fonts for my phone, which you can also find in the Google Play Store by searching 'iFont'. The current font that I'm using is called KG Be Still And Know. The app is very easy to use and the instructions provided are really easy to follow. My only complaint about this app is that it does take time for the preview of the fonts to load and you're only allowed to download 3-5 fonts per day.

Please let me know if you have any questions about how I customized my phone. I would also love to see how you customize your phone. I'm always searching for new ideas and inspiration :)