Question about icon frames

[blade061188]

Quick question, I have seen a couple of places how to remove the white frames from around the icons.

Should be Settings > Display > Icon frames.

However in my new T-Mobile Note 7, that option is greyed out. I can't click on it to change the settings.

Has anyone else seen this? I would love some assistance.

Thanks in advance!

 

[cary328is]

Icon Frames - Only for Default Settings

Quick question, I have seen a couple of places how to remove the white frames from around the icons.

Should be Settings > Display > Icon frames.

However in my new T-Mobile Note 7, that option is greyed out. I can't click on it to change the settings.

Has anyone else seen this? I would love some assistance.

Thanks in advance!

I think this option only works if you don't have a custom theme applied. If you switch back to the default theme, the option should be available again.

 

[TT_Vert]

I've noticed the same thing using default thene.

 

[blade061188]

I think this option only works if you don't have a custom theme applied. If you switch back to the default theme, the option should be available again.

Thanks for the reply. I haven't added a theme. the phone is brand new. I tried clicking on the default theme again just to make sure.

Icon frames is still unavailable.

 

[wahaaab]

Im having the same issue, and i got mine from tmobile

 

[Goat1378]

Im having the same issue, and i got mine from tmobile

Maybe just download a frameless icon pack you like.

 

[prox4ion]

Having this problem too. Wonder if it's got to do with the system update that got applied on the first day?

 

[firerock]

Same possibly here. I'm on T-Mobile with default theme. I would like to remove the frame.

 

[Lojalitate]

I have only been able to change this setting whike in easy mode (which i don't like). It is greyed out for me in standard mode as well.

 

[blade061188]

Ok, I figured it out. I'm using Nova Launcher and Sammy doesn't like that. I changed to touch wiz for my launcher and suddenly Icon frames are available to change.

I changed back to Nova again afterwards, and the change stuck, so it seems to be a reasonable workaround.

Let me know if this works for you.

 

[Lojalitate]

I don't have a custom launcher but I do have a theme. I deactivated the theme and it worked. I guess the theme locked the borders on. Sucks.

 

[discstu37]

Yeah so I don't think it's launcher specific but rather theme based. Once you apply a theme it seems to lock in whatever the icon choice was. So I went back to default theme (which opened up the option again), changed to icon only, and then applied my theme again. Now it's locked again, but as icon only.

 

[TT_Vert]

I have no theme and stock launcher and it is still greyed out. Switched to easy mode, made the change and went back and all is well now.
Dave

 

[Heinous]

Has anyone had any luck removing the frames and using the Google Now Launcher? I can turn it off in TouchWiz and Easy Mode, but as soon as I switch back to Google Now Launcher they come back and the option to turn them off becomes I unavailable.

I might not mind these damned circles if it was consistent, but it only affects about half the app icons and the other half are normal. It's crazy to look at...

 

[finsmaniac02]

Yeah it seems like the only way to get them to stay TRULY off is to use touchwiz, using the standard them.
I know everyone is saying you can switch to off, then go back to what you were on - and it is "locked in off". I agree that it looks this way in the settings.
However the icons clearly have the frames around them still.

I have stuck with touchwiz for how smooth it is, but I think I am going to give up on it.

Also, the only reason why I say its smooth is because my initial setup was with "good lock" (needed to download an apk for that as it doesn't show up in store) and google now launcher and stuff - but there was a decent amount of choppiness and also the battery was not performing to my expectations. So I did a factory reset (which some people say fixes stuff like this) and sure enough, things got better. Battery better, smoothness better. However I have stuck with normal touchwiz since then... been afraid to change it since everything seems better now lol.

 

[Lojalitate]

I hear you.

I had to try several different icon themes but i found one (that i like) that doesn't leave borders on the rest of the icons. I think it's some sort of default setting that goes unchanged when custom themes are created.

Trial and error. Good thing the Samsung theme store has a preview option. It reduces a lot of hassle.

 

[Heinous]

Yeah it seems like the only way to get them to stay TRULY off is to use touchwiz, using the standard them.
I know everyone is saying you can switch to off, then go back to what you were on - and it is "locked in off". I agree that it looks this way in the settings.
However the icons clearly have the frames around them still.

Same here. I ended up going back to TouchWiz mostly because I couldn't stand the weird frames on some of the icons. It's not as good as the Google Now launcher, but it's good enough.

 

[D8LOM]

I've been searching for this answer for weeks, finally I found it, nearly started to think my device was faulty.

 

[Djuganight]

My option is unavailable and I have stock Rom and launcher.
But this option was available but not anymore. Can't understand why???