iPhone Customization | How to Create Custom App Icons | No Lag or Notifications

[@huntermerck]

I just recently changed all of my apps over to covers and im obsessed!! it took me forever to do it because of the lag, but since you can do it without anymore I love it!

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you so much I am so happy to hear that this helped 😊

[@carolineagustian4258]

I'm feeling a bit under the weather, so I grabbed a hot tea and played your video because your videos always have calming vibes.. But hey, apparently I also found a new useful tip from you! :) Thanks a bunch!

[@GoSammyJo]

Omg That is so sweet thank you so much and thank you for watching 😊

[@Mousy_rat]

Mm hot tea

[@nicoleleyva6573]

I just wish they put the notifications on the custom apps 😭 i hate not seeing when i have a text or notification on my socials. But your Home Screen looks beautiful 😍

[@ashlyhernandez1400]

Wait, you can’t see the notifications of the apps?

[@nicoleleyva6573]

@@ashlyhernandez1400 no. You get to notifications on the original apps still though. But not on the apps you customize

[@GoSammyJo]

Me too Hopefully one day they will find a way to make that happen! 😊

[@jbb6131]

@@ashlyhernandez1400 exactly, I did my own icons a couple of months ago just to find out that you can't have the notifications on the custom icons... I deleted all and just use the original one. Sad but having twitter or instagram icons without notifications is useless

[@kkfaith08]

These are the best tips ever!! Thank you!!

[@chloeferrin2876]

You are now one of my fav youtubers!💞

[@GoSammyJo]

OMG thank you so much that makes me so happy to hear ♥️ 😊

[@Lunibun3]

This was really helpful! but I keep getting the large banner and I don’t know how to get rid of it. I did do what you said but it didn’t work idk what to do.

[@angelicgalea3145]

I think I watched about 7 before this, but this is the only one that was actually helpful. Thank you xxx😃

[@luminious-lucy]

omfg, you are a literal life saviour. I’ve been looking for this for soooo long and I have finally found a vid Tysm!!

[@GoSammyJo]

I am so happy that you found this video! Thank you so much for watching and for commenting 😊

[@Alyssa.luvs.u]

Thank you sm!! I was excited to see this video because I just got my iPhone 12 Pro about 3 days ago. Thank you thank you!!

[@GoSammyJo]

Awe I am so glad to hear that I hope this helped 😊

[@emmawiezorek]

TYSMM i was so tired of the lagg :,)

[@animesglare]

love ur photo!

[@GoSammyJo]

No problem I am glad this helped 😊

[@VsLeo1]

Thank you for this! I have a question though, how do we get the red notification bubble, say for Fb, emails, etc..? Was that the two actions you did? If so, that didn’t work for me.. 😩 does anyone know? - I mean I love the way mine is starting to look but I can’t forgo notifications for the sake on prettiness for some of my app. 😂

[@lauradalgliesh87]

I can’t find this either?

[@ekoh_fl6738]

Do the automation then go to setting -> screentime -> see all activity then go to the very bottom, click the shortcuts logo snd turn off notis. Hope this helps lemme know if it does

[@kenzee1589]

For some reason it won’t let me turn the notifications off

[@joveixo118]

make sure you change from week to day

[@GoSammyJo]

make sure to go back at least one day

[@heysugar1890]

WOAH IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HOURS THEN I SAW THIS. I swear you helped me so much

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you so much I am so happy you found this 😊

[@tammiejwittheks.]

Does this work on the phone u have? Or does it work on all phones because I have an iPhone 11

[@beckiburgess-lanser4300]

Can you do it with an iPhone 7 with the notifications I can’t seem to turn off

[@GoSammyJo]

Did you follow the tutorial with how to turn them off?

[@beckiburgess-lanser4300]

@@GoSammyJo I’ll try it again but I’m pretty sure I followed it pretty well but I’m not the best lol

[@rachaelboehm5189]

Oh gosh you know I just realized custom messages icon and phone doesn’t display missed texts or calls. Do you know how to fix this?

[@GoSammyJo]

I dont think there is anyway to fix that I am sorry

[@lindasimpson4175]

Love this video, it helped so much. Thank you. I do have a question for apps that already have a shortcut that you might want to change the photo for the holidays or just want to change the appearance of your theme or colors, etc. What do you do, delete the app you may already have or is there something else I would need to do?

[@GoSammyJo]

you could put it on a hidden page while you are using the other one!

[@anna-liisajohanson6873]

@@GoSammyJo how do you do that?

[@mommymeds3805]

Hi this is really helpful im just confuse, so i cannot use assistive touch anymore?

[@cheenebantilan1198]

This is so helpful. Thank u so much . I removed the annoying shortcut banner on my ios 14.6 🥰. Been looking for ways to remove it. This is the only video that helped me.

[@GoSammyJo]

Awe thank you so much! I am so happy to hear that this helped! Thank you for watching 😊

[@dawna4638]

Yep

[@laffle]

thank u sm ! this rlly helped :’)

[@aleezamotala1622]

Quick question what do u use to edit your videos I have a yt channel but I don’t have many subs and it’s been my dream to be become a biggish youtuber so In order to get more more subs I need more vids, but it’s been a struggle to find a free editing app i use in shot but,I don’t always film in my phone because the quality is not very good so can you suggest some editing apps pls this would help a lot thank you!!!

[@miashama8421]

Can Someone help When i made mine i did all of them one by one and when i finished and wanted to check if it worked and all of the apps were the same app (tik tok)

[@Sl1nkyy]

Did you click open apps and chose the app that you wanted to customize?

[@miashama8421]

@@Sl1nkyy I think so

[@GoSammyJo]

try it again and do the apps one by one and check it each time you do it

[@miashama8421]

@@GoSammyJo so i basically did everything you said on the video yet whenever I selected an app I wanted to customize in shortcuts it changed to the one I chose but when I chose another one both the apps were the one I chose last

[@AlexaAbarca1]

Needed this !

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you for watching :)

[@bug1491]

Thank you so much! This helped me so much

[@kaniaholmes]

Had anyone tried this with IOS 16? Or know how to remove the banners with IOS 16?

[@bry6080]

Looks like there’s a new problem. Now, when I click on any custom icon, it’s triggers assistive touch and that little circle thing pops up on my home screen. I have to go under settings and turn off the assistive touch toggle every single time. Way worse than the shortcuts banner! Any ideas? Btw, the rumor is that iOS 15 will disable your workaround entirely. 😓 I already can no longer find an option to remove shortcuts under screen time. Edit: Looks like it’s the automations in the first part of your video that triggers assistive touch toggle over & over… Even going to the apps that I haven’t made a cover for yet are triggering it. I’m going to delete them. I hope that stops it! 😩

[@GoSammyJo]

I am sorry to hear this. its frustrating every time they do an update it seems to mess with the customizations. I will do my research and see if there is an updated method

[@taylorbatey9581]

Go Sammy-Jo did IOS 15 mess up this method? Does it not work anymore? I was just about to do it but I have IOS 15 IPhone 13 pro max

[@bry6080]

@@GoSammyJo Thx for answering me. 🥰 I had to delete everything in the end. I’m curious to know if iOS 15 did disable the whole thing. I won’t try the workaround again until we know.

[@Athomewithshelley]

Hi ive just added my own icons for my apps on my phone using shortcut.. but now i dont get the number 1 popping up in the corner for example a text message or email. So cannot see when i have a message ? any ideas? im not getting notications to say ive got a message etc.

[@alice_starlight9552]

when I go to my shortcuts app I don't see an option to add any automations. am I doing something wrong? (I'm on iPad btw)

[@GoSammyJo]

its hard to say without seeing your screen I would try going through the video again and make sure you arn't missing it

[@alice_starlight9552]

@@GoSammyJo Alright. Thank you!

[@cloudy.x]

I can't get rid of the notifications:( the 'Allow notifications' option isn't even there. My phone runs on IOS 15

[@sjrich6026]

Omggg your the first person i met with the same name as me lol sammy jo

[@GoSammyJo]

No way thats awesome my friends call me SJ too!

[@mayaheliza5558]

It says for me when I open a app say Instagram it says Instagram notifications with a tick and I turned the short cuts notification off any tips?

[@Evie-yd8te]

hey this really helped!

[@GoSammyJo]

I am so happy to hear that 😊

[@marcelliitooo]

THANKKKK UUUUUU 💜💜💜

[@valentinalombardo2470]

When I allow my apps to my home screen when I click on the app it goes to a white screen? What can I do the fix that

[@GoSammyJo]

I would delete it and try to redo it

[@sunshinedesigns9303]

When I placed the icon on my app, it just created two. So I decided to try it on Instagram. It worked but then I had Instagram twice. One with the original cover and then the other with the custom cover. What exactly is wrong? Or how do I stop this from happening?

[@T.J05]

this is always going to happen, you just made a shortcut you didn’t change the actual app

[@selena8953]

This did not work I also tried to do it with the other method that you did in your last video but it still didn’t work ;(

[@GoSammyJo]

Are you updated to the newest version sometimes things change with updates

[@selena8953]

@@GoSammyJo omg you noticed me😆 most KZbinrs don’t reply omg Tysm

[@babyc8kez]

I’m not able to do this on ios15. I followed all the steps but you can’t add your own picture for the app 😢

[@itslauraxd1753]

I love ur phone 🤗

[@GoSammyJo]

Awe thank you so much!

[@saschz]

Thank you for this! But I keep getting the bigger banner unfortunately

[@GoSammyJo]

I have had to redo it a coulple of times its glitchy. Try doing it again

[@uhhellooo]

@@GoSammyJo it worked for a while then started to give me notifications:( any way to fix this?

[@Lemonade_12]

It didn’t work for me

[@lianafaraj4142]

Can you do one for iOS 12? It doesn’t work for me :(

[@N0.On3]

icons are only ios 14+

[@preppythings13]

@@N0.On3 bruh I’m like iOS 15- am not an icon-

[@user-by9dm1ki3t]

Why is it not letting me click apps in shortcut?

[@kitsune-hiro6618]

Idk

[@GoSammyJo]

I am not sure did you ever figure this out?

[@user-by9dm1ki3t]

Yeah turns out It was just to many tabs- or smthing

[@guiahalleylegaspi6861]

need help with the notification, when I go to sceen time > shortcut, it has no button to turn off the notif :(( what should i do??? hope u reply!

[@GoSammyJo]

you have to go back at least one day did you try that

[@yurix00]

I have Android idk if this is gonna work

[@tiph3467]

I mean, give it a try

[@mahadkhan3880]

Lov

[@neftalyguevara195]

My social media’s won’t show 😒

[@vinceduq8410]

There is alway something that pop up for me on top saying "shortcut activated" can anyone help me fix that?

[@camilam5728]

I think it’s something I’m settings you might have to turn off notifications for short cuts or it’s something in short cuts.

[@gtslade22]

What do I do when the arrow on shortcuts in the screen time notification area doesn’t show up?

[@GoSammyJo]

I am sorry im not sure I havent seen this I would try again?

[@gtslade22]

Never mind I got it. Thank you though.

[@virtual2800]

it’s not there for me either idk what to do

[@gtslade22]

@@virtual2800 ok so go backwards a day and then come forwards again and it will be there.

[@ooooooo8361]

@@gtslade22 what if you mean? Mine is still showing the notifications

[@tobystephen2486]

does this still work in iOS 15.2?

[@awabeyai9099]

Yes

[@ReignCloudz]

It doesn’t let me press “next”

[@GoSammyJo]

thats weird Im sorry I dont know whats wrong

[@Sl1nkyy]

Anyone else have a problem where when they open an app with a changed icon it goes to a different app that also has a changed icon? I just wanna know if it can be fixed ^^

[@GoSammyJo]

yes delete it and try again

[@Triiiiiiiii]

hopefully this still works with ios 15!

[@awabeyai9099]

It does

[@dinorawr2755]

tbh it never works for me and I’m not sure why no matter what I do it’s useless

[@KamranKhan-fs1zb]

5:53

[@kitsune-hiro6618]

WE SAID WITHOUT SHORTCUT

[@GoSammyJo]

Sorry this one has shortcuts

[@specmanjames8558]

I tried to and it doesn’t work please do this again you were going too fast Can you please go slower

[@GoSammyJo]

all you have to do is pause the video

[@popularkitchen]

Please came my home 🙏🙏🙏

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you for watching!

[@mariel5326]

I just destroyed my ipad🥲and my mind🥲

[@proudprogressive4849]

Dislike and wont subb. Screen recording 👎

[@kkkkit]

Annoyingly the notifications always come back after a day or so 😣

[@nakeasimone13]

This was actually a great video but man there are so many steps involved just to customize my icons. I mean for years on my Samsung if I wanted to customize my icons and wallpaper all I had to do was just to download the theme and that’s it. The entire aesthetic was in place. I wish Apple get with the program it’s 2021!! As impatient people like myself say “I want the baby without the labor!!!”😂😂😂 Android been making it easy to customize the look of devices for over a decade now

[@GoSammyJo]

I think having a theme would be a cool idea but I still think I would want the freedom to do my own customizations too. Hopefully, they will add this sometime soon!

[@bex6187]

need help with the notification its not working

[@GoSammyJo]

Did you follow the tutorial with how to turn them off?

[@menschsimon]

Thank you so much I've been searching for this for soooo long

[@GoSammyJo]

I am so happy that you found this!

[@abidqw]

I love your tips! Thank you for posting this it was very helpful ☺️

[@GoSammyJo]

I am glad you enjoyed them thank you for watching!

[@katelynsengsouly2555]

It still shows the notifications from time to time even though I turned it off..

[@GoSammyJo]

Unfortunately sometimes it can be glitchy especially with updates

[@berryystooriess]

Anybody in 2024👇😂

[@enea6490]

doesn’t work.

[@faizachughtai4363]

What is the app name

[@robloxissoamazing5684]

YESS!! OMG THANK YOUUU!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you for watching ♥️

[@user-js4zi1ru7z]

Nice profile pic, I’m a big fan of Sebastian Stan

[@ratikantmishra3582]

You are a 1st KZbinr who solve our problem thanks men 🥰🥰 loves from India 😃

[@GoSammyJo]

Awe thank you so much for watching!

[@katebelleza3902]

when I click the icon, it won’t mke me open my gallery to change the icon:((

[@GoSammyJo]

is your phone updated?

[@elieslol]

You are a life Saviour!!

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@youcametomychannelforthetruth]

I’m so confused how do I put multiple apps on that one automation?

[@GoSammyJo]

You have to hold it and stack them on top of the other one

[@nadjanielsen1412]

hey i have my snap customized but now i don't get my notifications (the circle telling me how many snaps i have, can i turn them on in anyway? i have adhd and forget about the snaps i get and i would like to see them

[@TrustInEmber]

Theres Gonna Be So Much Anime On My Phone My Phone Is Gonna Be Called APhone

[@GoSammyJo]

Lol thats great to hear!

[@tanyasingh5521]

I’ve tried it but there is still a lag wondering if you could help

[@Avery-yg5qw]

Thx

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you for watching!

[@h31z0u5]

New sub!!!!

[@wasabbey5243]

4:56

[@GoSammyJo]

Thank you for watching 💕

[@TutorialsMag]

Awesome video, well done @Go Sammy-Jo!

[@HuongNguyen-to7pf]

This worked for me Thank you

[@sarahfaithd5896]

Does this work with the iOS 15 update?

[@nikoandviki9396]

Nothing

[@GoSammyJo]

It didnt work?

[@nikoandviki9396]

@@GoSammyJo no ;(

[@danidreamin9039]

Question! What if you use Assistance touch? It keeps on disappearing when I enter an app? Even if I turn it back on and I enter an app, it’ll disappear. Please help me!:(

[@GoSammyJo]

I have had some troble with it too and have had no luck with it. Im sorry😞

[@anushkatiwari6321]

Is icon themer safe?? What if it steals data n stuff?

[@Jinx.....]

youtube steals your data babes

[@Trinitray]

This worked for me and I have IOS 15.2. The only thing is I have to disable the notifications once a day. It’s so beautiful and got rid of the lag, so I don’t mind it.

[@leahhxxx]

Haii!!! I love ur channel BUT when ever i click on the app i go into another app for example when i click on Spotify it opens camera… pls help ☹️

[@GoSammyJo]

Delete it and try recreating it! It happened to me once too