Try putting a folder with a few apps in on your dock. Assuming you have six icons up there (the folder being one), when you delete the folder, the icons are placed on the dock itself and not on the homescreen.
The dock will be swipable (like the panes) and have more than six icons on it (I currently have 16...
Edit:
Been a report of disappearing apps doing this since posted, so take be warned.
I tried it once,worked but the second time deleting a folder I got a blank screen and the apps in the folder were gone,now my gallery,video and some more apps are just gone,how can I get them back without wiping
The apps are still there but i dont have the icons to start them,I tried the gallery by launching a picture from a file explorer and it worked,so did Videos and pdfs but i would like to get the icons back,I dont even know all apps that were in folder
The apps are still there but i dont have the icons to start them,I tried the gallery by launching a picture from a file explorer and it worked,so did Videos and pdfs but i would like to get the icons back,I dont even know all apps that were in folder
Have you done a reboot? That sometimes fixes things.
Touch the battery icon on the home screen and choose restart.
Oh, I did it.
Geez, now that I've read the post numerous times, I finally understood.
"The folder being one". Yes, now that I have 5 icons AND the folder, I was able to make it work!
Nice find!
I don't care for it. I'm working on making everthing stay on the home screen, but I think it's brilliant that you found it!
I tried it once,worked but the second time deleting a folder I got a blank screen and the apps in the folder were gone,now my gallery,video and some more apps are just gone,how can I get them back without wiping
You have to delete them and reinstall them.
This seems to be what happens if there's more than 6 apps in the folder.