GS5 home screen carouseling or bi-directional swipe feature

[Mrhotlanta]

I just got my GS5, upgraded from the GS3, and I cannot get the home screen carousel flip feature to work. I have 'forced stop' the My Magazines page and disabled it from the screen selection to no avail. On my GS3 I was able to swipe in either direction thru each page but on the GS5 I cannot. Any ideas on what to do next?

[vzw_customer_support]

Mrhotlanta, congratulations on your upgrade to a new Samsung Galaxy S5 device. Let's customize that screen option in Settings>Display. Keep us posted and let us know if you're able to chance that swipe option. For more device support, click http://vz.to/1upmWZ3

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[Mrhotlanta]

LasinaH_VZW, that does not fix the issue. There are no settings under display that control the the ability to swipe left past the home screen. The only settings there are for Screen Rotation, Smart Stay, Daydream, and Screen Mode fro handling color. My question was not about how to change those but rather how to move past the last screen, in either direction, so you don't have to backtrack swipe thru the other screens. For example, if I have six screens on my GS3 and I am on screen #6 and want to sget to screen #1 I can swipe  left and reach screen #1. Likewise if I a on screen #1 and want to reach screen #6 I simply swipe right. This is called carouseling, VZW may call it something else, but it was enabled on my GS3 on VZW and I;d like it back on my GS5.

[tikibar1 · Accepted solution]

There is no carousel feature on Verizon S5 home screens (it wasn't available on the S4, either), if you are talking about being able to swipe left or right and continuously swipe "all the way around".  If you are on screen 3, you should be able to swipe to 2 and 1, then it'll stop. 

[Mrhotlanta]

Tikibar1,

Thanks, yes that is what I was referring to. I know others on who have different carriers and are able to do this on their GS5's. Wonder why VZW won't allow it on the GS5? Have you seen anyone replace the TouchWiz app with something that does enable this feature? I appreciate the assistance!

[tikibar1]

Yes, I knew other carriers allowed it on the S4 and S5; who knows why these type decisions are made the way they are? 

I've read on another forum that Nova Launcher or Go Launcher might provide that functionality.

[Mrhotlanta]

Thanks Tikibar1! Really appreciate the assistance!