Why are my new home screen icons added to the (non-existing) second page when installing a new app? - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers

Is it possible to change this behavior that the home screen icon for newly installed apps gets placed on the second page every time?
I've just flashed my SM-N986B back to original stock (reverting A11->A10 because of missing GoodLock support) but the icons still get placed on the second page.
-There is a lot of free space for icons on the "main/only page" of home
-I've even deleted all the pages (only home remained) , but after installing any new app there is a new page created and the icon gets placed there
-In DEX there is no option to rearrange the phone home icons and its annoying to move the icons one by one for every application I install
I've tested this on OneUI 3, OneUI 2.5, CPL and BlackBerryLauncher but found no solution.
Thank you in advance for any suggestion!

Szior said:
Is it possible to change this behavior that the home screen icon for newly installed apps gets placed on the second page every time?
I've just flashed my SM-N986B back to original stock (reverting A11->A10 because of missing GoodLock support) but the icons still get placed on the second page.
-There is a lot of free space for icons on the "main/only page" of home
-I've even deleted all the pages (only home remained) , but after installing any new app there is a new page created and the icon gets placed there
-In DEX there is no option to rearrange the phone home icons and its annoying to move the icons one by one for every application I install
I've tested this on OneUI 3, OneUI 2.5, CPL and BlackBerryLauncher but found no solution.
Thank you in advance for any suggestion!
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I don't know why it adds new apps to a second home screen when there is room on the existing home screen, but you can disable the behavior by going into home screen settings and disable the option to add new apps to the home screen.

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Very nice. Thanks!
Ok, no matter how i move them around, icons refuse to go into the 5th row. The last row remains empty and the icons just keep moving around like before in the 4x4.
Edit: Clearing data for sony ericsson home in settings, applications did the trick.
Now there's another problem. It's a 3 screen home, but if you slide the third screen to the left you can see a music player widget on the 4th screen! Since i can't use this 4th screen, i can't access the widget to delete and hence can't add a music widget on the other 3 screens. Will update if i figure this one out.
Edit2: Here are my findings. When coming from a 4x4 app-drawer launcher, you will need to clear data for SE home in order to properly use this 5x4 launcher. However, clearing data causes the default widgets to be installed in the various screens, which includes the music widget in the 4th screen, which cannot be accessed since this is a 3 homescreen launcher and so you cannot add the music widget to the accessible 3 screens. The only solution i can think of is to install a 4 or 5 screen 5x4 app drawer launcher, then clear data, then delete the widgets from the 4th screen, then install the 3 screen version of the 5x4 launcher. Hope this didn't confuse the $hit out of everyone, but it's as clear as i could put it. I'm now going to try and edit this launcher to make it 5 screens.
Edit3: FIXED! by editing the apk to 5 screens, installing that, clearing data, now you have 5 rows in app drawer and default widgets in homescreens. Delete all widgets and install the 3 screen apk in 1st post.
@w4lkm4n would you mind telling me what's the difference between your mod and the ones in this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519742
julianpaul said:
Ok, no matter how i move them around, icons refuse to go into the 5th row. The last row remains empty and the icons just keep moving around like before in the 4x4.
Edit: Clearing data for sony ericsson home in settings, applications did the trick.
Now there's another problem. It's a 3 screen home, but if you slide the third screen to the left you can see a music player widget on the 4th screen! Since i can't use this 4th screen, i can't access the widget to delete and hence can't add a music widget on the other 3 screens. Will update if i figure this one out.
Edit2: Here are my findings. When coming from a 4x4 app-drawer launcher, you will need to clear data for SE home in order to properly use this 5x4 launcher. However, clearing data causes the default widgets to be installed in the various screens, which includes the music widget in the 4th screen, which cannot be accessed since this is a 3 homescreen launcher and so you cannot add the music widget to the accessible 3 screens. The only solution i can think of is to install a 4 or 5 screen 5x4 app drawer launcher, then clear data, then delete the widgets from the 4th screen, then install the 3 screen version of the 5x4 launcher. Hope this didn't confuse the $hit out of everyone, but it's as clear as i could put it. I'm now going to try and edit this launcher to make it 5 screens.
Edit3: FIXED! by editing the apk to 5 screens, installing that, clearing data, now you have 5 rows in app drawer and default widgets in homescreens. Delete all widgets and install the 3 screen apk in 1st post.
@w4lkm4n would you mind telling me what's the difference between your mod and the ones in this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519742
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thanks for help explanation , i so sorry not include them ,yeah ,many different ,if you use from me ,no reflection ,because it's home.apk from 2.3.3 ,if you use from the link ,you have some reflection on dock home screnn ,mine is old version ,but i just edit the home drawer and ,home screen capability
how and what did you edit in the apk?
2ji8888 said:
how and what did you edit in the apk?
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See this guide.
You need two home apk files, one with 5-screens and one with your final requirement (4/3/2 or 1).
First install the 5-screen one, clear data, delete all widgets from all screens.
Then install the lower screen one. DO NOT clear data now.
Do the Sony Widgets work on your mod launcher???
VGaMa said:
Do the Sony Widgets work on your mod launcher???
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To answer your question, i don't use many sony widgets, but what i do, like music and data monitor work fine.
Since the OP has closed this thread, maybe you should try some other launcher mod like THIS one.

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pump142 said:
Is it like a widget in the launcher?
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