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The video explores advanced methods for personalizing iPhones, surpassing Apple’s conventional restrictions. Despite Apple’s gradual improvements, such as introducing widgets in iOS 14, iPhones still commonly appear uniform. To help users achieve distinct designs, the speaker suggests starting with a home screen overhaul, including removing apps and selecting unique wallpapers, with a recommended collection available on hk3’s Twitter. They emphasize the use of the "Widget" app for its lack of intrusive ads and simplicity, advising on creating transparent widgets and personalizing size, fonts, and colors for a polished look. The speaker advocates for using widgets over app icon packs to enhance both stability and aesthetic appeal.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses exploring ways to customize an iPhone beyond Apple’s restrictions. They acknowledge Apple’s historically tight control over customization but note improvements with features like widgets introduced in iOS 14. Despite these progressions, the iPhones often look similar. To address this, they delve into simple customization starting with freshening up the home screen by removing apps and offloading extra content. They stress the importance of choosing a unique wallpaper, providing a link to a vast collection of high-quality wallpapers from hk3’s Twitter.
Next, they highlight the use of an app called “Widget” for customization, noting its lack of intrusive ads and simplicity compared to other widget apps. The speaker mentions their preferred widget, “clean info,” and invites viewers to explore other creative options within the app.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses how to find and customize widgets for a more personalized home screen experience on an iOS device. They mention different styles and functionalities of widgets available and provide a step-by-step guide on creating a transparent widget using the Widget app. The process involves setting a transparent backdrop, exploring the widget marketplace within the app, importing desired widgets, and customizing them according to size, fonts, and colors. The speaker emphasizes that while some third-party widgets offering button functionality may not perform well, the customization options available provide a stable and aesthetically pleasing user experience. They also prefer this method over using app icon packs, citing stability and ease of use.