Primary Forms Noir: install the phone theme

Primary Forms NoirSee it on the phone simulator

In your download

File: Primary-Forms-Noir-Phone-Theme.zip
Icons: 39 app icons as PNG files, in the Icons folder. For iPhone and Android.
Wallpapers: Lock Screen and Home Screen: 2 designs, for iPhone and Android. iPhone 1179 × 2556 and Android 1440 × 3200.
Quick Install: iPhone profile that adds 9 icons at once: Talk, Prints, Route, Sun, Sound, Post, Days, Sketch, Web.
Install Guide: Primary-Forms-Noir-Install-Guide.pdf, to read on your phone.

Talk icon — The 9 icons Quick Install adds on iPhone.

Prints icon — The 9 icons Quick Install adds on iPhone.

Primary Forms Noir Lock Screen wallpaper — Lock Screen and Home Screen for iPhone.

Primary Forms Noir Home Screen wallpaper — Lock Screen and Home Screen for iPhone.

Get the files on your phone

On your phone, open your purchase in a web browser (Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android) and download the ZIP. Use the browser, not the shop’s app: the app can’t save the file. The ZIP goes to the Downloads folder.
iPhone: in Files › Downloads, tap the ZIP once. A folder appears.
Android: in Files › Downloads, tap the ZIP. Touch and hold the folder inside, then tap ⋮ › Extract to… › Extract. With Files by Google, tap the ZIP, then Extract.

Downloaded twice? Your phone may add “(1)” to the folder name. Either folder works.

iPhone: Quick Install

What Quick Install is: a small settings profile, signed by Frenetiq Design, that puts 9 theme icons on your Home Screen in one go (Talk, Prints, Route, Sun, Sound, Post, Days, Sketch, Web). It only adds icons: your apps and settings stay as they are. The button that starts it, and its QR code, are on page 2 of Primary-Forms-Noir-Install-Guide.pdf in your download. About two minutes.

Step 3: in Settings, tap Profile Downloaded.

Open Primary-Forms-Noir-Install-Guide.pdf from your download. On page 2, tap Get the Quick Install and open it in Safari, not Chrome. On a computer? The Quick Install QR code is on page 2 of the PDF guide in your download: scan it with your iPhone Camera.
Tap Allow, then Close.
Open Settings and tap Profile Downloaded.
Tap Install, enter your passcode, then tap Install again. iOS shows the profile as signed by dl.frenetiq.design.

Do steps 3 and 4 within 8 minutes. Too late? Tap the button again.

Your original apps stay. To hide one, touch and hold it, then Remove App › Remove from Home Screen. The app is not deleted.

iPhone: any other icon

Each other icon is a shortcut that opens its app, set with the Shortcuts app. About a minute per icon: start with the apps on your first Home Screen page.

Step 3: tap the name at the top, then Add to Home Screen.

Open Shortcuts and tap +.
Search Open App and pick your app.
Tap the name at the top, then Add to Home Screen.
Tap the small icon, then Choose File: in Downloads, open Primary-Forms-Noir-Phone-Theme, then Icons, and pick one.
Type a name and tap Add. Repeat for each app.

Icon names missing? Your iPhone uses Large icons (iOS 18): touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit › Customize and choose Small.

iPhone: wallpaper

In Wallpapers, open the iPhone image, then tap Share › Save Image.
Go to Settings › Wallpaper › Add New Wallpaper › Photos, pick the image and tap Add.

Android: set up Nova Launcher

Most Android home screens can’t use your own pictures as icons. Nova Launcher is a free app that draws your home screen and can. You set it up once.

Step 2: choose Nova Launcher, then Set as default.

Install Nova Launcher from Google Play. It’s free.
Open Nova, tap Get started, choose Nova Launcher and tap Set as default.
Nova Prime or Plus appears? Tap ✕. The free version is enough.
Tap → through the setup, then Go home.
Not your Home app yet? Settings › Apps › Default apps › Home app › Nova Launcher.
Once: open Nova Settings › Look & feel › Icon style › Icon shape and pick Rounded square, so each icon shows whole. Scroll the list to find Look & feel.

Nova may ask about your data now. Choose either option: the icons work both ways. Stuck on a Nova screen? Contact Support.

Android: change the icons

About a minute per icon. Start with the apps on your first home screen.

Step 2: tap the icon picture, then **Gallery apps**.

Touch and hold an app, then tap the pencil ✎ (Edit).
Tap the icon picture, then Gallery apps › Files.
In Files tap ☰ › Downloads, open Primary-Forms-Noir-Phone-Theme, then Icons, and pick one. The files are named after the app, such as mail.png or browser.png.
Tap Done.
Leave Reshape ticked, so the icon takes the rounded square shape. Tap Done again. Repeat for each app.

Android: wallpaper

Touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen, then tap Wallpapers › Pick image.
Tap ⋮ › Browse…. If it opens in another folder, tap Downloads in the path at the top. Open Primary-Forms-Noir-Phone-Theme and pick the Android image.
Tap ✓ Set wallpaper. With one wallpaper, choose Home and lock screen.
With two wallpapers, pick Lock Screen - Android and choose Lock screen. Then repeat with Home Screen - Android and choose Home screen.

Samsung, Xiaomi and other phones

Samsung: Galaxy Themes can’t use these pictures, so use Nova. Home app: Settings › Apps › Choose default apps › Home app › Nova Launcher.

Xiaomi: the Themes app can’t use these pictures, so use Nova. Home app: Settings › Apps › Default apps › Home app › Nova Launcher. Swipe gestures not working? Switch to buttons in System navigation.

Want your old home screen back? Pick it again in Home app. Nothing is deleted.